Stream Rick Ross’ New Mixtape

MMG In case your Internet got cut off and you are just now getting back to the World Wide World, Rick Ross has been going in over every single beat he can get his hands on for the last couple of months. We would call it...

Buhari shocks ministers with austere package

Buhari •Cabinet members grumble, say ‘pittance’ can’t pick bills Barely three weeks in office, President Muhammadu Buhari has shocked Ministers with poor salaries and austere allowances. He has also imposed dos and...

2face encouraged young talent in Kaduna

The living scroll of jos city of plateau state aka Jesus our saviour with 2Face Nigeria number one R/B singer as he was  awarded with the title Tafinda kudenda in Kaduna state which means ambassador of peace by HRH...

Update: Buhari, Obasanjo, Gowon, Saraki bid HID Awolowo farewell

… 15 governors also in attendance Amid overwhelming glamour and grace, the matriarch of Awolowo dynasty, Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Idowu Dideolu (HID), made her glorious and final exit on Wednesday afternoon. HID Awolowo,...

Buhari, Senators meet in Aso Rock Thursday

Buhari Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, will on Thursday lead other Senators to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The agenda of the meeting scheduled to take place in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, is not...

Naira strengthens against dollar at parallel market

Emefiele The Naira on Wednesday strengthened against the dollar as it traded for N240 at the parallel market. It gained N1 on Wednesday afternoon to exchange for N240 to the dollar, as against N241, its previous rate. Meanwhile,...

Buhari to lead Nigeria delegation to CHOGM, UN conference

•Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Thursday, November 26, for Malta to participate in the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which begins in the island nation on Friday. The Commonwealth...

‘No election in 91 units’

Voters and INEC officials during accreditation at Ogbaagbaa, Osun state The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday declared the Kogi State governorship election held on Saturday inconclusive. The...

Kogi: Confusion as APC candidate Audu dies at 68

INEC’s decision is wrong, say experts KOGi State All Progressives Congress (APC)governorship candidate Prince Abubakar Audu yesterday died after taking ill on Saturday. He was 68. Audu was leading by 41,000 votes (he...

Liberia monitors 153 Ebola contacts, virus re-emerges

Liberia has placed 153 people under surveillance as it seeks to control a new Ebola outbreak in the capital more than two months after the country was declared free of the virus, health officials said. Three Ebola cases...

Kogi APC candidate Audu is dead

The All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, is dead. He died on Sunday, shortly  after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the state...

Kogi: Results announced so far

Omala LGA APC: 9,228 PDP: 10,517 LP: 017 PPA: 091 Kabba/Bunu LGA APC: 9,659PDP: 7,768 Idah LG APC, 11,779 PDP, 6,952 LP, 24 PPA, 59 Yagba East LGA APC, 7,129 PDP, 5,368 LP, 16 PPA, 73 Yagba West APC,...

Sultan: Terrorism has no place in Islam

•Sultan Abubakar THE Sultan of Sokoto , Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, said yesterday in Ado Ekiti that Muslim youths must begin to shun membership of terror groups as violence has no place in Islam. Besides,...

Kogi: Wada kicks as early results favour Audu

• Says: ‘I’m troubled by reports I’m receiving’ Early returns from yesterday’s governorship election in Kogi State seemed to be in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Prince Abubakar  Audu. Audu,...

Odds Wada, Audu must overcome

As the Kogi electorate go to the poll today to elect the governor that will pilot the affairs of the state in the next four years, JAMES AZANIA examines the likely scenario that may play out for the two leading parties—All...

Kogi: Our fears – Situation Room

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of 70 civil society groups monitoring Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State, had expressed concerns over the welfare of security personnel deployed for the...

Petrol sells for N200 per litre in Umuahia

Some independent petroleum marketers in Umuahia are selling petrol for between N170 and N200 per litre even as the seeming scarcity of the commodity lingers on. However, at the black market located at strategic points...

NCC/MTN locked in meetings on fine

South African mobile network giant, MTN, is yet to pay up the 1.04 trillion naira (5.2billion dollars) fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) following its failure to disconnect over 5 million...

Arms deal: Ex-military chiefs offer to refund contract sums

•EFCC may seize Dasuki’s, others’ assets       •Targets mansions in Abuja, Kaduna      •One top Nigerian, two Israeli suspects sneak out There were indications last night that some of the...