Tinubu opposes Okorocha, says no automatic ticket for Buhari

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 22nd November 2017

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammadu Buhari cannot get an automatic ticket for the 2019 election. Tinubu made the statement less than 24 hours after Rochas Okorocha, governor…

Osinbajo to Nigerian youths: Stop complaining, join political parties

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 22nd November 2017

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has urged youths in the country to join political parties ahead of the 2019 elections to enable them to be voted into political offices. Osinbajo, who was represented by Senator…

FEC meeting holds at Aisha Buhari’s office

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 22nd November 2017

WEDNESDAY’s meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will hold at the office of the wife of the President, Daily Trust learnt yesterday. It was gathered that ministers and other cabinet members had been informed…

Masari calls for strict regulation of social media

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 22nd November 2017

Katsina state Governor Aminu Masari has called for strict regulation of the social media giving its increasing damages to families, communities and leadership. Speaking when he received the minister of communication on courtesy call, Masari…

Ex-Eagles striker, Aiyegbeni quits football

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 22nd November 2017

Former Super Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni, has retired from football at the age of 35. Yakubu scored 114 times in 293 league appearances, mostly in the top flight in almost a decade in English football,…

Mnangagwa may be sworn-in as Zimbabwean President Friday

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 22nd November 2017

Zimbabwe’s former vice-president, whose sacking led to the shock resignation of long-time leader Robert Mugabe, will be sworn in as the new president on Friday, the state broadcaster says. Emmerson Mnangagwa, who fled to South…

Mugabe’s experience, lesson for African leaders – NMPC

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 22nd November 2017

The National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC) has described the eventual end of former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe as a lesson for African leaders, urging them to do away with personal agenda and pursue mass…

Ekwueme, the accidental VP who wanted MKO’s name written in the constitution

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st November 2017

When Alexandra Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme drew his last breath on Saturday night at a London hospital, it was not just a chapter that closed in Nigeria’s history: a library also shut down. Regarded as one of…

UCH will address brain drain, medical tourism challenges in Nigeria —CMD

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st November 2017

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, is capable of resolving the brain drain and medical tourism challenges plaguing the nation’s health sector. Professor Temitope Alonge, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, made…

FG floats $3bn Eurobond — biggest ever

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st November 2017

The federal government says it has successfully priced its $3 billion Eurobond with a tenor of 10 and 30 years. This is the biggest Eurobond Nigeria has ever issued. The $1.5 billion 10-year note will…