PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has dumbfounded political commentators by making a surprise return to Abuja this morning after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (Unep) 50th anniversary in Kenya.

CIVIL rights activist and the former lawmaker representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District Senator Shehu Sani has declared himself a candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial ticket as next year's elections loom.

OVER 400 Nigerians living on the Ukraine arrived in Abuja this morning as the ongoing evacuation programme initiated to airlift all 5,600 of them got underway with this first batch being flown in from Romania.

SUPER Eagles head coach Augustine Eguavoen has invited 25 players to camp for this month's World Cup play-off against Ghana including Leicester City winger Ademola Lookman who was only recently cleared by Fifa to play for Nigeria.

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[1] No matter how much we protest about it, the reality remains that the rest of the human race refuses to recognise negroid people as fully-fledged homo sapiens. There is no evidence out there to suggest that this will change any time soon

JAPAN has donated 859,600 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Nigeria through the Vaccines Global Assess Facility Covax as part of its contribution to the global fight against the pandemic.

AFENIFERE leader Chief Ayo Adebanjo has thrown his weight behind the idea of the southeast geo-political zone producing Nigeria's president in 2023 saying it is the turn of Ndigbo to produce the country's next leader.

NIGERIA'S proposed new airline is to begin requesting proposals from investors on March 8 as plans to get the venture up and running by the end of April commence according to aviation minister Hadi Sirika.

NIGERIA'S federal government has approved a request by the US to extradite Assistant Police Commissioner Abba Kyari who is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation over his involvement with Internet fraudster Abass Ramon popularly known as Hushpuppi.

NIGERIA has received a big economic boost as a result of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine as the price of crude oil has surged towards $120 a barrel after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) decided against a big production increase.