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FORMER Edo State governor Adams Oshiomole has emerged as the frontrunner to become the next national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after it emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari wants incumbent Chief John Odigie-Oyegun to go.

SUPER Eagles skipper Mikel Obi has promised Nigerian football fans that he will be back for the national team when it faces England in a high profile pre-World Cup friendly at Wembley on June 2.

LAGOSIANS are up in arms over the paralysing of commercial activity in the metropolis today after a public holiday was declared and several major roads were shut to accommodate a visit by President Muhammadu Buhari.

LATE Dr Martin Luther King's family have denied being the ones behind the recent award given to President Muhammadu Buhari in the name of the civil rights leader's foundation pointing out that the honour did not come from them.

BRITISH authorities have revealed that Abraham Badru the 26-year old young man who was shot in east London last weekend was the son of Dolapo Badru the member of the Federal House of Representatives representing Lagos Island Constituency.

MULTINATIONAL trading companies Vitol and Glencore are in talks to financially back Nigerian firms seeking to buy crude oil assets owned by Brazil’s Petrobras in the Niger Delta valued at up to $2bn.

EDO State commercial motorcycle operator Paul Edobor has abandoned his wife of 12 years and fled after she gave birth to a set of triplets because he dreaded the thought of looking after them when he is still struggling to maintain the two they already have.

NIGERIAN commercial bank the United Bank for Africa's (UBA) London subsidiary has obtained regulatory permission from the financial authorities in the UK to carry out wholesale banking services in the country.

NIGERIA'S winning run in World Cup friendly matches came to an end last night when the Super Eagles lost 0-2 to Serbia in London last night succumbing to two second half goals despite dominating the game for lengthy periods.

IMMEDIATE past president of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Udengs Eradiri has challenged the Pan Niger Delta Forum (Pandef) to restructure the Ijaw nation first before making calls for the restructuring of Nigeria.