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Mr Anthony Nwafor, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nkanu East/West constituency candidate for House of Representatives has advised the Federal Government to review the continued detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, after several court orders. Nwafor, gave the advice in a statement while reacting to pockets of protests by the followers of El-Zakzaky known as Islamic Movement of Nigeria, on Wednesday. He also urged the members of the group not to take laws into their hands because their leader was in detention. Nwafor further urged the sect to stop confronting the Nigerian Army under any guise so that more lives would not…

Controversial US rapper Kanye West has ended his support for President Donald Trump insinuating that he was used by the Republican president

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday hosted aggrieved aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded party’s primaries across the country.

Nigeria’s electoral body INEC has rejected PDP Ogun candidate Oladipupo Adebutu, instead recognising Adebayo Dayo for the 2019 election

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday agreed to pay a national minimum wage of N22,500, up from the existing N18,000. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of its 2nd emergency meeting held in Abuja. Yari said that the decision was arrived at after a briefing from the forum representatives at the Tripartite Committee. He said that the welfare of all Nigerians is the ultimate concern of the governors, saying in all our states, we are concerned about the deteriorating economic situation experienced by the vulnerable…

Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation has said that he was not impressed with the pace of work at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project.

SERAP has revealed how over $8bn oil and gas assets were sold between 2005 and 2015 by Nigerian governments without any account for Capital Gains Tax deepening poverty in the country

Former nurse Niels Hoegel admitted to killing 100 patients on the first day of his trial in the biggest serial killing case in Germany’s post-war history.

Chelsea coach Marco Ianni has been fined £6,000 by the Football Association, FA, for his celebration after a 96th-minute equaliser in a 2-2 draw against Manchester United. Ianni celebrated in front of the United bench, sparking a reaction from United manager Jose Mourinho. The FA said Ianni had admitted an “improper conduct charge”. Mourinho was not punished by the FA for his part in the fracas but “formally reminded of his responsibilities”. The Portuguese said after the match that Ianni had apologised to him for the the incident, which took place in the Premier League game at Stamford Bridge on 20 October.

The governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Bashir Adamu, has denied defecting to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jagawa.