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On December 11 2014, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) stayed true to form and character. The governorship primary for Taraba state was moved from Jalingo to Abuja with no explanations offered whatsoever.

  Rep. James Faleke, running mate to the late Abubakar Audu, who participated in the Nov 21 governorship election in Kogi, has rejected the party’s decision to present Yahaya Bello for the Dec 5 supplementary election.

Kylie Jenner stepped out in green wig as she launched her latest line of lip glosses at the Dash Boutique in West Hollywood on Monday. Her Dad Caitlyn was there to support her and so was her Mom Kris and her boy toy Cory Gamble. More photos below..

The All Progressives Congress has adopted Yahaya Bello as replacement for Abubakar Audu, its Kogi governorship candidate who died as the election was declared inconclusive. Mr. Bello came a distant second to late Mr. Audu in the APC’s primary held August 13.

Nigerian-American born singer Jidenna won Best New Artist at the 2015 Soul Train Awards held on Sunday, November 29. While accepting his award, Jidenna recalled how his father pushed him to be the best.

      Rampaging Boko Haram militants on Sunday night engaged Nigerian troops in a fierce battle in their new bid to take over Gulak, the administrative headquarters of Madagali in northern part of Adamawa State.

Former Minister Dan Etete, the man behind Malabu In continuation of its investigation into the N155billion Malabu Oil deal involving former Petroleum Resources Minister, Dan Etete, and some top officials of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday interrogated a close associate of both Mr. Etete and Mr. Jonathan.

Bashir Yuguda The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, and a number of top officials from the office of the National Security Adviser over the controversial arms procurement scandal surrounding former NSA, Sambo Dasuki.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan this morning escaped death by whiskers after the men pictured above, intercepted and drove into a short motorcade conveying the former President from the Julius Berger bridge area of the state capital Yenagoa.

There is currently an outbreak of violence at the headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.

The former minister shared these messages on his twitter handle this morning. see More tweets below...

… Survey a fraud – PDP Pollster, an Election Frontline (EF), on Monday described as unfortunate an attempt by the Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, to fault its survey on the December 5 governorship election in the state.

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, last Saturday featured on the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria,FRCN, Harvest FM program, Democracy and the People. He was accompanied by his Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Titus Zam.

Just days back the election of the Former Senate President David Mark was nullified and in response, Governor Ortom through his media aide denied any involvement in the case. Well, the Former Senate President, David Mark has replied Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on his claim that the state government was not behind the nullification of

And the saga continues... The controversy surrounding the Kogi State gubernatorial election just took new dimension as Mr. James Faleke, the running mate to the Late Abubakar Audu has just picked the first son of the deceased, Mohammed Audu as his running mate for the December 5th rerun in Kogi.

The Presidency has stated that there was no iota of truth in reports that President Muhammadu Buhari reduced the remuneration of Ministers. Senior Special Assistant to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, at the weekend said the President “has not tampered with the salaries and allowances of Federal Ministers.”

The Peace moves by All Progressives Congress, APC to amicably resolve the internal crisis rocking the party in Kogi State over the choice of Mr. Yahaya Bello following the death of Prince Abubakar Audu had crumbled, Punch News reported.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “received several documents from the World Bank totalling over 700 pages on information on the spending of recovered assets stolen by the late General Abacha, with some o

In a bid to recover stolen defence cash running into trillions of Naira, the Defence Headquarters might have started recalling no fewer than 20 Generals said to have been involved in the purchase of arms and ammunition for the country.

Politics, always comes with a lot of packages to make one to either laugh or ponder. A few weeks ago, the media was awash with stories of Otuoke, the hometown of ex-President Jonathan   crying of   no developments, especially in the area of portable water, bad roads etc…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has given its Kogi State governorship nomination form to its new candidate, Mr. Yahaya Bello, to fill. The development may have foreclosed the consideration of any other candidate as the party’s standard bearer. Bello filled the form, which was signed by a Commissioner of Oath. It was returned to the APC National Secretariat.

Dear Mr President, May I seize this opportunity to congratulate you on your success at the last General Elections in which you won convincingly. Pardon me this is coming late. This is the first in the series of letter I shall be writing to you, first as a Nigerian with the love of the country at heart and secondly as a Citizen in Diaspora.

By Josephine Akioyamen I have looked at the four grounds upon which the election of Distinguished Senator Mark was nullified and I find them sound. You cannot declare a winner in an election contest while collations were still going on in 7 out of the 9 local governments in Zone C.

The battle for Kogi government house is hot! The APC deputy governorship candidate, John Faleke, who shared a ticket with the late Prince Abubakar Audu, has again written to the national chairman of the party, John Oyegun, insisting he is the governor-elect and should so be declared.

    So many people especially the opposition have questioned President Buhari’s emphases on his fight against corruption. The President , some days ago revealed that some politicians who have stolen public funds are now returning their loot but a lot of people called it a mere propaganda. And some days back Governor Ayo Fayose,   challenged the President, by asking him to mention who and who have returned stolen funds.

Eric Dakogol, the APC candidate, has won Saturday’s bye-election to fill Qua’an Pan North Constituency’s seat in the Plateau House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mr. Dakogol polled 5,409 votes to defeat PDP’s Alloy Oliver, who garnered 4,977 votes.

A newborn baby girl buried alive near a California riverbed was rescued after a worried passerby heard her muffled cries. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, found the baby who was buried alive on Friday evening near a riverbed located between 136th Street and Slater Avenue, in the city of Compton, California.

Coco Austin who had her daughter yesterday shared more photos of daughter- Nicole Chanel and thanked everyone for the well wishes. She said:

In what was a colourful well attended event last night as Miss Faith Ochima beat 11 other contestants to emerge the Most Beautiful Girl In Benue 2015. Strong crowd favourite, Miss Shedrack Angel put no foot wrong and was on course to run home with the

In a deliberate attempt to support local economy and wealth creation, Aliko Dangote has promised to construct a 500 megawatt power plant for Kano, Jigawa, Kaduna and Katsina States. The Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group of Companies made the pledge through his representative, Engineer Mansur

As we all know the Late APC’S Gubernatorial candidate was almost 70years old and a lot of people questioned why the ruling party was only good at choosing candidates who were too old to hold political offices. Well, this time around they chose someone younger to replace the Late Prince Abubakar Audu.     Below are things you should know about Mr Yahaya Bello:

Senator David Mark who issued a statement through his media assistant, Paul Mumeh, read sbelow: I urged my constituents to remain calm and be law abiding, and also boasted that “if we go back to the polls 100 times, I will still win convincingly”.

Members of the Benue State House of Assembly have rejected Governor Samuel Ortom’s list of nominees for the Benue State Judicial and Local Government Service Commissions sent to them for screening and approval.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has sacked former Senate President, David Mark from the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, declaring his election a nullity.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arrested one Jonathan Ibinabo Alatoru, a self-acclaimed pastor and Chief Executive Officer, Chemtronics Nigeria Limited, for conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N200million.

Earlier this week both of them were seen enjoying lunch together without the kids, he spent thanksgiving with the family for Khloe’s extravagant dinner. On Friday both them were spotted once again as they made their way into a furniture shop in Beverly Hills along with their five-year-old son Mason. See More photos below..

Kylie Jenner and Tyga are still together but are no longer living together. E! News reports that a source said that Tyga moved out of Kylie's $2.7 mansion in Calabasas on Friday. Kylie confirmed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday that they're not broken up. Tyga joined her family for Thanksgiving on Thursday.

IK Ogbonna's wife Sonia was robbed in the Mile 2 traffic earlier today. The robbers were so heartless they smashed the windows of her car with her baby in the car. Sad! Read what IK wrote about the incident after...

After extensive consultations, the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday submitted the name of Yahaya Bello as the party’s new candidate for Kogi governorship supplementary poll. Bello replaces Prince Abubakar Audu, who died last weekend after leading the poll with 41,000. It was also learnt that the APC has retained Hon. James Abiodun Faleke as the party’s deputy governorship candidate.

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State and his party – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – have asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare Wada winner of the inconclusive governorship election held in the state last Saturday.

 Last Saturday’s inconclusive governorship election in Kogi State is tearing the ruling All Progressives Congress apart. Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday that the APC leaders became divided shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission asked the party to submit a substitute for its governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, who died on Sunday.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 30 new judges for the Federal High Court on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC).

  Someone share this on Twitter...sad indeed!

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 28th senatorial election for Kwara central senatorial district, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasak, has urged the Court of Appeal to nullify Dr. Bukola Saraki’s election.

Singer Rita Ora appears on the December 2015 cover of Self Magazine, flaunting her midriff in a one-shoulder style. The photos for the cover story were taken by Matt Irwin. See more as you continue…

It’s no longer news that our beloved Father Dr Alfred Akawe Torkula the Tor Tiv IV has gone to meet his Ancestors. As we mourn his demise let us take a brief look at his brief Biogragraphy below:

    Frontal view of Barewa College Zaria Quite a lot of Nigeria’s military and democratic presidents and top politicians have something in common. A number of them attended the same secondary school – Barewa College in Zaria, Kaduna State. The school was founded in 1921 by British governor-general, Hugh Clifford and was formerly called Katsina College.

Yusuf Buhari and sisters, Zara and Halima at Yusuf's best friend Bashir Ali Haruna's graduation in Dubai on Tuesday November 24th. See more exclusive photos below...