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The Senate, on Wednesday, summoned the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to explain the Federal Government’s plans for the Enugu and Port Harcourt railway lines. In a discussion on the floor of the Senate, senators decried the state of the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has described his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, as a great patron and democrat for voluntarily conceding defeat at the 2015 general elections. Buhari poured the encomium on the ex-President at the launch of a book entitled “My...

Dr Mohammed Sani-Bello, a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has formally joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sani-Bello announced his decision to join the APC at a news conference on Saturday in...

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria on their qualification for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations holding in Cameroon in June 2019. The Eagles secured their ticket following the 1-1 draw against the Bafana Bafana of...

The outgoing governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola said he did not earn salaries throughout the eight years of his administration. Aregbesola disclosed this during an interactive programme tagged ‘Ogbeni Till Day Break’ on Saturday in Osogbo. The governor said since it...

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that many well-meaning Igbo leaders asked him to ignore the so-called endorsement by Ohanaeze Ndigbo of the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Buhari said he was told that the action by the Ndigbo apex group was...

CNN filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Trump administration over the revocation of press credentials for White House Correspondent Jim Acosta. Acosta’s questions and reporting has been a frequent target of criticism by President Donald Trump. “We have asked this...

The Federal Government will expand the N-Power scheme from the current 500,000 to accommodate one million beneficiaries in the next phase. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said that the expansion became necessary because of the successes recorded in the programme. The government...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that the process for the extraditing former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Deziani Alison-Madueke from the United Kingdom has begun. Acting Spokesman of the commission, Mr Tony Orilade, disclosed this in an...

Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, wife of the Kebbi State Governor, says Nigeria is ranked third among 10 top countries with high rate of preterm birth of 773,600. Dr. Shinkafi-Bagudu, who disclosed this in Abuja when the National Association of Nigerian Paediatric...