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Former Kwara PDP chairman Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo optimistic of victory with ACP

Globacom has improved Call Centre access across Nigeria

Prof Hafiz Abubakar has resigned as deputy governor of Kano state

…To explore another 5,000-Capacity terminal in Ijanikin …Extends Egan-Agric Road project to Ayobo, orders palliative work on Ikotun-Ijegun, others …Inspects ongoing projects across the state Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday flagged off the expansion of the ABAT Truck Terminal in Orile Iganmu, assuring that work would be accelerated on the 1000-capacity terminal to take trucks parked indiscriminately on the roads and bridges. Governor Ambode, who led an extensive inspection of ongoing projects across the State that last for about six hours, said the expansion of the Terminal was one of the resolutions reached at the recent meeting…

Sergio Aguero scored both Manchester City’s goals as the Premier League champions beat Chelsea to win the Community Shield on a sweltering day at Wembley. Aguero’s first – his 200th for the club – came after 13 minutes, when he collected the ball on the edge of the area after Phil Foden surged forward, and fired into the bottom corner. His second came after the break, when he latched on to Bernardo Silva’s pass and beat Willy Caballero with another precise low finish. Chelsea, who are less than a month into Maurizio Sarri’s reign as manager, lacked a presence in…

Senator Ike Ekweremadu seems to have turned to prayers days after he was grilled by EFCC

Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio met vacationing President Muhammadu Buhari in London today, four days before he crosses over to the All Progressives Congress. Issues discussed were not disclosed but sources close to the conversation said it bothered on Akpabio’s defection to the ruling party, his role in the forthcoming election and recapturing Akwa Ibom from PDP. Akpabio had met Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja on Thursday and national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in Lagos on Saturday. Akpabio’s decision to leave the PDP has dampened PDP’s celebration over the defection of a dozen senators, three governors…

 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya  Dole  has conducted a successful attack on a Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs) Hideout in Daban Masara in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said that the operation was carried out on Friday. “The surgical air strikes were conducted on the strength of credible intelligence which indicated that remnants of BHTs on the Lake Chad Islands were hiding out in settlements at the Southern part of the lake, including Daban Masara,…

The Nigerian government is creating a climate-smart business environment as as it seeks to drive development and a clean environment.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo explained that the development, deployment and transfer of locally relevant climate technologies is the best solution to climate change challenges.

Thousands of All Progressives Congress (APC) members awaited Senator Aliyu Wammako at Sokoto airport and at a mega rally in a show of strength by the ruling party. Senator Wammako, a former governor between 2007 and 2015, arrived from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital to reassure members of the party of their dominance. Wammako who is the de facto leader of the APC in the state held the rally to erase the impression that incumbent Governor Aminu Tambuwal was a major factor. Tambuwal, shunning the advice of Wammako, his godfather, on Tuesday committed political apostasy by leaving the party, to join the…