The governorship candidate of the Imo state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Emeka Ihedioha, has been endorsed as a consensus candidate for Imo East Senatorial district by some former governorship aspirants of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state.

Iran President Hassan Rouhani’s son-in-law resigned on Monday just two days after his appointment as head of Iran’s geological survey sparked accusations of nepotism, official news agency IRNA reported.

Hearing was on Monday stalled in a petition seeking winding up of the sponsors of the Big Brother Naija Show, Payporte Global System Ltd.

Presidency has on Monday made a riposte on Nigerians platitudinous statements over President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in his cabinet formation.

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Holders Manchester City will take Tuesday’s League Cup quarter-final with Leicester City seriously, says manager Pep Guardiola, even though they are in a tight duel with Liverpool for the Premier League title.

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has approved the names of 12 nominees into the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC).

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Monday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Nura Bala, be remanded in prison for the alleged rape of a 22-year-old woman.

TRAGEDY struck Sunday, as two couples, two grandchildren and three of their relatives were burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident close to the Ossissa axis of the Kwale-Asaba expressway, Delta State.

The board of Diamond Bank Plc on Monday finally announced its merger with Access Bank Plc expected to be completed in first half of 2019.

Jamal Murray scored 15 points of his 19 points in the final quarter as the shorthanded Denver Nuggets rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 95-86 Sunday in a battle between the league’s East and West conference leaders.

As tributes and encomium continue to pour in for President Muhammdu Buhari on his 76 birthday, a group of Nigerian women, Monday, trooped out in their numbers to celebrate the president.

The Netherlands said Monday it will ban all raw ivory sales from next year, as it unveiled the results of a major operation to combat trafficking in endangered animals and plants.

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday called on Nigerian youths to vote President Muhammadu Buhari in for a second term to ensure a better future for them.

Spinner Nathan Lyon claimed the prized wicket of Indian captain Virat Kohli as Australia closed in on victory in the second Test in Perth on Monday.