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The Ogun state police command have arrested Kayode Oshiyemi, a lawyer, for attempting to extort N250 million from a businessman, Shakirudeen Olufowobi. Spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who paraded the…

President Muhammadu Buhari and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of economy, were pictured together at the 31st session of the African Union (AU) summit on Sunday. The duo was pictured warmly conversing at the ongoing summit in…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence systematic hardware and software upgrade of all its smart card readers nationwide by next week. The commission disclosed this through Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, its…

Suleiman Abba, a former inspector-general of police, says not all states can afford to maintain state police. He said there was nothing wrong in establishing state police when such states could maintain them, adding that police all…

•COTRIMCO says 1,479 graft related cases pending in courts nationwide THE Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee (COTRIMCO) has said 324 judgments were delivered within the last six months by courts…

•‘Shekau is alive’ •I can make Shekau, others surrender Former Boko Haram Commander, Rawana Goni (32), has appealed to the military to allow him call the elusive leader, Abubakar Shekau, and about 137 others, to make them…

Bank debtors who are owing N5.4 trillion are set to lose their assets. They have failed to honour their promises to pay, the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) said yesterday. AMCON Managing Director and Chief Executive…

THE Progressive Youth Caucus (PYC), a coalition of youth groups in the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast in ending killings. Prompt action aimed at halting the killings, the group…

Cristiano Ronaldo has allegedly rejected a big-money offer to stay at Real Madrid. The Portugal international has turned down a contract worth £26.7m from Los Blancos, according to Tuttosport. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s…

About 7,000 trucks ply the Apapa Wharf Road on a daily basis and only about 2,500 of them have genuine business at the ports, according to the report of a recent survey. The survey, which was conducted by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council,…

Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, on Saturday revealed that she returned to Nigeria from Harvard University to fix the economic problem of the country. Speaking at the launch of the Red Card Movement in Lagos,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed non-sensitive electoral materials across the sixteen local government areas ahead of the July 14 governorship election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC),…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) appears to be set for a long drawn battle with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over alleged non-remittance of N20billion to the federation account by the corporation.…

Rabiu Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress who is increasingly becoming estranged from the ruling party, has said President Muhammadu Buhari will be defeated in 2019. He identified the Peoples Democratic Party as…

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Saturday directed all commercial banks to resolve disputes arising from use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel within three days. Dipo Fatokun, CBN’s Director, Banking and…

Some retired generals may have formed a secret coalition to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 Presidential Election. Sunday Oguntola reports on the inside details of the plot. INVESTIGATION has shown that some…

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has sworn-in the state’s first visually impaired permanent secretary. Mr. Akinyemi Andrew Elijah  was, until now, Director of Special Needs Education in the  Ministry of Education, Science and…

Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togo President, says West African leaders will soon deliberate on the persistent outbreak of clashes between farmers and herdsmen in some countries in the region. Gnassingbe, who is the chairman of Economic…

The Lagos state government says there will be a partial restriction of movement on the Oshodi flyover to enable it advance the ongoing construction of the Oshodi transport interchange. Ade Akinsanya, state commissioner for works and…

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has attributed the poor state of roads in many parts of the South-east and South-south geo-political zones to the16 years of poor governance by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).…

When people cannot qualify for an unsecured personal loan, they opt for a secured loan. Sometimes it is more beneficial to choose a secured loan. That way, you can easily get approved when trying to take out a loan. Since you do not…

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to pay the former Director of Human Resources and Administration in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Salamatu…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) wants the National Assembly to hasten the amendment of royalty rates for oil gotten from deep offshore sources. Responding to the publication of Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) accrued to…

Argentine legend Diego Maradona is a controversial idol, worshipped as a god for his World Cup-winning exploits but whose life of excess has left a tormented public back home torn between veneration and derision.  The 57-year-old hit…