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The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) said Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, has paid a total of N37, 546 billion to pensioners since 2015. According to a statement signed by the Director-General of LASPEC, Mrs Folashade…

An economist, Dr Chijioke Ekechukwu, says the naira will gain strength against the dollar when the Nigeria -China currency swap takes effect. Ekechukwu, a former Director-General, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry,  expressed the…

Super Eagles’ Head Coach Gernot Rohr on Sunday in London released his final list of players for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, with minimal surprise. The squad, since being pruned to 30 last month and subsequently to 26 last…

Former Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Elder Godsday Orubebe is bidding his time to respond to the barb aimed at him last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari, speaking at this year’s Democracy Day lecture in Abuja, said he…

Mrs Ibidapo, who did not want her real name used so as not to antagonize U.S. embassy officials, said her visa was abruptly revoked by the United States Embassy in Lagos, for no reason after she was invited to the embassy and told to…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the administration was on the right path in improving Nigeria’s business environment and diversifying the economy. Osinbajo made the submission in an interview with the Financial Timess,…

*Chief of Staff to Governor Ahmed, Personal Assistant, Arrested.The Police Force headquarters in Abuja has invited the President of the Senate and number 3 man in the country, Senator Bukola Saraki to answer questions relating to what…

On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari, and a team of young Nigerians, led by Samson Itodo, made history, as the Not Too Young To Run bill was signed into law by the nation’s number one citizen. Young Nigerians, on and offline, went…

Three Nigerians have been discovered dead in their flat in Uttam Nagar area of New Delhi, India. Quoting India’s The Hindu newspaper, NAN reports that the Nigerians were found dead on Friday. The police were said to have recovered…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti says it has suspended its gubernatorial campaign earlier scheduled to kick off on Monday. The suspension came as the state police command released the report of Friday’s shooting incident…

Two Nigerian-born pharmacists have been indicted by a US court for being involved in the illegal distribution of addictive drugs. Enitan Sodiya-Ogundipe, 42, and Abiodun Fabode, 56, were said to have conspired with Amir Rafi, another…

Ahmed Kuru, managing director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), says it will release the list of all the debtors in July. While addressing journalists on Friday, Kuru said 5,000 debtors have gone into hiding.…

President Muhammadu Buhari expressed fears yesterday that the opposition in the country has stupendous resources at its disposal in preparation for the 2019 elections which the ruling All Progressives Congress , APC, may not be able to…

 A Nigerian woman has lost her job a week after criticising Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, on Twitter. In the July 5, 2017 tweet, Bolouere Opukiri described then-Acting President Osinbajo…

Opeyemi Bamidele, the erstwhile federal lawmaker from Ekiti State who was shot on Friday, has undergone surgery and is now recuperating at a hospital in Ado Ekiti. Bamidele, a chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress…

Photos have emerged from the wedding of the late Dora Akunyili's daughter to her Canadian husband in Anambra. We reported earlier that Mrs Chidiogo Akunyili, the daughter of the late Dora Akunyili, was back in Nigeria to get married…

A promising Nigerian man living in Malaysia has met his untimely death after jumping from his condo. A yet-to-be-named Nigerian man has reportedly died after jumping out of his condominium during a fire outbreak, yesterday, in Malaysia…

A married man has told a rather shocking story about how he cheated on his wife and tried to win the woman’s heart again after she found out. However while doing that, his wife also ‘confessed’ that she slept with their gate-man. Now…

A 54-year-old man, Abayomi Adewunmi, has been arrested by the police for allegedly forging the licence of a Lagos-based firm, Nucleus Ventures Limited, to import four vehicles into Nigeria. The police alleged that Adewunmi and other…

Sergio Ramos has reportedly been forced to change his phone number following threats over his Mohamed Salah challenge. The Real Madrid defender brought down his Liverpool rival in the Champions League final, forcing the Egyptian to be…

A Russian model has been sentenced to 2 months in prison after she was found guilty of driving without license and offering sex to two policemen to avoid being charged. Kira Mayer, 24, was driving her Mercedes in Moscow when two police…

A 38-year-old mentally disturbed Zimbabwean man from Kwekwe identified as Godfrey Sibanda, has been spared some jail time after he stabbed his wife to death with a kitchen knife, claiming he mistook her for a lion, the court heard.…

A 35-year-old Nigerian man identified as Olukayode Ibrahim Lawal, was on Thursday indicted in Connecticut federal court, for reportedly tricking school districts across the country into sending him the personal information of thousands of…

While inspecting the venue that will be used to host UN World Tourism Organisation (UNTWO) commission for Africa meeting, which will take place from June 4th to 6th at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, Nigeria’s Minister of…