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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor however told State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that it would be immoral for…

President Buhari has stated that the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) will aid in the fight against corruption. The Nigerian president signed the controversial act into law on August 7. Some religious leaders have protested…

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has stated that the Federal Government is not building a rail line into Niger but to the border. Yesterday the decision by President Muhammadu…

THE suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has concluded his defence before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the activities of the anti-graft…

The Lagos State Government has called on stakeholders in the real estate sector to work out modalities for residents to pay house rents on monthly basis instead of yearly.…

The United Kingdom (UK) said it has the right to determine who should be granted visa to enter the country, even though it recognises Nigeria’s sovereignty. Ms Catriona Laing, British…

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, on Thursday, stated that strike and protest will commence on Monday despite the ruling of the National Industrial Court. The leaders of…

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed Umar Abbah has disclosed that the Commission recovered over N4.16 billion from lottery companies, being revenue…

Emirates Airlines is engaging the Federal Government on a flight ban extended to the Middle East carrier this week. The carrier said it has opened lines of communication with the Ministry of…

Bolaji Owasanoye, chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and Anthony Ojukwu, executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), are among 137 candidates…

THE police on Wednesday dismissed the call by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for a sit-at-home on October 1. Ebonyi State government urged residents to ignore the order and…

KINGMAKERS in Iwo land have petitioned Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, seeking his assistance to remove Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi. The letter titled: ‘Petition for removal…

Anti-money laundering authorities in the United States have been keeping tabs on the operations of a top Nigerian oil company, Oando PLC, because of the company’s…

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commiserated with former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, over the loss of his sister, Moji Ladeji. Tinubu…

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has advised youths and women in the State to engage themselves in vocational skills to be employers of labour rather than depending solely…

Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday said he has never received bribe all his life. Magu was testifying before the…

WHAT happened to the N37 billion refunded to Zamfara State on the projects it implemented in its domain on behalf of the Federal Government? The whereabouts of the cash has pitted the Governor…

LABOUR will attend Thursday’s meeting with the Federal Government on the hike in petrol price and electricity tariffs with a load of conditions: The meeting, the second in one week, is to…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Shehu Idris, the late Emir of Zazzau, as a man of peace. Idris, who spent 45 years on the throne, died at the 44 Army Referral Hospital, Kaduna,…

About one year after grabbing the headlines for being President Muhammadu Buhari’s potential bride, Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has tied the…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday splashed 51 Sports Utility Vehicles, SUVs, and eight houses on judges of the State High Court. The governor, after handing…

The Presidency has disclosed how President Muhammadu Buhari asked Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo to coordinate efforts to resolve a nagging problem faced by international agencies and NGOs in…

The Federal Government will on Thursday meet again with the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on the threat by the organised labour to proceed on an indefinite strike and protest over the hike in electricity…

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, over the death of his immediate sister, Madam Moji Ladeji. Ladeji died on Sept. 21 after a brief…