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Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel said the team is focused on getting a good result when they face Iceland this afternoon in Russia. The Eagles failed to impress in their opening day game against Croatia and now they need to show more…

An unidentified young Nigerian man who recently travelled to Dubai, has been rescued after he reportedly jumped from a 2-storey building in Abu Hail area of the country in an apparent suicide over family pressure. According to an…

Maikanti Baru, group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says direct-sale-direct-purchase (DSDP) contracts have been extended till December 2018. The agreement allows for sales of crude oil to…

The son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Olujonwo, has dragged his wife, Temitope, daughter of Lotto boss, Chief Kessington Adebutu aka Baba Ijebu, to court over domestic violence/intimidation and threat to his life. The marriage…

Eniola, the son of telecommunications cum business mogul, Mike Adenuga, has been accused of allegedly abducting his daughter, Athena. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 28-year-old, accompanied by some policemen, allegedly went to pick up…

The South-East Caucus in the Senate, the Ijaw Youth Congress, the Centre Anti-Corruption and Open Leaders and an Afenifere chiefrain, Femi Okurounmu, have opposed the alterations made by the National Assembly to the 2018 budget.…

The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Ekiti, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said Governor Ayodele Fayose will not be allowed to move about on the election day of July 14. He assured the people of adequate security on the…

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dino Melaye, on Thursday said that the National Assembly was not a department in the Presidency. Mr Melaye said this in a statement in Abuja in reaction to President…

Some ministers on Thursday gave reasons why they believe President Muhammadu Buhari should be re-elected in 2019. The ministers were responding to a question by a moderator during a discussion with journalists at the Presidential…

The last challenger to Adams Oshiomhole for the position of national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stepped down. Clement Ebri announced his decision to withdraw…

Two years after the Panama Papers rocked the offshore financial system, a fresh document leak from the law firm Mossack Fonseca reveals new offshore details about an array of global elites, including soccer superstar Lionel Messi, the…

President Muhammadu Buhari visited Bauchi on Thursday to commiserate with the people of the state over the calamities that befell them recently. While a windstorm reportedly destroyed 1,505 houses, mainly in the state capital, killed…

The Muslim Right Concern (MURIC) has described the content of the 2018 budget as a “rip off”. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the budget into law on Wednesday, lamenting the alterations made by the national assembly. The…

The national assembly slashed the allocation for security infrastructure in the 104 Unity Schools across the country by N3 billion — despite the security challenge plaguing these schools. Schools, particularly in the northern part of…

Towards the end of pregnancy, anticipation is at its peak and expectant mothers are on the lookout for any sign of the delivery day. For the first-timers, here are seven signs of labour. Diarrhea As your pregnancy draws to an…

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The Department of State Services said it had arrested two Islamic State in West Africa commanders in Kukuntu village, Gwgwalada, Abuja.The suspects are: Bashiru Adams and Rufai Sajo.A statement issued by an operative of the service, Mr…

An elder at the Ascension Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in Koforidua was found dead in a room hours after he had lodged into a guest house at Aboabo, near Nkurakan in the Eastern Region, last Tuesday. The 60-year-old…

Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing has announced the collapse of a bridge linking Jalingo and Wukari at Maraban Gassol in Taraba State. Fashola, in statement signed by the Director of Information in the…

Nigeria’s captain, Mikel Obi on Thursday revealed that he is ready to sacrifice his current position on the team, if it will help the Super Eagles win the matches in the 2018 World Cup. This was contained on Super Eagles’ verified…

Spain captain, Sergio Ramos has responded to a putdown from Argentina great Diego Maradona by making an unlikely declaration of admiration for Lionel Messi. Messi is his usual enemy as the talisman of Real Madrid’s arch-rivals…

A civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, says the National Assembly violated the fundamental rights of Nigerians by cutting the proposed allocations for essential public services, including health,…

A 45-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by four men, who were members of his wife’s family, following an alleged domestic violence against his wife, Itunu. Adelogba Ademuyiwa, was allegedly killed by his in-laws in Ifira Akoko,…

Adebayo Adelabu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigerian (CBN), has declared his intention to contest the Oyo governorship election in 2019 on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). He made the declaration on…