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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo says that he warned ex-president Goodluck Jonathan not to appoint Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke as Nigeria’s petroleum…

More excerpts have been scooped from the yet-to-be-launched book which chronicles the rise of Muhammadu Buhari and the fall of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra says it has deployed 105 trained personnel for the nationwide continuous voter…

Governor-members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have said that it is not compulsory for President Muhammadu Buhari to preside…

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has revealed how some members of the party worked against…

A lawyer in Imo, Blessing Iweajunwa, has advised the State Government to key into the whistle blowing policy introduced by…

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has denied reports that he rejected the bail granted to…

Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday granted a fresh ex parte application ordering the forfeiture…

An Owerri High Court, on Wednesday reinstated Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, the traditional ruler of Obinugwu autonomous community in Orlu Local…

The Nigeria Police Force has, in strong terms, denied being in possession of the 2017 budget documents. The denial is…

The suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal, is expected to face a senate panel…

Senator Danjuma Goje, the chairman Senate committee on appropriation has blamed the delay in the passage of the 2017 budget…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians of voting age to come out en masse to participate in the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he’s not harassing the family of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan is said to…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed May 20, for the conduct of bye-election into Mashi/Dutsi Federal Constituency in…

Former governor of Jigawa, Sule Lamido, has challenged the transfer of his criminal suit at Federal High Court, Abuja, from…

Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission will soon launch its anti-corruption programme…

Lagos State had a local debt stock of N311.7 billion as at Dec. 31, 2016, according to the Debt Management…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says he “never said that President Muhammadu Buhari is to work…

The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led committee investigating allegations of due process violation in award of contracts under Presidential Initiatives on…