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How would you describe your experience in the public sector? I would say that it has been smooth because my first posting was at the Ministry of Information and Strategy which is my…

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has discharged and acquitted former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Robert Azibaola, of $40 million laundering charges filed against him by the…

Blogger, Okoro Blessing finally arrested by Onye Eze, the billionaire owner of the house she claimed to have built, this was coming after the blogger has apologized for posting the house photo as her own.…

Ibrahim Abubakar, a Nigerian who was detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking, says he will never forgive those who planted hard drugs inside his bag. Abubakar was arrested and…

President Muhammadu Buhari will later today, participate in a special interview which will be aired on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA. This was made public in a statement made available to…

Maryam Uwais, senior special assistant to the president on social investment, has defended the federal government’s social investment programmes (SIP). Uwais said Aisha Buhari, wife of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2019 appropriation bill into law. This signals the beginning of the implementation of the 2019 fiscal calendar. The president had earlier proposed a budget of…

The Rivers state police command has granted bail to the two students who allegedly detonated a teargas canister in a secondary school in the state. In a statement on Saturday, the police, while quizzing…

President Muhammadu Buhari will today sign the N8.916 trillion 2019 budget passed by the National Assembly on April 30, 2019. It was learnt last night that the budget would be signed at 11 a.m.…

Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who will be sworn-in on Wednesday, in this interview speaks about his plan to create a conducive environment to attract more foreign investors to the state. He also gave an…

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has called on the Federal Government to ignore the petition of the governors over the National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) guidelines on local government…

The Nigerian Air Force yesterday said its aircrafts destroyed an armed bandit’s camp, killing several bandits at Doumbourou forest, Zamfara State.A statement from Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said the…

As President Muhammadu Buhari winds down the first stanza of his administration, top military officers have begun jostling for the positions of service chiefs.Already, there are reports of a likely shake-up in the military…

Worried by allegation of misappropriation of funds at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the Senate Committee on Public Procurement at the weekend summoned stakeholders in the institution to unravel the cause of the…

Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation in Nigeria, has said his ultimate ambition is to make heaven when he dies. He made this statement at the thanksgiving and birthday celebration…

The Team lead of the Presidential Committee on clearing of Apapa port and access roads Comrade Kayode Opeifa on Sunday said the gridlock has been cleared by 50 percent. He said the clearing of trucks on…

AHEAD of his inauguration on Wednesday,  Lagos State Governor-elect Babajide Sanwo-Olu seems to have his job cut out for him. Former  Commissioner for Public Transportation Chief Lanre Razak…

The management of the National Assembly is disposing off office equipment to outgoing members of the National Assembly at rock bottom prices, The Nation has gathered. Payment for the equipment…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has flayed recent comment by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on fulanisation and islamisation of the country. The pro-Biafran group described the comment as…

Outgoing ministers and state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are intensifying their battle of wits to make their way into the next cabinet of President…

A professor of Islamic studies at the Kwara State University (KWASU) Sulaiman Jamiu has described the statement credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Fulanisation of Nigeria and Islamisation of…

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has said that abortion should never be condoned in the church as it is more like hiring a hit-man to take a life. The Pope made this statement while speaking to a Vatican-sponsored…

Nigeria’s quest to stop the enforcement of a monumental $9 billion arbitration award will now be heard by the English Commercial Court on June 14. The case could not be heard on May 20 as previously scheduled because of…

A group known as Global Economic Policy Initiative (GEPI) has accused Aisha Buhari, wife of the president, of playing “dirty politics” with a noble project. Reacting to her criticism of the social…