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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar has urged his party not to leave any stone unturned in its quest to ensure free, fair and credible presidential primaries that will provide the impetus for enthroning the change that Nigerians have clamoured for. Atiku’s charge to the APC […]

At least 35 people died in a bombing and shootout at the central mosque in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city, on 28th November While the rest of us were contemplating our forebears and noshing on turkey and stuffing, the ministers of OPEC last Thursday said they would not cut production. The immediate result was a […]

Senator Authur Ifeanyi Okowa  has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party,(PDP) Gubernatorial primaries in Delta state. He polled 406 votes to beat his closest rival, David Edevbie, who polled 299 votes. As expected, the Delta State Gubernatorial Primaries did not disappoint, intrigues and horse- trading was the order of the day. The gubernatorial seat […]

FirstBank and FBN Capital Asset Management, the banking and the investment arms of the FBN Holdings Group have been named the Most Innovative Bank in Africa, and Best Asset Manager in Nigeria respectively at the Africa Banking Awards 2014 organised by EMEA Finance Magazine, which took place on the 4th of December 2014 at the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday said it had reviewed comments attributed to Dr. Christopher Kolade, a former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom on the leadership of the nation, specifically as it relates to the fight against the insurgency facing our country. Calling Kolade “our respected elder statesman”, the party said: “we regret […]

At lease 13 members representing different parts of Lagos lost out in the primary election held on Sunday to field candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2015 election into the House of Representatives on. While six of the legislators had stepped down from the race before the primary election commenced, the other […]

  Thirty-six innocent ”non-muslim” souls were slaughtered in cold blood in Kenya on 2nd December by Al Shabab. Amongst them were defenceless women and children. The same thing happened in Kano, Nigeria four days earlier  when over 200 innocent ”muslim”  souls were blown up in a Kano mosque by Boko Haram suicide bombers. Three days before […]

Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at two different fora at the weekend continued his sustained campaign for his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) urging Lagosians to vote for its governorship candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, in order to sustain the programmes of the present administration. Fashola’s campaign for Ambode thus seems to negate claims in some […]

Sensational media reports that, Abiola Kola-Daisy, daughter of Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi, wore a dress that cost a whopping three million naira ($16,900) to attend the British Fashion Awards in London is an aberration that is insensitive, callous, shameful and inexcusable. The egregious and wasteful extravagance is simply mind-boggling; a real eyesore and bad […]

Winner of All Progressives Congress (APC) gubanatorial election ticket in Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai and his team have promised do everything needed to make the state great again if he eventually becomes the governor in the 2015 elections. El-Rufai gave the assurance on Saturday while delivering an acceptance speech as APC’s flagbearer in the state. […]

Shock pervaded the camp of Lagos Deputy Governor Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, on Saturday as she announced her withdrawal from the senatorial race in the state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Orelope-Adefulire, whose posters had for weeks flooded many parts of Lagos West, made the withdrawal announcement  in a press statement issued by her […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Directorate of Security Services (DSS) of resorting to the use of torture to obtain forced confessions from the workers who were arrested during the first raid on the party’s Data Centre in Ikeja, calling it a contravention of the UN Convention against Torture to which Nigeria is […]