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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has informed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains that nothing will make him return to politics. Obasanjo made his position known while addressing Iyorchia Ayu, PDP national chairman, and other leaders of the party on Saturday. TheCable had reported that PDP chieftains, including former governors, visited the former president […]

Olisa Metuh, a former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians to pray for him over his health. Metuh who took to Facebook to seek prayers said he’s had many surgeries in the last year. The PDP chieftain said he received scary news from his […]

Yahaya Bello, Kogi state governor, has assured Nigerians that he will not betray their trust if elected as the president of the country in 2023. Speaking on Thursday during a north-east state legislators meeting in Bauchi state, Bello said he will not disappoint Nigerians because he always keeps to his promises. The […]

Through the first two weeks of December 2021, MTN Nigeria made a public offering to sell 575 million ordinary shares to Nigerians at the price of N169 per share, in what was referred to as another first for MTN in the Nigerian market.  As of January 21, 2022, more than five weeks after […]

The federal government has approved a prior review of the thresholds service-wide application for procurements in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). Ministerial tenders board can now award a contract of N30 million and above — but less than N1.5 billion — for works. This represents a 200 percent increase from the initial […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face Ghana, their West African arch-rivals, in the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff. The draw which was held in Douala, Cameroon will see Egypt square up against Senegal for a place in Qatar. Cameroon, the host country of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), will […]

Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and other members of the party’s national working committee (NWC) are currently in a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The PDP chieftains, including former governors, arrived at the Abeokuta residence of the former president on Saturday afternoon. Peter Obi, former […]

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned the death of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil who was allegedly killed by a school proprietor in Kano. The pupil was kidnapped in December and her abductors had demanded N6 million ransom. On Thursday, the police in Kano arrested Abdulmalik Tanko, Abubakar’s proprietor, who allegedly abducted and […]

It will be a clash of Eagles in Garoua on Sunday as Nigeria face Tunisia in the second round of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The Super Eagles and the Carthage Eagles are perennial rivals who have faced each other 20 times, with each team holding six wins each while the […]