CONTROVERSIAL Senator Elisha Abbo famously renown for slapping and assaulting a female attendant when he went shopping in an Abuja sex shop has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

WORKS and housing minister Babatunde Fashola has urged his party the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to honour its zoning formula when picking its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections.

REPUBLICAN voters in the US state of Georgia are threatening to stay at home during the forthcoming senatorial run-off taking place on January 5 to protest the way its leaders have refused to back President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the presidential election results.

NIGERIA'S fastest growing domestic airline Air Peace is stepping up its presence in the international aviation industry with ambitious plans to announce flights to eight new destinations next month.

SECESSIONIST group the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) has castigated the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) for demanding the arrest of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe over the fact that Nnamdi Kanu jumped bail.

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(1) They are passionate about their religious faiths. An overwhelming number of Nigerians want to go to heaven when they die

(2) Nigerians are closely attached to their ethnic groups and traditional rulers

(3) They love entertainment and merriment

(4) They hate being called just plain Mr or Ms. No other people on the world live amassing titles like us

(5) They believe how much material wealth you have is a measure of your worth

NIGERIANS have been excluded from President Donald Trump's controversial and inexplicable visa bond pilot scheme under which visitors entering the US will have to pay a feed of between 5,000 and $15,000.

NIGERIA'S former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala looks set to be officially named as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after South Korea indicated that it intends to withdraw the candidature of its trade minister Yoo Myung-hee.

SIX foreigners and a Nigerian have been jailed for seven years by a federal high court in Port Harcourt after they were found guilty of oil theft in a suit brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

MEMBERS of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have debunked claims that they are planning to cut back on safety measures in a bid to recoup the losses they are suffering as a result of reduced traffic due to the coronavirus pandemic.