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The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has secured a Federal High Court Abuja Division to take over Sigma Apartments owned by Sigma Engineering & Construction Limited over N1 billion debt. The order given by Hon.…

Former Vice President and frontline contender for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has restated his commitment to the promotion of a just and equitable federal structure of government,…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has announced that it realised a total of N2.5 trillion (N2,529,615,174,601.25) from various taxes from January to June 2018. The amount shows that the service has realised 75% of its total target…

A Nigerian soldier deployed to fight Boko Haram insurgents has taken to social media to accuse the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of torturing his cousin to death while he was busy fighting for the peace of the nation. The Nigerian…

Ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun the inducement of the electorate with “cash”. An exclusive video footage received by SaharaReporters on Friday showed how the…

The mystery helicopter that landed at Ekiti Government House had just departed now. The helicopter left the Government House helipad at 2.41 pm. It was alleged that the chopper brought cash and other election “logistics” to assist…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The duo arrived the Villa at 2:30 p.m. and moved…

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A helicopter has just landed at the new Government House, Ayoba Villa, Ado-Ekiti. The chopper landed at the Government House helipad few minutes past noon. It has been alleged in some quarters the chopper brought cash from a…

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central senatorial district zone and Suleiman Hunkuyi, his counterpart in Kaduna north senatorial district, have left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Tom Maiyashi, chairman of the…

Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, says Amaju Pinnick is the legitimate president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Infantino disclosed this to TheCable on Friday while fielding questions from journalists during a press…

The special court designated to try terrorism cases in Niger state has sentenced one Banzana Yusuf, a Boko Haram member, to 20 years imprisonment for “planning” the kidnap of 276 female students from Chibok, Borno state, in 2014. The…

Cameroon’s 85-year-old president, Paul Biya, announced Friday that he plans to run for a seventh consecutive term in office in the October election. “I will be your candidate in the next presidential election,” Biya, who has been…

Micro-blogging platform, Twitter, yesterday announced that a fresh round of efforts to purge millions of inactive accounts has kick-started. Washington Post reports that Twitter would specifically be removing locked accounts from…

Popular Nigerian Stand-Up Comedian, Francis Agoda, known as I Go Dye, has criticised Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State over the tear gas incident that happened on Wednesday at the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP rally in Ekiti. I…

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Edgal Imohimi, yesterday warned that “any policeman who carries out operational duties in mufti will be sanctioned.” Imohimi stated this at the 3rd Stakeholders’ Security…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has flagged sex addiction as a form of mental illness. This means those addicted to sex needs medical advice and intervention. According to WHO listing, “The condition is marked by a persistent…

The Chairman of Senate Committee on Land Transport, Gbenga Ashafa, yesterday expressd doubts about the delivery of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line by December. Ashafa spoke when he led members of Land Transport in the…

The Deputy Governor, Economic Policy, Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Joseph Nnanna, on Thursday blamed the inability of Deposit Money Banks to lend at single digit interest rate on the attractiveness of treasury bills, an instrument used by…

There have been no buyers for the N182billion assets obtained by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) from debt resolution, the organisation said yesterday. AMCON Managing Director Ahmed Kuru, speaking in Lagos at the…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said he is not happy with what is happening in Ekiti State ahead of the governorship election holding in the state on Saturday. A statement on Thursday by the Directorate of Media and Public…

*State police advocates seem set to  win their age-long battle. Senators yesterday took steps to unbundle the police as a Bill aimed at amending Section 214 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which deals with the Force’s…

A chieftain of the of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, Chief Lionel Jonathan-Omo, is dead after falling from the balcony of his country home in Nembe Local Government. He passed away earlier today from injuries he…

THE Federal Government yesterday promised to release the names of 200 individuals, who own property that was purchased with illegally-acquired funds. Chairman, Special Presidential Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Property,…