PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari intends to deliver a nationwide television address soon during which he will either formally declare himself a candidate for next year's elections or announce that he will be standing down and retiring.
FORMER vice presidential candidate Pastor Tunde Bakare has lashed out at the leaders of pentecostal churches in Nigeria over the habit of collecting tithes from their followers saying nobody should be compelled to make such payments.
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has written a stinging letter to the party's national chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun accusing him of frustrating efforts at reconciling aggrieved members who have differences.
AUSTRALIA'S deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has decided to step down after being involved in a sex scandal that involved him having an affair with a now-pregnant former aide and now facing fresh sexual harassment claims.
TRANSPARENCY International has published its 2017 Corruption Perception Index showing that Nigeria has dropped 12 places to 148th out of the 180 places it surveyed from 136th position in 2016.
In the latest rankings, Nigeria scored 27% and is in 148th position alongside Comoros and Guinea. Botswana was ranked the least corrupt country in Africa with 61% and occupies 34th position globally.
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leaders have lashed out at their founder Nnamdi Kanu asking all other pro-Biafra groups to eschew his course of action and throw their weight behind Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
BENIN City evangelical church Glory Arena has refused to refund a sum of N111,000 ($306) to a member who accidentally paid the cash into its account saying that the giver should accept that it was an offering made to God.
NIGERIAN Army troops have rescued 50 pupils from the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi in Yobe State who were kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier this week during a raid on the town.
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has ruled out the possibility of former skipper Vincent Enyeama returning to the team ahead of the World Cup saying he has been out of action for a whole year so unfit for competitive football.
FORMER Enugu State governor Chimaroke Nnamani has been cleared by a Lagos court after it ruled that there is no valid charge before it in relation to a case brought before it by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari intends to deliver a nationwide television address soon during which he will either formally declare himself a candidate for next year's elections or announce that he will be standing down and retiring.
FORMER vice presidential candidate Pastor Tunde Bakare has lashed out at the leaders of pentecostal churches in Nigeria over the habit of collecting tithes from their followers saying nobody should be compelled to make such payments.
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has written a stinging letter to the party's national chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun accusing him of frustrating efforts at reconciling aggrieved members who have differences.
AUSTRALIA'S deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has decided to step down after being involved in a sex scandal that involved him having an affair with a now-pregnant former aide and now facing fresh sexual harassment claims.
TRANSPARENCY International has published its 2017 Corruption Perception Index showing that Nigeria has dropped 12 places to 148th out of the 180 places it surveyed from 136th position in 2016.
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leaders have lashed out at their founder Nnamdi Kanu asking all other pro-Biafra groups to eschew his course of action and throw their weight behind Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
BENIN City evangelical church Glory Arena has refused to refund a sum of N111,000 ($306) to a member who accidentally paid the cash into its account saying that the giver should accept that it was an offering made to God.
NIGERIAN Army troops have rescued 50 pupils from the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi in Yobe State who were kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier this week during a raid on the town.
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has ruled out the possibility of former skipper Vincent Enyeama returning to the team ahead of the World Cup saying he has been out of action for a whole year so unfit for competitive football.
FORMER Enugu State governor Chimaroke Nnamani has been cleared by a Lagos court after it ruled that there is no valid charge before it in relation to a case brought before it by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
