Battle for Lagos deepens, Buhari meets with Tinubu, Akande

– Governorship primary may be postponed again over disagreement There are strong indications the Lagos State gubernatorial primary billed for Tuesday would be canceled a fourth time, as the election monitoring committee and party bigwigs in the state failed to agree on the mode of the exercise. The delegates sent by the National Working Committee […]

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Nigeria at 58: Ondo NAWOJ sues for peace

As Nigeria celebrates its 58th Independence, the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists(NAWOJ), Ondo State chapter, has called for peace. In a statement by the Secretary Abooluwa Famakinwa, the Chairman of the Association Comrade Sola Omotoso said Nigerians should embrace peace especially at this electioneering period. Sola Omotosho enjoined women, to be ambassadors of peace and […]

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Atiku: I’m the most qualified candidate for presidency

Ahead of the Presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku, has said that he is the most qualified candidate for the nation’s presidency capable of rescuing her for the current multifaceted challenges come 2019. He stated this in Abuja at a Presidential media chat ahead of the Party’s Primaries […]

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APC, PDP governorship candidates emerge

On Saturday, Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held statewide primaries to elect their governorship candidates for the 2019 general election. Some of the primaries were still on by Monday while some were postponed to Monday and beyond. In some states like Abia where Orji Kalu’s name […]

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Economic uncertainties as Nigeria turns 58

Nigeria, no doubt, has the global reputation as a country rich in natural resources. That alone confers the nation a right to economic well being, if only inclusive development goal and commitment to good governance are given. But developing events have only placed the expected progress to the sidelines, with a fast rising slogan “huge […]

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Investors lose N756 billion in one month

The ongoing volatility in the nation’s stock market, occasioned by continued selloffs and assessed political risks, has spurred an unprecedented lull in the market, as investors count losses worth N756 billion in September. The figure is derived from the N12.718 trillion market capitalisation and 34,837.50 points recorded in the All-Share Index, at the opening of […]

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We need new ‘tribe’ to build a new Nigeria – Osinbajo

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo says there is need to create a “new tribe” in Nigeria in order to have a country driven by national unity and cohesion. He expressed this view while declaring open a five-day photo exhibition tagged ‘ANISZA’ on Monday in Abuja. ANISZA is a collaborative project between the Federal Government […]

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Nigeria at 58: PDP faults Buhari’s address as full of false claims, empty assertions

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the Independence Day Anniversary Speech by President Muhammadu Buhari as a litany of false claims, empty assertions and bogus promises. In its response, the party asserted in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, that while the President was fictitiously asserting […]

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Honjo, Allison win Nobel Medicine for cancer therapy

Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for research into how the body’s natural defences can fight cancer, the jury said on Monday. Unlike more traditional forms of cancer treatment that directly target cancer cells, Allison and Honjo figured out how to help the […]

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