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Former presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has dismissed the allegation that she dumped her presidential ambition, following promise of a ministerial appointment by an unnamed presidential candidate. Ezekwesili also stated that she denied similar offers from successive administrations after Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s, where she served as both Minister of Steel Development and Minister of Education respectively. Describing the allegation as the “height of political comedy”, at a media briefing in Abuja yesterday, she wondered why she would go through the pains of launching a presidential campaign to negotiate for a role she last…

Leaders and elders from the six geo-political zones in the country, Sunday, endorsed Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as their preferred candidate for the February 16 general election. This formed part of the resolutions at a meeting tagged: ‘Summit of Nigerian Leaders and Elders’ attended by Ayo Fasanmi (Afenifere), Dr. Pogu Bitrus (Middle Belt Forum), Ango Abdullahi (Northern Elders Forum), Edwin Clark (Pan Niger Delta Forum), John Nwodo (Ohanaeze Ndigbo) and Buba Galadima, held at Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. But, All Progressives Congress, APC presidential campaign council has slammed the endorsement of…

The Code of Conduct Tribunal Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar has insisted that the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen must appear before the tribunal on February 13, 2019 to take his plea. Umar, who heads the three-member panel tribunal sitting in Abuja, insisted that it was legally wrong for the suspended CJN to stay afar, and queried the competence of the charge against him, as well as jurisdiction of the CCT to entertain same. He said the Supreme Court had on plethora of decided cases, held that a Defendant in a criminal matter must first mount the dock…

By: Thomas Thomas The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State has apparently run out of propaganda, and the only issue they meander to bring out now to the front burner is going from village to village, especially in Uyo Senatorial District, to misinform the gullible but innocent people that the former Governor Akpabio, now Senator, is the problem of APC in the State. According to the PDP rats, Akpabio’s mission in the All progressives Congress (APC) is to “install a Governor against the interest of the Ibibio,” and that “it will be an insult to allow Akpabio to…

The Cardiff City forward’s flight which disappeared after the Argentine completed a transfer from Nantes has been found. The plane that was carrying Emiliano Sala was found in the English Channel on Sunday morning, following a two-week search for the aircraft that was carrying the missing footballer. Sala was aboard the Piper Malibu aircraft on January 22 as he flew from Nantes to Wales after completing a £15m ($19.8m) transfer to Cardiff City. The Argentine had flown back to France to say goodbye to his team-mates and, on his way back to England, the plane carrying the forward and pilot David…

Manchester City delivered a commanding performance to defeat Arsenal 3-1 in Sunday’s Premier League encounter, and more worrying was Alex Iwobi’s performance. After coming off the bench to influence the Gunners’ win over Cardiff City in their last league outing, Unai Emery restored the Nigeria international into his starting line-up, playing on the right wing in the attack of a 3-4-3 formation. City were expected to dominate proceeding and more defending and discipline would have been required of Emery’s attacking trio, but Iwobi’s input in the rearguard was all but assured. The hosts went ahead after only 48 seconds into…

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New Chelsea striker, Gonzalo Higuain scored his first two Premier League goals on Saturday, sharing the spoils with Eden Hazard in a 5-0 thrashing of bottom side Huddersfield Town to ease the pressure on coach Maurizio Sarri. Higuain, who arrived in London last month on loan from Juventus, opened the scoring in emphatic style when he pounced on an angled pass from N’Golo Kante and slammed home a first-time shot in the 16th minute. After two goals from Hazard on either side of half time, one of them a penalty, Higuain celebrated his first league game at home for Chelsea…

US Instagram has discontinued the transmission of a fake video clip that trended days ago meant to tarnish the image of a popular Nigerian church and bring it on a collision course with the political class. In the video clip, the producer remixed the voice of Dr. Daniel K. Olukoya, the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Worldwide, in a prayer session in addition to MFM song ministration to show photoshopped political leaders falling off a collapsed podium during a campaign rally. Recall that on Monday, January 28, leaders including the state’s governorship candidate, Isah Muhammad Galaudi…

Ethiopian athlete, Sintayehu Legese, has won the 2019 edition of the Lagos City Marathon. Legese who finished the fourth edition of the race with a time of 2:17:26 won the grand prize of $50,000. The race, which took place on Saturday, kicked off in the early hours of the day from the National Stadium in Surulere and the finish line at Eko Atlantic City. The second runner up, Joshua Kipkorir from Kenya had a finish time of 2:18:16 while the third runner up William Yegon also from Kenya had a finish time of 2:19:04. Both second and third placed runners…