GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has described Igbo leaders opposed to his senatorial ambition and plans by his son-in-law to succeed him as sell-outs who have turned Igboland into a shopping centre where everyone else can come and buy people.
RUSSIAN state financial institution VTB Bank accidentally credited the Central African Republic (Car) with $12bn in what has been described as an accounting error according to its quarterly financial report published by the Russian Central Bank.
PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has visited deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu in a bid to get him to sheath his sword and accept his decision to pick for Anambra State governor Peter Obi as his running mate.
SUNDERLAND teenager Josh Maja looks set to make his international bow for Nigeria in the run-up to the 2019 African Cup of Nations after accepting an invitation from Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr.
GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has offered 11 churches in the state a N7m ($19,300) pre-election sweetener which he claimed was to assist them with the ongoing infrastructural work they are carrying out on their numerous buildings.
GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola has formally bowed out of office as the Osun State governor handing over to governor-elect Gboyega Oyetola at an elaborate swearing-in ceremony today in the capital Oshogbo.
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have denied receiving N10m ($27,500) from beleaguered Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje saying that the agency does not receive donations from governors.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Nigerian deputy high commissioner to the UK Ambassador Kabiru Bala as new envoy to South Africa with concurrent accreditation to Swaziland and Lesotho.
Ambassador Bala, who assumed office in the UK two years ago, received his letter of credence confirming his new appointment on Monday in Abuja. Sarah Sanda, the official spokeswoman for foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama, said that the new appointment will take place immediately.
WATFORD teenage striker Jayden Bennetts has had to pull out of the Flying Eagles squad that is due to compete in the forthcoming West African Football Union (Wafu) U20 championship in the Republic of Benin due to club commitments.
MEN of the Anambra Police Command have paraded 33 members of the secessionist group the Indigenous people of Biafra (Ipob) in Akwa accusing them of killing an inspector during a protest over the weekend.
GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has described Igbo leaders opposed to his senatorial ambition and plans by his son-in-law to succeed him as sell-outs who have turned Igboland into a shopping centre where everyone else can come and buy people.
RUSSIAN state financial institution VTB Bank accidentally credited the Central African Republic (Car) with $12bn in what has been described as an accounting error according to its quarterly financial report published by the Russian Central Bank.
PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has visited deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu in a bid to get him to sheath his sword and accept his decision to pick for Anambra State governor Peter Obi as his running mate.
SUNDERLAND teenager Josh Maja looks set to make his international bow for Nigeria in the run-up to the 2019 African Cup of Nations after accepting an invitation from Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr.
GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has offered 11 churches in the state a N7m ($19,300) pre-election sweetener which he claimed was to assist them with the ongoing infrastructural work they are carrying out on their numerous buildings.
GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola has formally bowed out of office as the Osun State governor handing over to governor-elect Gboyega Oyetola at an elaborate swearing-in ceremony today in the capital Oshogbo.
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have denied receiving N10m ($27,500) from beleaguered Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje saying that the agency does not receive donations from governors.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Nigerian deputy high commissioner to the UK Ambassador Kabiru Bala as new envoy to South Africa with concurrent accreditation to Swaziland and Lesotho.
WATFORD teenage striker Jayden Bennetts has had to pull out of the Flying Eagles squad that is due to compete in the forthcoming West African Football Union (Wafu) U20 championship in the Republic of Benin due to club commitments.
MEN of the Anambra Police Command have paraded 33 members of the secessionist group the Indigenous people of Biafra (Ipob) in Akwa accusing them of killing an inspector during a protest over the weekend.
