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A former Special Assistant to an ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Local Government and State Affairs, Dr. Umar Ardo, has said former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, will work against the PDP if Atiku is fielded as the party’s presidential candidate...

The unfinished statue of Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been visibly spotted in Owerri ahead of the president's two-day visit to Imo state. According to a report by Imo state government, Liberian president will arrive Imo state on Thursday,...

Lecturers at the polytechnics and colleges of education owned by the Osun State Government have issued Governor Rauf Aregbesola a 21-day ultimatum to resume payment of full salaries and address other issues including obnoxious taxes, lack of good roads...

Oil prices hit their highest since July 2015 yesterday as Saudi Arabia’s crown prince cemented his power over the weekend through an anti-corruption crackdown, while markets continued to tighten. Brent crude futures were trading 26 cents higher at $62.33...

Unmarried couples in the East African country of Burundi have been given the ultimatum of the end of this year to legalise their relationships through church or state registrations. In May, President Pierre Nkurunziza signed a new law which the government...

The Liberian President is principally coming to meet with students of the Rochas Foundation College of Africa and the Students from Liberia in particular whose parents died of Ebola and she will also be expected to key into Vision 2030 of ROCHAS FOUNDATION...

Babies in Nigeria are twice as likely to die in the first month of life if their mothers were living near an oil spill before falling pregnant, researchers have found. Crucially, oil spills that occurred while the mother was still pregnant had no effect...

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari today presented the 2018 appropriation bill to the Joint session of National Assembly. You need not look forward to reading the lengthy 'book'.We have obtained a summary of the budget from BudgIT.

Apparently disatistisfied with the level of budget implementation for 2016 and 2017 fiscal years, members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the House on Tuesday vowed to stage a protest as President Muhammadu presents Budget 2018. The PDP members...

All Progressives Congress, APC candidate in Anambra State, Dr. Tony Nwoye has assured the Igala in the state that the time of their total marginalization from the scheme of things in the state would be over should he win the forthcoming governorship election....

Controversial Kogi Senator, Dino Melaye, has once again spoken about his love for flashy and expensive automobiles, describing it as a 'passion.' He revealed this during an interview he granted to Sunday Punch. Melaye also took a sly dig at former Minister...

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwe's president reportedly sacked his vice-president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, due to his "traits of disloyalty". Emmerson Mnangagwa who happens to be the front-runner to succeed Mugabe, means his sack has opened the doorway for Grace,...

It is unarguable that Nike is one of the best-known brands in the world, making billions of dollars in profit from global trainer sales. With names such as Swoosh, Flight, Force, Tailwind and Pegasus, every shoe is crafted, and every launch anticipated...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday received 149 Nigerian returnees who had been stranded in Libya, bringing the total number brought back to the country in the last five weeks to 975. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) exclusively...

The Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University ( OAU ) Ile-Ife has denounced the rumour on the school fee hike. The Vice Chancellor, Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede said, "there is nothing like fee increment. The management has said nothing like that....

The Four Nigerian weightlifters, Monica Uweh, Fatima Yakubu, Michael Anyalechi and Favour Agboro have qualified for the 2018 Commonwealth Games scheduled for Gold Coast in Australia, an official of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) said on Monday....

Nigeria has been elected Vice Chairman of the Conference of the States Parties (COSP) to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement by its spokesman, Mr Wilson...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, yesterday, said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has performed poorly and only succeeded in campaigning for the PDP to take over...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has warned members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) to steer clear of the borders of Kaduna state; saying, it would arrest and prosecute anyone that marches in the state in the name of the Movement. A statement...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday uncovered what he called incredible things, which he said, happened in Nigeria a few weeks before the 2015 general elections.The vice president spoke in Abuja at the legislative economic summit themed "Legislative...

Former Niger Delta militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, and nine militant groups from the nine states of the region are engaged in a row over the sponsorship and motive behind the renewed threat by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA)...

Hundreds of civilians have fled Gulak town, the headquarters of Madagali Local Area as Boko Haram made bold attempt to take over the town.Akelicious learnt that a large number of armed militants attacked the town around 6;30 pm and engaged the military...

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture in this interview with select journalists in Lagos spoke on efforts being made by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to revamp the economy, Mainagate scandal and the recent threats by Niger Delta...

The world's most profitable firm has a secretive new structure that would enable it to continue avoiding billions in taxes, the Paradise Papers show. They reveal how Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its controversial Irish tax practices by actively...

A Mararaba Upper Area Court, in Nasarawa State, on Monday gave a verdict that a 21-year-old phone repairer, Michael Adeku, be given 22 strokes of the cane for stealing four litres of palm oil. The Judge, Mr Ibrahim Shekarau, warned him to desist from...