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Abdullahi Ganduje & Kwankwaso The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has expressed his readiness to receive the Presidential Candidate of the New Nigerian People Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso if he agrees to defect to the ruling party. Ganduje made the statement at a media briefing with …

FILE PHOTO: NYSC Members The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says there is no plan to deploy youth corps members to Niger Republic to fight a war. Mr Eddy Megwa, the NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, clarified this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. His clarification is in …

Festus Keyamo The immediate past Minister of State for Labour and Employment and a ministerial nominee, Festus Keyamo, SAN, on Monday, apologised to the Senate over his perceived disregard for the ninth Assembly. He also explained that he had in the ninth Senate apologised to both chairman Senate committee on …

Governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Olawale Rasheed, has dismissed the claim that Governor Ademola Adeleke begged his Oyo State counterpart, Mr. Seyi Makinde during a recent meeting. He said the recent meeting between his principal and his Oyo State counterpart discussed issues …

Mr Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to the senator representing Ogun West in the National Assembly, Solomon Adeola, has been shot dead. The spokesperson for the senator, Kayode Odunaro, in a statement in Abuja said the incident happened on Saturday morning. He said the lifeless body of Sanni was found …

The Arrested Suspects The Lagos State Police Command has said three policemen and two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority respectively have been nabbed for extortion of truck drivers and motorists in the state. The state police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed …

Popular comedian, Atunyota Akpobome, popular as Ali Baba, has recounted his “most memorable joke” on the sense of  frugality President Olusegun Obasanjo. Ali Baba recounted his encounter with Obasanjo while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise breakfast show on Saturday. The comedy legend said the former President wanted him to expunge …

  Protesters hold a Russian flag and a banner with images of (from L to R): General Abdourahamane Tiani, Niger’s new strongman, Burkina Faso’s junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, leader of Mali’s junta, Assimi Goita, and Guinea’s junta leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey …

The Federal High Court Headquarters, Abuja, on Sunday denied a media report titled “Controversy Surrounds Flying of Judges to London for training by Nigeria’s Asset Recovery Agency, AMCON.” The report claimed that judges, who are currently observing their vacation, were allegedly funded by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria to attend …

Following the withdrawal of her name from the list of ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu, Dr. Maryam Shetty blamed life with its characteristic unpredictability for the action, saying, however, she bore no ill will towards anyone. She said being nominated was a validation of her capabilities and a sign …