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The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, on Monday said it was untrue that he was planning to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Melaye, on his official twitter handle @dino-melaye, stated that APC will be defeated in Kogi …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, has arrested one Kehinde Olumide Agbabiaka, a sales agent of Fidelity Bank Plc. His arrest was sequel to a petition jointly sent by the bank’s Regional Security Officer and the Cluster Control and Compliance Manager, in which it was alleged that …

Why I resigns my Appointment as Technical Adviser to Budget & National planning ministry – Seun Onigbinde The co-founder, BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde, has explained why he resigns his appointment as the Technical Adviser to the ministry of Budget and National planning. Seun who disclosed his reason on his Medium page …

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has apologised to Nigeria over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in his country. Special envoys from South Africa tendered an apology on behalf of the government and people of the country to President Muhammadu Buhari at the state house in Abuja on Monday. Ramaphosa …

The Chairman of the Delta State Wrestling Association, Preye Ekpebide, on Sunday commended his athletes for their performance at the ongoing 5th National Youth Games (NYG) in Ilorin. His commendation has come in spite of the athletes’ failure to win gold medals at the event. Ekpebide told newsmen that the …

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has approved the appointment of 180 additional aides to serve as Executive Assistants (EA) as Executive Assistant and Senior technical Assistant (STA). Mr Clement Nweke, Principal Secretary to the governor in a statement in Abakaliki, directed the appointees, which include two former members of the …

No fewer than 319 Nigerians will be evacuated from South Africa on Tuesday. It was learnt that arrangements for the evacuation would be tidier than the previous one, which was done on Wednesday. The Federal Government had on Wednesday evacuated 187 Nigerians from South Africa following xenophobic attacks by its …

The chairman, Police Service Commission, Muslim Smith, and other management staff of the Police Service Commission, have been denied access into their offices for the past one week in a protest against the alleged hijack of the recruitment of 10,000 constables by the Nigeria Police Force. The inability of the …

Over 1,000 former members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State have dumped the party for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors who were officially received into the APC at the weekend inside the Sapele LGA secretariat of the APC were …

President Buhari at the maiden Federal Executive Council meeting of his renewed mandate, approved contracts for roads across Nigeria, worth over N182bn, Presidency has said. According to the information on the Instagram handle of a presidential aide, Buhari Sallau, the following are the approved road projects: 1. Lagos-Badagry expressroad to …