The chance of the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the February 23 presidential election to present 400 witnesses listed in their petition against President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election within the remaining three days continued to tick away.
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Dr Franklin Osaisai, a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa, says he plans to build on the achievements recorded by Governor Seriake Dickson, if elected in November 16 poll.
Moses Aduku, coach of Bayelsa Queens FC, said the team would play each of its matches in the forthcoming 2018/2019 Nigeria Women Premier League as though it were a `Cup’ final.
Former England striker, Peter Crouch, announced on Friday his retirement from football after more than two decades as a professional.
Outgoing British Prime Minister, Theresa May, said she regrets allowing too much polarisation over Brexit and avoiding televised debates before a disastrous snap election in 2017, in an interview published on Friday.
The Lagos State Government has said that the ongoing project by the Nigerian Railway Corporation would not affect the residents of Mariplex Imperial Estate in Ikeja.
The Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Friday condoled his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji over his father’s death, Alhaji Garba Rikiji.
The Magistrate, Olukunle Owolawi, ordered the remand of the defendant in Ile-Ife prison, pending the receipt of legal advice from the Director of Pubic Prosecutions.
Osinbajo gave the commendation at the inauguration of a 20.09 kilometres road projects in Ogulagha Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area.
The branch Manager, FMBN, Enugu, Emeka Aroh, made the disclosure on Friday in Enugu at a one day seminar organised by a private company, Light Hill Housing Cooperative for multipurpose cooperative societies in the South-East.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, in his ruling, also validated the removal of Malcolm Fabiyi as the deputy national chairman of the party.
Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, said this during an interactive session with the staff of LASEMA Safety Arena in Bolade – Oshodi in Lagos.
Frequent heavy downpour in Hadejia town of Jigawa has resulted in the submerging of five primary and junior secondary schools in the area, an official said on Friday.
Lawan made this known in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Isa, when addressing a group, Women Parliamentarians, led by Senator Joy Emordi in Abuja.
Justice Fatima Zeberu,dismissed the suit, following a prayer by the petitioner’s counsel, Obed Agu and Prof. Agbo Madaki.
The Indian Ocean Islanders confounded observers by reaching the quarter-finals on their debut at the tournament.
World football governing body FIFA said on its website on Friday that the conference would hold in the Italian city of Milan on September 22.
The PDP, in a congratulatory message signed by its chairman, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha and Alhaji Wasiu Emiola, described the governor’s victory as a testimony to the transparent, free and fair primary election process that produced him and other PDP candidates in the state.
Okwudilichukwu Menyei, the coach Stallion Hockey Club of Lagos, on Friday in Abuja said Nigeria Hockey is set to grow to the next level.
The Controller General, Nigerian Prisons Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed, says the service has not recorded jailbreaks in the country’s prisons in the last one year.