2018

Arsenal star, Alex Iwobi, is the only Nigerian left in the running to be named the African Footballer of the Year by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). CAF has trimmed the initial list down to 10 players and Iwobi’s fellow…

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to Friday night’s vice presidential debate between Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the VP candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi and other candidates.…

APEX Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has concluded plans to receive other ethnic nationality groups at its 2018 Igbo Day Celebration talking place in Owerri Imo state. Addressing newsmen in Enugu, yesterday, on the…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he is not a spare tyre to the president, emphasising that his roles as the number two citizen are spelt out in the constitution. Osinbajo said this during the vice-presidential…

Figures obtained from the website of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have confirmed how the use of card readers in 2015 polls influenced the voting pattern in the presidential election. According to a report on the…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, said on Friday night that he was keenly looking forward to next month’s presidential debate, moments after watching the vice-presidential debate in Abuja. Mr…

A few hours after it announced a controversial suspension of UNICEF activities in the Boko Haram-ravaged North-east, the Nigerian Army has reversed itself. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the army on Friday afternoon announced the suspension,…

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday said the federal government has spent N1.7 trillion on capital projects in two budget years. He made this claim while addressing participants at the 9th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum held…

Prof. Akin Oyebode (SAN), a former columnist with PUNCH in the 1970s, taught Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), at the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos. During a chance encounter with FRIDAY OLOKOR in Abuja, he spoke on politics as the…

…Says Nigeria’s economy in bad shape President Muhammadu Buhari has, Friday, warned governors and other leaders in the country to brace up for tougher times ahead, especially as regards the economy and infrastructural development of the…