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 Paris, Feb. 23, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player in 45 years to reach 50 Ligue 1 goals as Paris St Germain (PSG) beat visiting Nimes 3-0 on Saturday. The victory helped the champions to stretch their lead at the top to 17 points. Christopher Nkunku’s opener and …

Leicester (UK), Feb. 23, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Crystal Palace piled further pressure on Leicester City manager Claude Puel on Saturday with a comprehensive 4-1 English Premier League (EPL) win over his team. Puel have now gone seven games without a victory. Two goals from Wilfried Zaha, another from Michy Batshuayi and …

By Prudence Arobani New York, Feb. 23, 2019 The United States has placed travel ban on some top government officials of the Democratic Republic of the Congo over their roles in alleged electoral fraud in the December 2018 general election in the country. The U.S. Department of State announced this …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha/Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Feb. 23, 2019 Nigerians today, Saturday, February 23, 2019, go to the poll to elect their president and 469 members of the National Assembly (NASS). This is coming a week after the exercise was rescheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) early Saturday (Feb. …

Soldiers on patrol duty on Friday foiled the operations of a seven man armed robbery gang, killing the gang leader. Six of the suspects escaped while two people were killed by stray bullets. The leader of the gang had pointed a gun at a female victim at Swali market, demanding …

In a country without a National Carrier, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has made history by launching the first state-owned airline in Nigeria, IBOM AIR, thus putting the camp of his eternal critics into confusion. Despite the giant strides of the Emmanuel administration particularly in its industrialisation drive …

London, Feb. 21, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Arsenal beat BATE Borisov 3-0 to reach the Europa League last 16 after a 1-0 first-leg defeat by the Belarus champions  on Thursday. The London club were joined by Eintracht Frankfurt, who earned a 6-3 aggregate victory over Shakhtar Donetsk. Salzburg were also big winners as …

  Towards the Presidential and National Assembly elections rescheduled to hold Saturday, February 23, 2019,  President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday, February 22, 2019 broadcast to the nation at 7 am with a repeat at 9 pm. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) said that …

  The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has demanded immediate explanation from President Muhammadu Buhari and the Kano state Governor, Abdulahi Ganduje on the attempted assassination  of the party’s  Deputy National Chairman, PDP Presidential Campaign Council and former Governor of Kano state, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was …

  There is compelling need for historians and economists to document the 16 years squander-mania and mismanagement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), so that future generations would not repeat the same mistakes, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, …

A calm atmosphere has enveloped most parts of the Gombe State capital and some Local Government Areas surrounding it as they received all election materials for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. Our correspondent who visited three out of the eleven Local Government INEC offices reports that the Electoral Officers …

By Abdullahi Isah,  Maiduguri A group under the auspices of the Niger-Delta Peoples’ Forum, in Borno has thrown its weight  behind the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and the election of Governor Kashim Shettima as Senator for Borno Central on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The …

By Abdullahi Isah, Maiduguri In order to reduced the effect of the postponed Presidential  and National Assembly elections  and also to encourage voters to go back to where they registered to cast their votes, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Borno state chapter has declared 50 percent discounts …

The Advisory Boards for The Nigeria Prize for Science, The Nigeria Prize for Literature and The Literary Criticism Prize,sponsored by Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited, have published the Call for Entries for the 2019 edition of the prizes, flagging off this year’s competitions. The Science and Literature prizes,which are now in …

Thirty engineering graduates have been inducted to the fifth batch of the Shell Nigeria internship programme, a four-year old scheme designed to help young graduate engineers upscale their skills in readiness for employment in the energy sector. The internship programme, run in collaboration with the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria …

Candidates of fifteen political parties for Borno central senatorial district on Wednesday in Maiduguri, announced their withdrawal from Saturday’s re-scheduled Presidential and national assembly elections in unanimous endorsement of APC’s candidate, Governor Kashim Shettima. The candidates said they took decision in view of their conviction that of all candidates, “no …

By Abdullahi Isah, Maiduguri The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Alhaji  Mohammed Magaji  has said  that in line with the INEC Headquarters directives  on immediate retrieval  of sensitive  and non  sensitive  election materials earlier released to  Electoral Officers, that these materials had been retrieved …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign train arrived Kaduna the capital of the old Northern region with a strong message  for the northern poor popularly called the  takalawas to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC for dumping them after collecting their votes in 2015. Speaker after …

Robert Awokuse The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has thrown his weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari on his statement which called for ruthless action by the military against any individual who is caught snatching ballot box during the elections. Tinubu indicated his support of …

By Isaac Abuja, Feb. 20, 2019 Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says “only an Act of God can stop the conduct of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly election slated for Saturday. He stated this in Abuja while addressing a cross section of the …

 A delegation of pensioners of Enugu State, who have benefited from the monthly N100 million approved by the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for payment of arrears of gratuities from May 2018, on Wednesday paid a Thank-you visit to the governor “for rescuing them in their time of need”. The …

The Akwa-Ibom State Resident Electoral  Commissioner (REC), Mike Igini, has described as “misrepresentation, lies and innuendos” allegations which had been on for three weeks that he and other officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), have been compromised. According to him, he had never stepped into the home of any resident of …

Dubai, Feb. 20, 2019 (Xinhua/NAN) Asian action superstar Jackie Chan will return to Dubai to film one of his latest movies with director Stanley Tong this month, the Dubai Film and TV Commission said. Jamal Al Sharif, chairman of the commission, said on Twitter that “megastar Jackie Chan is returning …

By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma Lagos, Feb. 19, 2019 Zenith International Bank Plc on Tuesday became the first bank to announce its 2018 audited result, declaring a drop in gross earnings. The bank’s audited result released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) showed that its gross earnings dropped to N630.34 billion against …

Liverpool (UK), Feb. 19, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Bayern Munich showed all their UEFA Champions League experience and quality organisation as they held Liverpool to a 0-0 draw at Anfield on Tuesday. The result from the first leg game of their last 16 pairing leaves it all to play for in the …