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Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Guzamala extraction living in Bakassi IDP Camp in Maiduguri today Tuesday 19 June 2018 commenced movement to return to their original homeland in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno state.…

A woman and her father were shot dead by her husband in front of their six-week old baby in a hospital waiting room - before he turned the gun on himself. Shocking CCTV footage was captured inside the hospital as fellow patients and…

Manchester United will make David de Gea the highest paid goalkeeper in the world after club and the player reached an agreement over a new contract. The 27-year-old has long been linked with a move back to his homeland with European…

THE eleven Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, have declared war against consumers of power as they have embarked on mass disconnections throughout Nigeria. From Lagos to Port Harcourt, Benin to Kano and Kaduna to Abuja,…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the 2019 elections will probably be the least expensive elections for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lai told TheCable that his party has performed and would go on to win…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ordered Conoil Plc to pay Vitol S.A, a British oil firm, N13.2 billion as money owed for lifting cargoes of refined petroleum products. The case between both parties first started in 2008 and has…

Omoyele Sowore, a presidential aspirant, recently held meetings with herdsmen and farmers in Taraba and Adamawa states. According to Take It Back Movement, the group coordinating Sowore’s political activities, the presidential…

The Bayelsa state police command on Tuesday arrested a suspected gun runner who allegedly sold an AK 47 riffle for N500,000 and a Berrata pistol for N250,000. Asinim Butswat, spokesman of the command, said suspect was arrested in a…

There’s yet another report of SARS brutality on our desk, and it is about a Nigerian man identified as Emmanuel Sunday Opeyemi a.k.a Awilo, who reportedly died of internal bleeding after a fall following a chase by SARS officers.…

The Director of Voters Education of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi have expressed worries over the fact that there are still about 1.4millions cards yet to be collected by voters in Lagos State. He…

Have you ever wondered how much exactly some of Nigeria’s top CEOs earn per annum? Well, you had best believe that their total annual emoluments range from tens to hundreds of millions. These men (and women) do a lot of work,…

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said God who helped Nigeria against the dreaded government of late Gen. Sani Abacha will come to the country’s aid in 2019. He said this yesterday at a town hall meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo…

Abiola Ajimobi, governor of Oyo state, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has done more than enough for the country. The governor said this on Roadmap 2019, a Channels Television programme. Ajimobi said the country was not…

The federal government has ordered an intensified screening of passengers and luggage on news that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is planning to attack commercial flights. This was made known in a letter sent from the office of…

Nigeria’s crude oil, second highest valued in 2017 OPEC reference basket The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and…

Sequel to the opening Group D World Cup fixed match of the Super Eagles against Croatia on Saturday which ended in 2 to nil, a win against the Nigerian team, Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho has disclosed that Super Eagles captain,…

The Federal Government has given an insight into how it gets the assistance of the United Kingdom to seize properties and other assets linked to funds allegedly stolen from the Nigerian treasury. It said under the existing mutual legal…

The much-awaited guidelines for the $2.5billion currency swap deal between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and The Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) have been unveiled. The deal will widen the trade window for local banks and increase…

THE Aliko Dangote Foundation has inaugurated the Dangote village built for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The gesture has been  described as another massive philanthropic gesture coming…

The Egyptian goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy has reportedly rejected the man of the match award given to him for his outstanding performance against Uruguay because of his Muslim faith. The MOTM award was sponsored by Budweiser which is an…

A cult clash between two rival cults in the Ketu Area of Lagos has resulted in the death of an unidentified man who was reportedly stabbed to death during the clash. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident took place on…

Speaking at an interview with journalists in Abuja, Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Stefanou Pontesilli, disclosed that no fewer than 1500 Nigerians are serving jail terms for various offences in Italian prisons. The Italian…

Tragedy was averted yesterday, as it was gathered that Saudi Arabia’s official team plane caught fire in mid air, as they travelled to their next 2018 World Cupmatch which is currently ongoing in Russia. The Saudi Arabian team who…

Former Vice President and 2019 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday visited Ekiti State for a meeting with Governor Ayodele Fayose. While in…