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A Nigerian Twitter user @nanybearr took to the platform to narrate how her mum’s hairdresser was left homeless following a decision she took. According to her, the hairdresser who saved up her rent was convinced by her Pastor, to sow…

An aggrieved man and Twitter user @VJBritemanlive took to the platform to recount how he forgave his wife-to-be, who cheated on him with his younger brother till she got pregnant for him. According to the man who disclosed that the…

Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has reacted to the backlash he suffered  following the viral video interview where he spoke of assassinations in PDPduring party congresses. According to Orji Uzor Kalu, his…

As the race for the presidential flagbearer of Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 gathers momentum, Assistant Editor, Dare Odufowokan, reports onthe aspirants and the issues that may boost or affect their chances AS the celebrations to…

IBETO Cement Company Limited has announced its acquisition of Century Petroleum Corporation, a United States (U.S.) publicly traded petroleum exploration and production company. The company said it acquired 70 per cent of Century…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Wole Olanipekun, has said there is no justification for the Federal Government to push for the extradition of the lawmaker representing the Ogun East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Buruji…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has dismissed insinuation of an approved N36 billion compensation, said to be due to Alesa-Eleme community in Rivers as royalty for playing host to the Port Harcourt Refining Company…

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Nasarawa State has arrested a mother, Mrs. Chika Okoye, her son, Samuel, and his friend, Dan Abah, for examination malpractice. Abah was hired by Chika to write the just-concluded Unified…

The growing investor confidence in Edo State, stemming from market-oriented reform designed to drive industrialisation, has earned the state yet another $500 million auto assembly plant deal from Chinese investors. Edo State Governor,…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said four-year tenure is too small for anyone in public office to deliver. He said that was so because there were many plans of things to deliver that will take time. Osinbajo said this in an…

Few people get to transit from being utterly indispensable to “eternally unforgettable.” A real mother does. And if she is some mother-in-law to treasure, she may be succeeded but she can never be replaced. Nigeria’s boardroom matriarch…

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that he would honour police invitation if officially invited. Saraki’s new media aide,  Olu Onemola disclosed this hours after the reported invitation by the police over allegations by suspects of…

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has faulted the Police claims that he has been indicted by some suspects arrested in connection with the April 2018 Offa bank robberies in which 30 persons were killed. In a press…

Leader of the gang behind Offa robbery, in which 34 people were killed in shootings, explains his link to Senate President Bukola Saraki and Kwara governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. Ayoade Akinnibosun was among 15 suspects paraded by police…

Opeyemi Bamidele, a former house of representatives member, has been moved to Lagos for post-surgery treatment, says Ahmed Salami, his media aide. Salami said there are no equipment and personnel to treat his principal in Ekiti.…

“He was an anti-corruption czar who fought the malaise both in and out of office. He lived what he preached and you could see there was no pretence about him.” — Bukola Saraki, Senate President. If death had…

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday recalled half of its operatives assigned to Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, TheCable can report. This is coming ahead of Monday’s talks between Vice-President Yemi…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he had no objections to any plan by the police to arrest Senate President Bukola Saraki over a string of murder cases in Kwara State, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.The president received…

Humanity, indeed, lost a rare personality on Wednesday, with the death of the Chairman of Punch Nigeria Ltd, Mr Wale Aboderin. He breathed his last after a heart surgery at First Cardiology Consultants, Ikoyi, Lagos. He was 60.…

Lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Ndume, tells LEKE BAIYEWU about the insecurity in Nigeria, Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East and the crisis in the Senate T he Senate recently met with the…

Nigerians who rue President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure will not like to read this. But he might have the least challenging path to re-election for any incumbent in recent history. For a president who has polarized Nigeria more than any…

The new excise duty for alcoholic beverages and tobacco earlier approved by President Muhammadu Buhari will take effect from Monday, June 4, 2018, says the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls on Sunday that the…

The Director, Strategic Communications for President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential campaign, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), faults the Peoples Democratic Party’s allegation of Federal Government’s clampdown on the opposition, in this…

Former Appeal Court President and Pioneer chairman of the independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (lCPC) Justice Mustapha Akanbi who died early Sunday morning has been buried. The son of the late octogenarian,…