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UNITED States (U.S.) Ambassador to Nigeria Stuart Symington has advised Nigeria to diversify its economy toward pursuing deeper growth and development. Symington gave the advice at the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) Annual Dinner and Inauguration of Otunba Oluwatoyin Akomolafe as NACC’s 18th President in Lagos. Symington, in a statement …

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has said that leading Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has not endorsed any presidential candidate ahead of the 2019 election because not every Igbo man is a member of PDP. Iwuanyanwu was reacting to the …

The Federal Government has said that talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have so far been fruitful, expressing optimism that the ongoing strike by the university teachers, will soon be called off. According to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, this is predicated on the …

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss a suit filed by human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), seeking to compel the Federal Government to fix the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and end the intractable gridlock on the road. …

  Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu  Segun James in Lagos, Adedayo Akinwale, Udora Orizu and Mercy Apollos in Abuja As part of its commitment to inclusivity in the electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is targeting 15 states where it plans to conduct 2019 …

The senate has confirmed Festus Keyamo, spokesman of the President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 campaign organisation, as a board member of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). The lawyer was confirmed alongside other six nominees on Wednesday after the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, put his nomination to a voice vote. …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that only a fool would sit on the fence when his country was being destroyed with incompetence, corruption, lack of focus, insecurity, nepotism and brazen impunity. Obasanjo warned that if Nigerians failed to become active and get much needed change of the current administration, …

President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr Paul Usoro, says he is innocent of the N1.4 billion money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Usoro stated this while fielding questions from reporters on Sunday after the NBA National Executive Committee (NEC) …

The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Kaduna State Chapter, has accused the state governor, Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai of running an exclusive government in the state. The state party secretary, Barrister Shuaibu Yamusa, while briefing newsmen in Kaduna Wednesday on the preparation of the party for the 2019 general election in the …

  The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has disclosed how President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, can proved he was not cloned. There had been insinuations that Buhari was replaced with one Jubril from Sudan. Responding to the claim, Buhari, while in Poland, said that he …