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Diddy: Eyes NFL club in Carolina With racial tensions casting a pall over American football, rap mogul Diddy wants to buy the Carolina Panthers and become the first African American owner of an NFL team. The New York rapper, estimated by Forbes magazine to be worth $820 million, voiced his interest as Panthers owner and founder Jerry Richardson stepped down in...

Olusegun Obasanjo Perhaps in the long run, the most remarkable legacy of the Nigerian leader known as Olusegun Obasanjo would be his personal example, in terms of the manner in which he continues to creatively reinvent himself and the Renaissance quality and force of his achievements. In addition to all that we already know about him, Obasanjo last week bagged...

Governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has urged the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to do more to halt illegal migration of young and able-bodied Nigerians who undertake dangerous trips across the Sahara and Mediterranean Sea in bids to make it to Europe. The Governor also urged the service to increase vigilance around border areas to check influx of illegal migrants into the country...

The Federal Government has ordered security agencies to arrest petroleum marketers who purposely hoard products to create the artificial scarcity currently being experienced. This is even as oil marketers have been warned to desist from hoarding the product or risk being arrested by industry regulators who have been detailed for enforcement. The order was disclosed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...

A newly-wedded bride in Sokoto, Shafa Muhammad, 28, has attacked her husband with a razor blade and injured him on the head. According to reports Shafa was forced to marry her husband, which lead to the reason for the attack. The couple resides at Arkillar Liman Area, Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The incident allegedly occurred on Dec.16,...

Olumide Aduloju  Ajayi (not real name) had an interview slated for 9am that Monday morning. He was already running late having stayed awake the previous night to research the company he was interviewing at. He really needed the job. On getting to the bus park, he got on the bus going to his destination, took a seat and quickly looked...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday attend the 59th Proclamation of Republic of Niger ceremony in Tahoua, Niger. According to a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President, alongside the Presidents of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and Niger, will participate in the event held on December 18 of every year...

Let me begin by telling a story. On June 1, 2015, the day I resumed work as adviser on media to President Muhammadu Buhari, he had admonished me: "Adesina, always tell me the truth. That is what I want from you. In this type of position I have found myself, it is very easy not to be told the...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 75th birthday. He, however, advised the president not to consider seeking re-election, urging him to quit when the ovation was loudest. Fayose, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, noted that the President had served the nation as far as he could with his...

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed N609.95 billion from the federation Account to Federal, States and Local Government as revenue generated in November.  This is N77.25 billion more than what they shared in October, Mr. Ahmed Idris, the Accountant-General of the Federation said. The distribution is also timely as it will enable states and local councils to pay workers...