PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's ministers and political appointees have been urged by the Emir of Daura Dr Umar Faruq Umar to repay the favours they have been granted by locating facilities and infrastructural projects in the town.
ALIKO Dangote's dream of purchasing English Premier League giants Arsenal appears to have ended yesterday after the club's majority shareholder Stan Kroenke announced an offer to take full ownership of the club in a deal worth £1.8bn ($2.3bn).
PRESIDENCY officials have denied that senate minority leader Senator Godswill Akpabio has been granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
NIGERIA'S ongoing political drama took a further twist this morning after men of the Department of State Security (DSS) sealed off the entrance to the National Assembly and senators loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari fixed a meeting at Sheraton Hotel in Abuja to impeach senate president Bukola Saraki.
FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has undergone a private health check in Bayelsa State and published the results as part of a campaign against the ongoing habit of Nigerian politicians travelling abroad for medical treatment.
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is facing a major disruption soon after it emerged that no fewer than 10 commissioners and special advisers plan to resign their positions soon to stand in the 2019 general elections.
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials are to grill the wife of deputy senate president senator Ike Ekweremadu as part of their ongoing investigation into the 60 properties he is said to have acquired using public funds.
SEVERAL members of the All progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State have written to the party chairman Adams Oshiomhole saying that the senate majority leader senator Godswill Akpabio is not welcome in their ranks following his recent defection.
NIGERIAN winger Samuel Kalu has completed his €8m move to French side Bordeaux after he signed a five year deal with the club that sees him join the Girondins as a direct replacement for Brazilian Malcolm who has moved to Barcelona.
Kalu, 20, joins from Belgian side KAA Gent where he has played since 2016 after signing from AS Trencin of Slovakia. Since moving to France, Kalu, who still had two years on his contract, has scored 10 goals and provided 16 assists in 55 appearances for Gent.
NIGERIA is set to become the world's third largest gas exporter once the planned Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) starts operations on its latest facility due to be launched in Bonny in December.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's ministers and political appointees have been urged by the Emir of Daura Dr Umar Faruq Umar to repay the favours they have been granted by locating facilities and infrastructural projects in the town.
ALIKO Dangote's dream of purchasing English Premier League giants Arsenal appears to have ended yesterday after the club's majority shareholder Stan Kroenke announced an offer to take full ownership of the club in a deal worth £1.8bn ($2.3bn).
NIGERIA'S ongoing political drama took a further twist this morning after men of the Department of State Security (DSS) sealed off the entrance to the National Assembly and senators loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari fixed a meeting at Sheraton Hotel in Abuja to impeach senate president Bukola Saraki.
FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has undergone a private health check in Bayelsa State and published the results as part of a campaign against the ongoing habit of Nigerian politicians travelling abroad for medical treatment.
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is facing a major disruption soon after it emerged that no fewer than 10 commissioners and special advisers plan to resign their positions soon to stand in the 2019 general elections.
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials are to grill the wife of deputy senate president senator Ike Ekweremadu as part of their ongoing investigation into the 60 properties he is said to have acquired using public funds.
SEVERAL members of the All progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State have written to the party chairman Adams Oshiomhole saying that the senate majority leader senator Godswill Akpabio is not welcome in their ranks following his recent defection.
NIGERIAN winger Samuel Kalu has completed his €8m move to French side Bordeaux after he signed a five year deal with the club that sees him join the Girondins as a direct replacement for Brazilian Malcolm who has moved to Barcelona.
NIGERIA is set to become the world's third largest gas exporter once the planned Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) starts operations on its latest facility due to be launched in Bonny in December.
