On Sunday, Daily Nigerian released a 2 minutes, 26 seconds video allegedly showing the governor of Kano state Abdullahi Umar Ganduje receiving bribe from a contractor. The news portal wrote: The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has appeared in a trove of video clips receiving bribe from a contractor in the
A couple of weeks ago, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize, a prize in honor of late Nobel laureate Harold Pinter. She was presented with the prize on Tuesday, October 9. At the event, she was presented with the prize at this event
That year we turned thirteen, we shared a room, my room. That year my cousin Ada and me, became Catholics, but only for a bit. She wasn’t looking for God, although, in her words, she wouldn’t mind finding Him. But no, she attended mass
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed Atiku Abubakar, his former VP for President, Premium Times is reporting. Atiku, who clinched the PDP Presidential ticket last Sunday, visited Obasanjo at his Abeokuta home alongside popular Islamic preacher, Dr Ahmad Abubakar Gumi; Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide; and Most
Earlier today there were unconfirmed rumors of music superstar Davido and his girlfriend Chioma‘s relationship being on the rocks. TheCable had reported that the relationship, according to an insider, was rocky over allegations of Davido’s infidelity. Taking to his personal Twitter page, Davido has denied those allegations vehemently, going
Gunmen have kidnapped an African billionaire from a luxury hotel in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, police told CNN. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was taken by the men who waylaid him as he left the hotel gym after his early morning workout at around
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday harped on his argument that Nigeria requires a President with a sound knowledge of the economy to make a headway. This, he said, was what a former German Chancellor, the late Helmut Schmidt, who was one of his international friends,
Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has declared her intention to run for president in 2019. She made this known in a series of tweets on Sunday, adding that she’s running under the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). She wrote: My friends who have fully assumed their role
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has emerged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Although counting of ballot is ongoing at the party’s national convention in Port Harcourt, ThisDay reports that Atiku has secured over a thousand votes, far above the 690 votes recorded by Sokoto state Governor Aminu
7,000 candidates with the All Progressives Party (APC) are expected to on Saturday approve President Muhammadu Buhari as the party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 elections. NAN reports that this was made known by the Deputy Chairman of the APC Presidential Convention Planning Committee, Kassim Shettina, Governor of Borno State. Shettima
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is the last person to speak before voting will commence at the PDP presidential convention in Port Harcourt. He said: We are here because twelve people just spoke to us, one of them will be the next president of Nigeria. I
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Quilox night club boss, Shina Peller has won the All Progressive Congress (APC) ticket for the 2019 House of Representatives election seat of Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency. He made the announcement saying; ‘My special thanks goes to His Excellency, Governor Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, the party leaders
Governor Rauf Aregbesola has described as a charade, Senate President Bukola Saraki-led protest against the defeat of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun governorship election. Aregbsesola spoke at the presidential villa in Abuja saying that the protest of the PDP and select senators, including Dino
Sule Lamido, a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is still in the race to secure the party’s ticket for the 2019 election. A former governor of Jigawa state, Lamido said this while reacting to report that he and two other