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  National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu The Chicago State University says All Progressives Congress stalwart and presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, indeed attended the university. Beverly Poindexter, who is in charge of official transcript requests, enrolment and degree verification at the Office of the Registrar, CSU, said …

The United Kingdom (UK) has announced the resumption of work and study visa applications processing in Nigeria. The British High Commission had on December 6, 2021, suspended visa applications from red list countries, including Nigeria. But a post by UKinNigeria on its social media handles on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to …

  The hope that there could be a first Nigerian elected female State Governor between 2022 and 2023 finally dimmed on Wednesday, January 26 2022. Senator Biodun Olujimi, who many thought could pick the ticket and, perhaps, go ahead to win the upcoming Governorship election in Ekiti State lost it. …

Bisi Kolawole has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti state. Kolawole, former chairman of the PDP in Ekiti, edged out Segun Oni, an ex-governor, and Kolapo Olusola, a former deputy governor of the state. The primary election took …

Deputy senate president, Ovie Omo-Agege Mass resignations have hit the office of the deputy President of the Senate, Mr Ovie Omo-Agege. This newspaper gathered that some aides have resigned over accusation of poor welfare packages, high handedness and delay in salary payments often directly received by the deputy senate president …

Diezani Alison-Madueke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has listed some of Nigeria’s oil moguls and companies allegedly linked to a multi-billion naira corruption case involving a former minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke,  According to the counsel to the EFCC, Farouk Abdullah, in a document filed along with …

Lai Mohammed The Federal Government says it is set to amend its relevant statutes and code to enforce the operational conditions of Twitter in Nigeria on other social media platforms. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in Cairo at a meeting with his counterpart, Egypt …

By Victor George Twitter is now back in business in Nigeria. Having taken a hiatus from conversation on the bird app after the suspension by the federal government, I returned sometime last week. As usual, Twitter Nigeria is a no dull moment space. The African Cup of Nations is on …

ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye GLOBAL anti-corruption coalition, Transparency International, has rated Nigeria the second most corrupt country in West Africa, after Guinea. In the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index released by TI on Tuesday, Nigeria dropped five places, scoring 24 out of 100 points in the 2021 index. This is …

Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources/Twitter The decision of the Federal Government to extend the implementation period for fuel subsidy removal is to forestall supply disruptions and guide market readiness preparatory to migration to the deregulated pricing regime. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre …