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Presidential candidate of the ruling All progressive congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu says there is no iota of truth in media reports that wants the National Chairman of the party Sen Abdullahi Adamu removed ahead of 2023. Speaking yesterday while presenting the report of the presidential campaign council structure at the party headquarters in Abuja, he assured...

No fewer than 286 assets and 600 bank accounts of drug barons have been seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) between January 2021 and August 2022. NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a document on Tuesday, said the assets consisted of 249 exotic cars and 37 mansions, PUNCH reports. This is coming after...

Too much sugar isn’t just bad for your teeth. It can harm your liver too. The organ uses one type of sugar, called fructose, to make fat. Too much refined sugar and high-fructose corn syrup causes a fatty buildup that can lead to liver disease. Some studies show that sugar can be as damaging to the liver as...

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of...

Ahead of a break or mar meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Executive Committee (NEC) on Thursday, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, upped the ante in his faceoff with the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, when he vowed to fight to end over-concentration of critical positions to the North. He further vowed not to leave...

Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland has admitted he felt sorry for Poland international Robert Lewandowski after Bayern Munich’s failed attempts to sign him. Haaland was on Bayern Munich’s radar earlier this year during his time at Borussia Dortmund, where he scored an incredible 86 goals in just 89 games. The Norwegian impressed Bayern Munich chiefs so much with...

No fewer than 11 state universities are not participating in the strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Our correspondents reported on Monday that academic activities were going on in universities owned by Osun, Rivers, Delta, Borno, Anambra, Kwara and Akwa Ibom states as well as the three universities owned by Lagos State. Also ahead of...

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has faulted social media comments questioning its ordination of Senator Remi Tinubu as a pastor. Mixed reactions have trailed a video showing the Senator representing Lagos Central at the National Assembly talking about the Igbo and their alleged refusal to align with Lagos’ local politics. According to the wife of the former...

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, has attributed what he described as “mischievous social media post” against him to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ayu who made the accusation in a statement on Friday, said investigators have confirmed that the ruling party has been sponsoring the “mischievous” posts against him on the social...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for the speedy passage of the National Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal Bill by the National Assembly to checkmate vote buying. Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, made this call on Friday, during a policy dialogue with the theme, ‘Addressing vote trading in Nigeria from global comparative experiences”, organised by...