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The United States embassy in Nigeria has suspended drop box service or interview waiver for those renewing visas in the country.  In a statement seen by TheCable on Tuesday, the world power said the…

WhatsApp urged users to update their messaging app after concerns were raised that hackers could inject spy software on to phones via the call function.The Facebook-owned company said the spyware was spread by an “advanced…

Mohammed Adamu, acting inspector-general of police, says the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) has contributed up to 80 percent of the successes recorded by the Nigeria police force. Adamu made the…

The Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank on Monday commenced the National Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Osun State aimed at reducing poverty and banishing hunger among citizens.No fewer than…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is upset with the level of poverty in Nigeria. The president made his feelings known when he hosted Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Ministers, Service Chiefs, Heads…

Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mrs Adebunmi Adekanye, has congratulated Master Ezeunala Ekene Franklin, an SS3 pupil of Meiran Community Secondary School, Meiran, for making the…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said 524,315 applicants had successfully completed their application process in the ongoing recruitment exercise of 3,200 personnel by the service.Although 828,333 people applied, 524,315…

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Monday that the Nigerian government did not mortgage any property to secure infrastructural loans from China.Mr Amaechi made the clarification at the 6th Annual East…

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says his administration has transformed Oyo State and made it better, using all the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).The governor made the disclosure while receiving University of Ibadan…

Well the alleged news is spreading fast and Jon Cooper even helped in spread the link. Yes, we found it on his page first! Lol. Here’s the report by the way… A source close to the Florida man who raised over $22 million on GoFundMe in…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has decried the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari was privy to the plan by the Kano state government to create four new emirates all in the bid to reduce the powers of Emir Muhammadu…

All is not well with the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Associate Editor ADEKUNLE YUSUF digs into what ails the 57-year-old institution. There is disquiet at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Unless there…

India’s biggest ever narcotics seizure, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has recovered 1,818kg of pseudoephedrine from a house in Greater Noida and arrested two Nigerian nationals, a man, Henry Ideofor (35), a woman, Chimando Okora (30)…

Ooni of Ife’s wife, Olori Prophetess Naomi took to Instagram to share these beautiful photos of herself posing with her mum. She posted the photos in celebration of Mother's Day yesterday and captioned it: 'My precious!.'

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it remitted N5 billion to the Federal Government purse after the conduct of its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).This is contained in…

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has presented the staff of office to the new emirs he appointed in the state last week.This was despite a court order which the governor said came after he had made the…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, on Monday demolished Carmelo Lounge in the Utako area of Abuja.The demolition came barely three weeks after FCTA officials arrested 32…

The Mother of Dragons and her forces finally infiltrated King’s Landing in "The Bells," the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones's final season, and it's probably safe to say that viewers were not shocked…

Zainab Aliyu, a Nigerian previously detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking, has returned to the country after spending four months in detention. Aliyu had been detained in the Arab country…

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday, took to the streets of Abuja to protest against the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige. (The Nation)

Historian and former lecturer, Dr. Umar Ardo, has called on the Sultan and Muslims to resist last week creation of four new caliphates by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano.He said the move would destroy the caliphate and…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor-elect of Lagos state, and Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were among the dignitaries who witnessed the burial of Mufutau Hamzat,…

There is palpable tension at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, on Monday morning, as 15 hefty men in black attire stormed the university campus and positioned themselves around the Governing Council…

No fewer than 127 aides are serving President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.Of the 127 aides, four are a little bit above the rank of ministers; 18 are aides that are paid for by donor agencies; 56 are…