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The recommended amount of sleep for adults is six to eight hours a night. Sleeping more than those hours is associated with an increased risk of death and cardiovascular diseases, says a global study published Wednesday in the…

Championship strugglers Reading have sacked manager Paul Clement after less than nine months in charge. The 46-year-old former Swansea and Derby boss leaves with the Royals 21st in the table, only outside the relegation…

Alleged billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, on Wednesday, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos that he was coerced into signing incriminating statements by the police. Evans, as he is…

British World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE legend, Tommy Billington, widely known as Dynamite Kid, is dead. Dynamite kid who became a huge hit with fans in the 1980s, died on his 60th birthday on Wednesday.…

The Federal Government on Wednesday opened its case against Senator Dino Melaye before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja, where he is being prosecuted for charges of giving false information…

Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, in Vancouver on suspicion she violated U.S. sanctions against Iran. She now faces extradition to the United States, the Globe and…

Alex Iwobi was frustrated following Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with struggling Manchester United at Old Trafford on Wednesday and believes lack of concentrations cost them maximum points. Shkodran Mustafi put the Gunners ahead on…

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to heed the advice of the anti-democratic elements who have now populated the political space and putting pressure on him…

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), the umbrella body of over 45 major opposition parties has picked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as consensus…

The leadership of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reiterated its decision to boycott the forthcoming 2019 general elections is irrevocable, saying that no amount of cajoling and criticisms of the decision…

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has described the strike threat by some oil marketers over lingering fuel subsidy debts as an act of sabotage.In a statement by its National Secretary, Alhaji…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has  launched blistering attacks on political foes within and outside his party, swearing that God would decide the case  of  former President, Dr.…

There is observable crack in the Governor Rochas Okorocha-led All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State, following the refusal by most of the APC candidates to join his son in-law, Uche Nwosu to defect to Action Alliance,…

THE Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has tasked pastors in the country to excommunicate church members who are involved in any form of internet fraud also known as Yahoo Yahoo as well as those involved in ritual…

There was apprehension in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday when Wale Oluwo, Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, renounced his membership of the party, vowing to work…

Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has charged striking lecturers in public universities to brace up for a long strike.Professor Ogunyemi enjoined ASUU members “to be on the watch…

The Ekiti Executive Council at its sitting on Wednesday approved the cancellation of certain key appointments made by former Governor Ayo Fayose in the twilight of his tenure.The review also affects all other appointments made…

A MULTI-BILLION dollar investment opportunity in the nation’s deep-offshore frontiers was yesterday unveiled at the 10th World Energy Capital Assembly in London, United Kingdom. It was part of the drive by the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a N1.4 billion fraud charge against Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) President Paul Usoro (SAN), at the Federal High Court in Lagos. Justice Muslim Hassan…

TWO states – Delta and Taraba are to share N102.3 billion of the N338 billion approved yesterday by the  Senate for disbursement as settlement for inherited local debts and contractual obligations. The funds…

•Convictions up from 158 to 246 THOSE who plundered the wealth of the country have found safer havens in Morocco, Johannesburg and Ghana, where they are investing their loot in properties, Economic and Financial…

Rilwan Akiolu, oba of Lagos, says the Nigeria army has killed the efficiency of the police. Akiolu said this on Wednesday while speaking at a senate public hearing on a bill seeking to reform the police. The…

The house of representatives has rejected a bill that sought to check public officials from sending their children to study abroad. The lawmakers argued the bill breaches fundamental rights of Nigerians, especially with…

Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, was involved in an accident on third mainland bridge in Lagos on Wednesday. Lere Olayinka, media aide of the former governor, announced this on Twitter. He said Fayose was…