A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has revealed that national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu was at his Abuja residence on Wednesday to solicit support for his (Tinubu’s) presidential ambition in the 2023 general elections. Although ...

  The federal government has ordered all civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below, who have been working from home as part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19 to resume duties on December 1, 2021. The Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi- Esan gave ...

. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), said yesterday, that its support for the Federal Government over the planned removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), stems from the realization that the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 16 makes ...

  Controversial Islamic preacher, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said the declaration of bandits as terrorists “will not change anything”, rather, “it will cause more mayhem”. In a statement issued on Friday by Malam Tukur Mamu, Gumi’s Media Consultant, obtained by POLITICS NIGERIA, the cleric criticised Thursday’s verdict of the Federal ...

Society gazette has obtained Closed Circuit Television Footage, CCTV, showing how a female died in a popular Abuja Night Club, Hustle and Bustle. The club owned by socialite, Obinna Iyiegbu alias Obi Cubana, trended online over the development as many sought for clarifications on the circumstances surrounding the lady’s demise. ...

  A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, stated that the next recruit of Boko Haram will come from out-of-school children in Nigeria. Obasanjo made this claim while addressing participants at the presidential youth mentorship retreat held at Youth Development Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State. ...

Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp has lashed out at a reporter after he was accused of insulting Africa by referring to the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, as a ‘little tournament’. Before Liverpool’s Champions League match against Porto on Wednesday night, Klopp was asked about the lack of international breaks until ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 32-year-old drug trafficker based in Liberia, Maduabuchi Chinedu, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja with 9.30 kilograms of cocaine worth over N2.7 billion in street value. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Thursday, said the ...

  Veteran comic actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has been buried today. The actor died in the Ikorodu area of Lagos on Monday. The news of his death drew reactions from prominent Nigerians including the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo who said, “Baba Suwe’s death had ...

  Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar clocks 75 today, without the usual goodwill message from President Muhammadu Buhari. It was not clear whether the presidential snub was a mere omission or deliberate. Atiku, despite the political difference with Buhari attended the wedding of Buhari’s first son, Yusuf in Bichi, Kano last ...