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  LAGOS, NIGERIA – Entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu will lead a 5-day working visit to East Africa, where he will meet with national leaders of Kenya and Uganda. In his capacity as Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr. Elumelu will travel to Uganda (April 10) and Kenya …

Super Eagles assistant coach and goalkeeper trainer, Alloy Agu has submitted that the World Cup assignment will be a difficult one and the coaches and players have little control of their destiny, when the tournament begins June in Russia. The Eagles are drawn in group D regarded as the toughest …

Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina has described as a `misquote’ the report that President Muhammadu Buhari had pledged only one term presidency and will never seek re-election in view of his age status. President Buhari, 75, had on Monday shortly before he left for London, declared his intention to run for …

  MTN Group Ltd. expects the listing of its Nigerian unit on the Lagos stock exchange to be done by the end of this year, its CEO Rob Shutter has said, after suggesting last November that the process would be concluded by mid-year. “We are progressing very well with the …

Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other ex-military leaders cannot hinder President Muhammadu Buhari’s chance of being re-elected in 2019. Shittu, speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said since the former Nigerian leaders “are not …

A $16.9 million scandal is rocking the Minister for Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami(SAN). The said sum, approximately N6bn, was a piece of a $321 million of Abacha loot recovered by the federal government. Malami, according to The Cable, an online news medium, and the      Minister …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has lauded MTN Nigeria for paying N55 billion as the second tranche of the fine it incurred in 2015, bringing the total sum paid so far to N165 billion, representing over 50 per cent of the fine. The Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Prof. …

  President Muhammadu Buhari last night arrived in London, the United Kingdom capital, where he is billed to hold discussions with Prime Minister Theresa May on Nigerian – British relations. The president who departed the shores of Nigeria from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 4p.m. yesterday, arrived in …

THE pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, described one of its leaders, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who turns 90 today, as one of Nigeria’s most consistent, forthright, dedicated, trusted and tested icons. Adebanjo Afenifere described Adebanjo as a priceless gift to Yoruba race and Nigeria and a faithful disciple of Chief Obafemi …

President Muhammadu Buhari has unfolded his re-election bid yesterday at the meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) and the National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja. Group Political Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU examines the prospects and constraints of his ambition for second term. The race for the …