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France beat Croatia to win second World Cup as Pogba, Mbappe star

AFP......Goals from Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe, as well as a controversial VAR-awarded penalty, helped France beat Croatia 4-2 in an incredible World Cup final in Moscow on Sunday to lift the trophy for...
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After loss in Ekiti election, EFCC hints on plans to arrest Fayose

Anti-graft Agency, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) hinted on Sunday its preparation to arrest incumbent governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose after his tenure expiration. The agency is planning a re-dig of...

Nigerians no longer have confidence in Buhari’s administration – Bishop Onaiyekan

His Eminence, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Metropolitan See, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has said that Nigerians had lost confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration. He said there is no indication that Buhari’s government...

Boko Haram overruns Nigeria military base in second attack in days

Boko Haram jihadists overran a military base in northeast Nigeria after a ferocious firefight, military and vigilante sources said Sunday, the second assault on the country’s forces in two days. The militants on Saturday evening...

Ekiti election: Buhari congratulates Fayemi, says ‘democracy has won again’

President Muhammadu Buhari congratulated Dr John Kayode Fayemi on winning the Ekiti State governorship election. In his reaction to the All Progressives Congress (APC) victory in the Ekiti State poll, Buhari in a statement by...

May says Trump told her to ‘sue the EU’

AFP......US President Donald Trump told British Prime Minister Theresa May she should sue the European Union rather than negotiate with them, she said Sunday. May said Trump’s self-declared “brutal” option in the Brexit negotiations was...

Fayemi wins Ekiti 2018 governorship election – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi winner of the poll. Fayemi also a former governor is...

Ekiti Poll: Fayemi leads on

Dr Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress,in the Ekiti governorship election, is coasting home to victory, according to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in majority of the 16...

2019: PDP vows to retrieve all Abacha Loot from Buhari’s government

The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of committing “mother of corruption” with repatriated Abacha Loot. He said this during a meeting with the state executive of...

Ekiti Poll: PDP candidate Olusola Eleka cries foul

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Professor Kolapo Olusola Eleka has raised alarm, alleging manipulation of results of Saturday election. In a statement, a spokesman of the candidate Lere Olayinka said ”We...