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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Suleiman Kazaure, has debunked speculations of an increase in corps members’ monthly allowance, adding that an increment would only be done…

The Debt Management Office (DMO) and major oil marketers are to meet this week over subsidy arrears. The meeting, which is at the instance of the DMO is designed to provide an opportunity for the debt management agency to…

THE Presidency Monday night denied the report that Service Chiefs attended the launching of the Buhari/Osinbajo Next Level campaign flag off ceremony.President Buhari on Sunday at the Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa,…

The total assets and liabilities of commercial banks stood at N36.2 trillion at the end of August 2018, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) economic report released yesterday has shown. The figure, which is for the third…

President Muhammadu Buhari is prepared for a nationwide campaign that will take him through the length and breadth of Nigeria, the Director, Strategic Communications of Buhari 2019 Campaign Organisation, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN),…

There are indications that the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and some state governors on Monday at the State House in Abuja over the proposed N30,000 minimum wage was deadlocked. Governors of Lagos, Kebbi, Plateau,…

The Atiku-Agbaje Media Engagement Network has urged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to rescind his proposed policy on the sale of the National National Petroleum Corporation if elected.The…

Attempts by some persons suspected to be armed robbers to attack some commercial banks in Lagere Area of Ile-Ife, Osun State, was, on Monday, foiled by some eagle-eyed residents of the area.Seven commercial banks have branches in…

Facebook users have reacted to a photo of two Nigerian women kissing at a wedding ceremony over the weekend. According to reports, the women kissed each other publicly at the wedding event and even took pictures of their public display…

The Concerned Christian Forum of Nigeria (CCFN) has warned the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) against politicising and polarising the Christian community, ahead of the 2019 general election. The group…

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal condition that affects women of reproductive age. It is known to trigger weight gain and cause difficulty in losing weight. In addition to irregular menstrual…

Some unions in the aviation sector have backed the proposed increment in the passenger service charge (PSC) by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The unions are Association of Nigerian Aviation…

Festus Keyamo, spokesman of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, says anyone who promises to restructure the country between six to 12 months is telling “the biggest lie”. Abubakar Atiku, presidential candidate of…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has called out Governor Rauf Aregbesola, describing his eight years tenure as a monumental failure. It argued that the governor will go down in history of the state as the…

A Kano high court has granted an interim injunction sought by Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, restraining Daily Nigerian Newspaper and Jafaar Jafaar, its publisher, from publishing videos about him. The newspaper had…

Prof Richard Iyiola Akindele, the former lecturer with Obafemi Awolowo University, accused by her student, Monica Osagie, of demanding sex to pass her has been remanded in prison custody. Akindele was arraigned on Monday by…

The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Buruji Kashamu, has replaced Adeleke Shittu as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of next year’s elections in…

Ditan Okupe, the son of former spokesperson of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has asked Nigerians to call him a bastard if Nigeria does not experience economic boom after President Buhari is re-elected in…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel it to arrest and prosecute the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, over…

Nigerians have some of the most questionable traditions when it comes to some sensitive issues and attending funerals is one of them - and it has sparked a debate, is it right to demand and have food when visiting people…

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Sunday said that in the course of executing the Warri-Itakpe rail line project, stations were built in the villages of Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftains. Amaechi…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has dismissed as lacking in merit, a suit challenging refusal of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)‎, to register a same sex group under the aegis of “Lesbian Equality and Empowerment…

THE internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken a new dimension as the national legal adviser of the party, Babatunde Ogala, has accused Adams Oshiomhole of hijacking his office.In an internal memo dated…

…DMBs, other stakeholders worry over cyber crime…CBN lifts FX market, as FG raises $2.86bn in Eurobonds….As MPC meeting holds this week Commercial banks operating in the country have lent a total sum of N22.72 trillion to the…