SINCE the conclusion of the primaries for governorship, National Assembly and House of Assembly elections of the various parties, especially the All Progressives Congress, APC, and...
A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has retrieved his passports from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Sunday PUNCH can report. This...
Wild protests have erupted on the outskirts of Amritsar city, Punjab state, of northern India after a deadly train accident claimed no less than 59 lives....
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has rewarded the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, with the party’s governorship ticket for the 2019...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed corruption charges against a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and his hotel, Spotless Investment Limited, Saturday...
There were indications last night that the trial of ex-Governor Ayodele Fayose at a Federal High Court may begin on Monday. The ex-governor is facing trial...
Trouble is looming large in the People Democratic Party (PDP) as some political forces within the party are mounting pressure on the Deputy Senate President, Ike...
There is confusion over the list of over 50 high-profile Nigerians placed on a travel ban by the Federal Government last Saturday as security agencies, including...
European and Japanese space agencies have launched their first mission to Mercury from a launchpad in Kourou, French Guiana. The British-built BepiColombo took off aboard an...
There was palpable tension at the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday as aspirants for the Senate and House of Representatives elections stormed...
THERE were indications last night that detained former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, had begun opening up on the allegations of corruption brought up...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has sent the name of the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, to the Independent National Electoral...
The Appeal panel set up by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress to consider matters emanating from the Governorship and National Assembly primaries...
The Kano State Government has approved compulsory drug test for political appointees. The state government also approved same for civil servants and students seeking admission into...
Former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose may lose at least six choice assets – if a court agrees with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)....
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has clarified that he never at any time claimed...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said that it had commenced profiling of more than 800,000 registered Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Fulani herdsmen attacks...
Residents of Awoyaya in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, have called on the management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC, to urgently provide lasting solution to its epileptic power...
The Independent National Electoral Commission and the All Progressives Congress are set for a showdown over the submission of the list of candidates for elections in...
Sanctions imposed on Turkey over the detention of clergyman Andrew Brunson may be lifted soon says US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The comments were made...
A LABOUR leader, Mr. Joe Ajaero, said yesterday that the organised labour would never sign any agreement with the Federal Government on new National Minimum Wage,...
As the nation grapples with the issue of Skye Bank takeover, the bank’s shareholders, University Dons, Professors Franklin Ngwu and Uche Uwaleke have prescribed ways to...
Another explosion may soon rock communities in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia State, residents have said. This is coming barely a week after a...
A remark by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that Nigeria needed a president that will sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCFTA, has elicited mixed reactions...
The trip made to Dubai by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, was on Tuesday said to be delaying the full composition...
A former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has dared Governor Yahaya Bello to publish the report of the probe panel that investigated his tenure...
Trouble is potentially brewing for outgoing Brazilian President Michel Temer after Brazil’s federal police asked the Supreme Court to indict the 78-year-old leader. Brazil’s federal police...
The placard-carrying protesters blocked the old Ojo Road leading to the terminal, causing serious traffic jam, as commuters alight from the vehicles to save time. Some...
For their incessant practice of shooting television commercials (TVCs) and other advertising campaigns in foreign countries, Nigerian banks, telecommunications companies and other multinationals have been accused...
There are indications that high turnover of senators will hit the 9th Senate in 2019 as 42 of the 109 serving senators, representing 38.5 per cent...
The federal government 2017 budget recorded an 86 per cent implementation, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, has disclosed. He told...
The Nigerian Air Force said on Monday that its two pilots injured in the September 30 Katampe air crash in Abuja had been discharged as investigations...
Former Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa yesterday said he cannot be on the travel ban list because he has been discharged and acquitted by a Sokoto...
Ahead of next years’ general election, a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie yesterday told President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is under pressure from some strong political players in the presidency to return the National Commissioner on Health and Welfare,...
CONTRARY to the expectation of many that Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State would announce his defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, there are...
Many All Progressives Congress House of Representatives members who lost out at the recent primary election are to decide on their next line of action after...
Outgoing Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has marked his farewell by promising to always be with the people. He also urged them to trust in God...
Ex-Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi is now seeking the senatorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kaduna North having failed to...
Some members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly saturday revealed that the assembly’s immediate past Speaker, Hon. Kola Oluwawole and the Deputy, Sina Animasaun were...
Coming on the backdrop of rising claims by different individuals that cyber criminals had withdrawn money from their accounts without their ATM cards, indications were rife...
Pieces of information available to Sunday Vanguard suggest that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may have zoned the Office of the Secretary to the Government of...
Some members of the Coalition of United Political Parties have expressed their opposition to the adoption of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, former...
An aircraft – ATR 42 -belonging to Overland Airways unexpectedly caught fire yesterday where it was parked at the airline’s hangar at the domestic wing of...
There were strong indications last night that the crises trailing the conduct of the All progressives Congress (APC) governorship, senatorial and House of Representatives primaries may...
NIGERIANS across the six geopolitical zones, yesterday, differed on what the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by...
President Muhammadu Buhari is expecting the resignation of the Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, over his failure to participate in the mandatory one-year National Youth...
Two eminent jurists, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) and Prof. Akin Oyebode yesterday expressed divergent views on former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of his one-time deputy, Atiku...
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Housing and Special Duties, Mr. Akan Okon has revealed that the state government had made significant progress at the Ibom International...
Airlines at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), have cried out over their losses, as the grounding of...
