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PRESIDENTIAL candidate Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has been told that he is not welcome in his native Kano State by his former deputy and the incumbent governor Umar Ganduje because the people of the state are solidly behind President Muhammadu Buhari.

NIGERIA'S minister of women affairs Hadjia Aisha Alhassan looks all poised to launch another Taraba State governorship bid after she attended a political rally in Takum where her convoy was attacked by hoodlums who damaged two of its vehicles.

SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has signed a new six year contract with his English Premier league clubside Leicester City that will keep him at the King Power Stadium until 2024.

SECOND Republic lawmaker Junaid Mohammed has alleged that some of President Muhammadu Buhari's relatives are pressurising him to reinstate the sacked director-general of the Department of Security Services (DSS) Lawal Daura.

CALIFORNIA'S Greater Purpose Community Church in Santa Cruz has announced that it will allow its members to bring beer into its premises when coming to worship as part of an ambitious outreach programme to recruit more youths.

Under the new regime, members of the church are now allowed to drink beer or wine while listening to the pastor's teachings. This new trend started after the church sold its building and started meeting at a local food lounge with alcoholic beverages.

FEMALE presidential candidate Eunice Atuejide has been suspended by the national executive committee of her National Interest Party (NIP) for forgery and misappropriation of funds in a move that threatens to derail her campaign.

SUPER Eagles skipper Mikel Obi has delayed his retirement from international football for now pledging that he will continue to feature for the national team for the time being despite team mate Victor Moses quitting.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria and written to the National Assembly informing it that he has resumed duty as the head of government and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

BISHOP of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto Matthew Kukah has accused northern governors of marginalising Christians in the region adding that they will not effortlessly sign a certificate of occupancy for the building of a church.

ANAMBRA State government has offered martial arts training to members of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) brigade known as the Obiano Police as part of its campaign to tackle revenue defaulters and related offenders.

In the first such training of its kind, the men are being taught taekwondo and already eight officers of the  OCHA brigade have been enrolled. Governor Obiano said he would not relent until criminal elements in the state were shown the way out.