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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday said its operatives intercepted gold worth about N211m being illegally transported through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos to Dubai, United Arab…

•Money withdrawn in cash, witness tells court A witness told yesterday of how about N5.7 billion Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) funds went down the drain. Mr Nasiru Ingawa, Special Adviser to…

A man has committed suicide in church after he was accused of raping a minor, according to reports. The man reportedly killed himself by hanging in St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral on Likoma Island in Malawi on Monday, November 12, 2018.…

Contrary to a rebuttal from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that he did no wrongdoing in the approval of N5.8 billion for “emergency intervention of food security to the North-East” in June 2017, when he was acting president, the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is having difficulties in raising funds for the campaign of Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate. In a statement on Tuesday,…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), says a total of 3.36 million passengers traveled through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja between January and September.FAAN disclosed this in its 2018…

San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge sees smartphones and social media as raising an unhappy, compliant “iGen.”QUESTION: What is the iGen?ANSWER: The iGen is the generation born in 1995 and later, and they’re…

Passengers were stranded on Tuesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos state following a power outage. The passengers were said to have been kept in the dark for hours as immigration officials…

The Kano state house of assembly has stopped investigating allegations that Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, collected bribe from contractors. This is in line with a court order. A group known as Lawyers For…

Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), says there is no need to submit himself for prosecution since the federal government does not obey court orders. His position was contained in a letter dated…

Samuel Allardyce, former Bolton Wanderers manager has rated ex-Super Eagles of Nigeria’s captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha above Portuguese and Juventus star, Cristano Ronaldo. Allardyce said in the current generation of…

The Lagos state government has given a go ahead to Muslim female pupils to use hijab in public schools. The development was announced in a circular by the state’s area unit of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN).…

Seven political parties on Tuesday agreed to work for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s bye-election for the Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency seat of Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

The final season of Game of Thrones is going to be coming out officially in April 2019, HBO has officially confirmed. It had been rumoured for a long time, but a new teaser video released on Twitter has finally given fans…

Trading house Aiteo, which had prospered under Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure, has recently had to start making hefty repayments to creditors that had helped the firm buy the giant OML 29. Aiteo founder and CEO, Nigerian…

Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, says the Federal Government has awarded N206 billion contract for the main work on the Second Niger Bridge.Fashola who spoke in Abuja during an interactive session…

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Kwara State, Razak Atunwa, has formally admitted that he has two university degrees, but failed to present himself for national service in a blatant violation of the…

Nigeria has recorded over 1.3 million unwanted pregnancies in 2018 alone, the 2018 global family planning report has revealed. The most populous nation on the African continent also recorded 735,000 unsafe abortion in the…

Google has been hit by an attack that re-routed the firm's global internet traffic through servers located in Russia, China and Nigeria. Security experts have spoken out about the data diversion, which they believe was part of…

A nurse has sparked outrage among internet users following a viral picture which is making the rounds on social media for an obvious reason. The yet-to-be-identified nurse took a selfie in the ward of a general hospital as she also captured…

Suspected ritualists early this morning beheaded a man yet to be identified at Scot area of Oghara community, which is the hometown of ex-governor James Ibori in Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta State, DAILY POST…

Identical twins identified as Taiye and Kehide Adegoke, reportedly bagged first class in law at the University of Ibadan.  The identical twins made history, by becoming the first twins to bag first class in Law at the University of Ibadan,…

Nigerian lady whose friend is getting married this next month has disclosed that her friend’s groom is the man she warned her about. According to the Nigerian lady who wished her friend all the best in her marriage, she heard…

No less than 18 vehicles were destroyed by hoodlums in the early hours of Sunday in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State during a clash by the touts. Traders plying their trades in the area were also reportedly robbed in the clash. It was…