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A group within Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, has created a splinter faction and accused the Muhammadu Buhari administration of incompetence and failure. The group is believed to have the backing of key leaders of the party including…

For impregnating an SS3 student, 5 teachers of the Polytechnic Academic Staff Secondary School Birnin Kebbi, have been fired. It was disclosed that the female student was also expelled from the school. The five teachers were sacked…

The Senate yesterday passed a resolution, urging the Federal Government to provide low interest loans to herders for the establishment of ranches. The resolution is a way to address the clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has expressed fears that the 2019 general elections may not hold. He said it would be especially so if next Saturday's governorship election in Ekiti…

The house of representatives has resolved to probe the funds recovered from Sani Abacha, former military head of state, from 1998 till date. The lawmakers are also seeking to investigate how the funds have so far been used, including…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Federal Government is not aware of any court judgement directing the National Assembly to commence impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari. The…

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives (APC), has appealed to aggrieved members of the party to be patient with his leadership. He said this shortly after news broke that a faction had pulled out of the ruling…

A new faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged in Abuja. The new faction is named reformed APC (R-APC) Buba Galadima has been named as the Chairman of R-APC. The new faction is made up of aggrieved members of…

Nigerian police say they have found the bodies of 41 men with their throats cut in a northern area that is notorious as a hideout for criminal gangs. Eighteen bodies were found in a river on Sunday while 23 others were discovered in…

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has granted an order of mandamus to compel the National Assembly to begin impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari, based on some alleged constitutional breaches. Justice Maureen…

Switzerland defender, Manuel Obafemi Akanji, has disclosed that Nigeria never invited him to play for the senior national team. Akanji who deflected home Swedish Emil Forsberg’s low strike in the 66th minute in the 1-0 loss on…

A Nigerian lady who is resident in the United States of America has narrated how she got fired from her job with accusations that she was creating an hostile environment. According to her, her failure to say good morning to a…

Air Peace female flight and cabin crew members will on Thursday take full charge of the carrier’s four-sector flights on the Lagos-Abuja, Abuja-Owerri, Owerri-Abuja and Abuja-Lagos routes. The feat by the all female crew breaks the…

Ahead of 2019 general elections, the three senatorial chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state Wednesday urged Senate President Bukola Saraki to take them to another party where the aspirations and yearnings of…

Emmanuel Macron, President of France, and Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode joined Femi Kuti on stage at the Afrika Shrine on Tuesday. The French president was a special guest at the Afrikan Shrine to inaugurate the African…

Two Nigerian men have died while two others sustained injuries after they got involved in an auto crash while returning from a nightclub yesterday in Sandton, South Africa. The four friends had reportedly visited Booth nightclub and were…

Ishaq Akintola, director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), says it will be in the best interest of Nigeria for President Muhammadu Buhari to win his re-election bid in 2019. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Muslim cleric said…

The unending crisis that has engulfed the Nigeria Football Federation since 2014 shows no signs of abating even as Chris Giwa assumed leadership of the Federation on Tuesday and commandeered the secretariat in Abuja. He told…

Kareem Olamilekan, 11, artistically drew a portrait of president Emmanuel Macron of France during his visit to the New Afrikan Shrine in Lagos. The event held to showcase and celebrate African culture was hosted by Nigerian Artist and…

Abubakar Rasheed‎, executive secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), says only one percent of Nigeria’s population form the total enrollment of students in the country’s 164 universities. Rasheed made this known in Abuja…

A married man has been ordered to be remanded in prison for savagely battering his girlfriend for visiting him unannounced in Osun state. 25-year-old man identified as Olusola Simeon, has been arraigned and convicted by a Magistrate court…

The National Committee of Yoruba Youth has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to disregard the calls being made in some quarters, for the sack of the nation’s Service Chief over increasing violence being witnessed in some part of the…

Emmanuel Macron, President of France, visited the New Afrika Shrine on Tuesday to inaugurate the African Cultural Season slated for 2020. The event, tagged ‘Celebration of African Culture’, recorded a large convergence of…

Benin has buried Dah Dedjalagni Agoli-Agbo, king of Dahomey , after he “returned to the realm of his ancestors,” a court official said on Tuesday. The monarch, whose age was a matter of dispute but was said by his younger brother to…