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Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a  Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) Presidential aspirant, has said that nobody can rule Nigeria without tapping the education and business ingenuity of Ndi Igbo. Bafarawa, a two time governor of Sokoto State, made this known when Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi hosted him in Enugu on Tuesday. He was in EnuguContinue Reading

By Abiodun Esan Mr Sunday Babalola, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kwara, on Tuesday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), alongside 20,000 of his supporters Babalola, a governorship aspirant in 2015 on the platform of the PDP announced his defection in statement issued in Ilorin.Continue Reading

By Racheal Ishaya The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it recorded its highest ever monthly revenue of N140.4 billion in August 2018. The Customs Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Attah, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) said the improvementContinue Reading

(Reuters/NAN) Two Malaysian women convicted of attempting lesbian sex in a car were caned in court watched by dozens of people on Monday, media and a state government official said, prompting an outcry from human rights activists. The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is routinely persecuted in Muslim-majority Malaysia,Continue Reading

By Zubairu Idris The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State, said on Tuesday it had approached the Supreme Court seeking to quash recent inauguration of transition committees for the 34 Local Governments in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. Aminu Masari inaugurated the transitionContinue Reading

By Tukur Muntari Former Governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has finally dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Sule Ya’u Sule, Media Aide to the former governor disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Tuesday. Sule Ya, u who did noContinue Reading

  Fund By Abolade Ogundimu Abuja, Sept. 3,2018 (NAN) Solomon Dalung, Minister of Youths and Sports Development, on Monday launched the Elite Athlete Development Grant with his one month salary. He says the gesture will end leadership tussles in sport federations, insecurity and other vices. Dalung launched the grant, organisedContinue Reading