The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is increasingly baffled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) new found proclivity for constantly spewing falsehood in the name of opposition rhetoric and politics. This comes against the backdrop of a recent statement by a spokesperson of the PDP in which the APC is accused of corruption, sectionalism and opposition clampdown, among others, ...

The former Chairman of the now defunct New Peoples Democratic Party bloc within the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, on Saturday, unveiled a list of prominent aggrieved members of the APC, who attended a meeting of the nPDP, where the group considered three options that they might take soon. Baraje, in a statement he signed in Abuja on Saturday, ...

Loris Karius has said sorry for his pair of blunders that handed Real Madrid victory in the Champions League final. The Liverpool keeper dropped two huge clangers to gift Karim Benzema and then Gareth Bale second-half goals as the Reds went down 3-1 in Kiev. Speaking to talkSPORT after the match, a distraught Karius said: “I don’t feel anything right ...

After a season dominated by injuries and disappointment at dropping down the pecking order at the Santiago Bernabeu, Gareth Bale showed in Kiev, Ukraine, why he was once the most expensive player in the world to win a third consecutive Champions League final for Real Madrid. Bale came off the bench to score twice, including a stunning overhead kick with ...

Real Madrid have won the Champions League. In an interesting game that just ended in Kiev, the Spanish side beat Liverpool by 3 goals to one. All the goals were scored in the second half. Gareth Bale scored twice including an incredible overhead kick after coming off the bench. Karim Benzema struck a bizarre opening goal after an error by ...

The Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Delta Safe, has confirmed a fire incident at an oilfield operated by Conoil in Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The fire which reportedly occurred on Saturday morning engulfed an oil rig owned by Depthwize Nigeria, an oil services firm working at the oil block operated ...

…use of life jackets prevented loss of lives – LASWA boss At least 24 passengers were rescued on Friday evening when two boats collided and capsized in Ojo area of Lagos State. The accident which occurred about 7:45pm close to the Ojo Terminal involved two open fiber boats. Managing Director of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr. Damilola Emmanuel ...

At 70, family and friends had looked up to Lamidi Oke, a farmer from Olorunda village, Oyo State, for survival, until last Monday when a trigger-happy Customs officer dashed their hopes. The septuagenarian was allegedly shot dead by the officer while he was trying to intervene in an argument between some Customs operatives and youths in the community over a ...

…warns Buhari not to use powers to weaken democracy Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he is ashamed that Nigeria is now being used as a negative example in the international community. He cited recent instances when the Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, mocked the poor state of security in Nigeria and the naira’s weakening status. Jonathan spoke at the inauguration of ...

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has appealed an Order of Interim Injunction from the National Industrial Court (NIC), compelling it to immediately resume duties. Addressing an emergency news conference on behalf of the national body of JOHESU in Abuja on Saturday, Dr Godwin Okara, the Chairman, Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association (AHPA), said the matter is now at the ...