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FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that only two states nominated female ministers when he assumed office in 1999 after he asked governors to send him their list of ministerial nominees.

SECESSIONIST group the Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) has vowed to prevent elections taking place across the southeast next year when Nigeria goes to the polls and has threatened to seize Government House in Enugu on August 20.

CROATIAN striker Nikola Kalinic who was sent home from the World Cup for refusing to come on against Nigeria when the Super Eagles on June 16 in Kaliningrad has rejected the silver medal offered to him after his team finished second in the tournament.

GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola's chief of staff Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola has emerged as the All Progressive Congress's (APC) gubernatorial candidate for the forthcoming elections taking place in September after winning the party primaries last night.

HUNDREDS of Nigerian passengers flying from and to Lagos and Abuja have been left stranded at the Charles De Gaulle International Airport in Paris since Wednesday due to logistical problems with Air France.

BENUE State governor Samuel Ortom has rescinded his decision to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in protest against the refusal of the federal government to combat the menace of Fulani herdsmen and disagreements with local APC leaders.

AVIATION minister Hadi Sirika has revealed that the new national carrier Nigeria Air will require an initial capital of between $150m and $300m to get off the ground successfully when it launches in December.

GOVERNMENT officials have evacuated 152 out of the over 230 Nigerians who were stranded in Russia at the end of the World Cup after the agents who sold them tickets failed to supply them with return flights to Nigeria.

SUPER Eagles Victor Moses and Kenneth Omeruo have resumed training at Chelsea under new coach Maurizo Sarri as the club starts pre-season preparations ahead of the forthcoming 2018/19 campaign.

LEGISLATORS from the southeast geo-political zone caused an uproar on the floor of the senate yesterday as they objected to a list of nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari saying that it marginalised their region as it was lopsided and not national in outlook.