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A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2HShg63 Get More Nigeria Political News

The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said only good laws will end the crises in the Niger Delta region. Uduaghan, who also confirmed his interest to contest the Delta South Senatorial seat in 2019, said his desire was not based on … Read more via Punch...

The Peoples Democratic Party has replied President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that Nigerian youths, by their demonstrated industry, cannot in any way be described by anybody as lazy. It said Nigerians find it extremely shocking that President Buhari could make such comment and described it as...

A former Secretary to the Federal Government, and the national chairman of the Social Democratic Party, says he has come to visit a former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, about the affairs of the country. He mentioned that to journalists as he emerged from the over two hours closed-door...

As the Big Brother Naija 2018 show, tagged Double Wahala, enters the home stretch, Nigerian celebrities have picked their favourite housemates and are using their social media platforms to vigorously campaign for them. Click here to read more

Donald Trump’s personal lawyer is due in court in an extraordinary showdown with US prosecutors Monday over documents seized in an FBI raid on his home, with a porn star also expected to attend. Michael Cohen has been under criminal investigation for months over his business dealings, and FBI...

Russia’s perpetually late World Cup stadium in Samara had some good news to report exactly two months before kickoff: it is finally getting its grass. Twelve gleaming white lorries filled with rolls of the precious pitch arrived Saturday in the Volga River city from Germany. Click here to...

Barely 30 days to the conduct of party primaries ahead of the July 14 Ekiti governorship election, the number of interested persons in becoming the next state governor has risen, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Click here to read more

Manchester United may wonder which Paul Pogba is going to turn up when struggling West Bromwich Albion visit Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday. Will it be the player who has disappointed for much of the season, or the one who lived up to his £89 million ($126 million) price tag for...

The High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital, has sentenced a police sergeant, Vincent Manu, to death for unlawfully killing a businessman, late Stephen Anakwe, and labelling him an armed robber. Click here to read more

Former heavyweight world boxing champion Tyson Fury is to make his comeback for a first fight in two-and-a-half years in Manchester on June 9 with his opponent still to be named, promoter Frank Warren announced on Thursday. Click here to read more

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has yet to move out of an official residence in Harare five months after he was ousted from power, an official said Thursday. Presidential spokesman George Charamba said Mugabe had still had not removed his belongings from Zimbabwe House, a residential...

Gunmen have abducted a sawmill operator simply identified as Igbayo at Asaboro Waterside in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the hoodlums numbering five stormed the sawmill premises in a speedboat and immediately went for their target who said to be...

A 53-year-old Danish man, Peter Nielsen, who allegedly killed his wife, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, popularly known as Alizee; and their three-year-old daughter, Petra, was on Wednesday remanded in Ikoyi Prisons on the orders of a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Click here to read more

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at the Abuja House, London. The Presidency had said Buhari who travelled to the British capital on Monday would be holding a series of meetings with some individuals before participating in the Commonwealth...

The Nigerian Army is set to form a women-only corp to develop professionally responsive female officers and soldiers, who can be deployed to provide support in all its operational engagements within and outside the country. Click here to read more

Veteran actors, Richard Mofe Damijo and Ego Boyo have reunited in a new TV series 22 years after their last movie together,’Violated’. They are acting on the small screen for a new TV series, Mr X Family produced by RMD, which is set to premiere next week. Click here to read more

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned to Abuja after a 3-day private visit to his country home Daura in Katsina state. The presidential aircraft carrying the president and some of his aides took off from the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport, Katsina, at about 10.45a.m...

The former governor of Edo, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, to adopt a “ruthless” measure against alleged looters of the nation’s treasury. Oshiomhole, who disclosed this on Sunday in Benin, described as mindless the stealing by the then...

Popular singer, Tope Alabi, speaks with TOFARATI IGE about her childhood, career, marriage, motherhood and other issues. Click here to read more