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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the strike would continue until the Nigerian government made the payment of N50billion as demanded by the union. Biodun Ogunyemi, the ASUU President, disclosed this while…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has listed 30 "corrupt" persons working with President Muhammadu Buhari. The list was released on Sunday, by Phrank Shaibu, Atiku’s Special…

…she died from ‘family mismanagement’–Youngest son Business mogul and legal practitioner, Jimoh Ibrahim, on Sunday gave an insight into the death of his mother, Theresa Jimoh, describing her as “a mother we will always love to…

A bus driver, Taiye Adams, and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority have accused a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, of refusing to repair a vehicle and a motorcycle he allegedly crushed in an accident on the…

The Serving Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has described the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, as the best alternative to the incumbent President Muhammadu…

Mohamed al-Gheiti, a TV host in Egypt jailed for interviewing gay man. He was sentenced by an Egyptian court on Sunday and will serve one year in prison. Mohamed al-Gheiti, who has expressed his stance against homosexuality on several…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Sunday that Babachir Lawal would be prosecuted for allegedly stealing money earmarked for the displaced victims of Boko Haram insurgency. The vice-president said President Muhammadu Buhari…

Nigerian referee who officiated the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match day three encounter on Sunday, January 20 between Remo Stars and Bendel Insurance, was beaten mercilessly by supporters who attacked him shortly after…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was planning to unleash mayhem and get elections stalemated or postponed in some strategic states of the federation. The party…

The President Muhammadu Buhari campaign organisation has described the recent visit of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to the United States as a political and public relation disaster. …

MR Tonye Cole has urged Rivers State people to remain steadfast in their support for the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, adding that the party in the state will continue to campaign…

BARRING any last minute change, members  of the Lagos State House of Assembly may officially receive the  2019 Appropriation Bill from Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led Executive today during the plenary session. There has been a…

THE Presidency Sunday night said that the former President Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo needs a good doctor for a good treatment so that he will get well quick The Presidency while reacting to the allegation by the former President…

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to rig the coming presidential election. Speaking at an interactive session with…

The Founder and Spiritual Leader of Liberation Temple of the Absolute God, Dr. Ramas Asuzu, has predicted victory for the All Progressives Congress’ presidential candidate in the February election, President Muhammadu Buhari. …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will start sourcing foreign exchange from Dangote Group as soon as the latter’s refinery and fertilizer projects begin operations. Speaking during the weekend during a tour of the…

Excessive cold due to Hamatan weather has become a source of concern to the people of Dutse, the Jigawa capital. Investigation by newsmen on Sunday in Dutse revealed that the cold weather had forced people indoors, crippling…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing him of plotting to rig the general elections. Buhari is seeking re-election on the platform of his party, APC. The presidential and…

Nigerians living in South Africa have expressed displeasure with the alleged killing of a Nigerian, Celestine Nwokeocha, 36, by the South African Police. The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Adetola Olubajo,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Baro Inland Water Port in Niger State, which is the first of such in Northern Nigeria. The contract, costing N6billion, was originally awarded in 2011/12, then abandoned, until…

Detectives probing the finances of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, have turned their searchlight on his salary account, it was gathered yesterday. And they may have unearthed evidence that the salary…

House of Represen-tatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, has said that the National Assembly does not hate President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking yesterday at the launch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign in Bununu, Bauchi…

The Federal Government says it has released N9.5 billion for the payment of backlog of scholarship allowances owed Nigerian students at home and abroad up to December 2018. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who was…

Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos state governor, says the support Nigerians have for President Muhammadu Buhari is “unrivalled and iconic”. According to a statement by Habib Aruna, Ambode’s chief press secretary, the governor spoke…