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This is not the first time it would be reported that a man would use any of his children for ritual purposes in Nigeria. Such people do not care what their wife or other family members would go through after the child is no more, all…

The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has begun earnest search for his running mate as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of parties’…

No fewer than 36 banking centres have been opened by the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) in the South East, the Zonal Manager, Dr Asuquo Abianga has said. Abianga disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of…

Following the closure of her shops by Ghanaian authorities, a Nigerian woman and mother of three children has committed suicide, the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTs), Ghana Chapter, reported in Abuja on Tuesday. The…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has set up a special team to interrogate Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State next week. Fayose, who has been governor since October 16, 2014, will lose his immunity at…

Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the 2019 elections, says he is the best man for the job.  In a statement on Tuesday, Moghalu said Nigeria needs a visionary…

Officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday arrested eight Ghanaian ladies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos for alleged human trafficking. An official of the security agency who disclosed…

Hundreds of passengers are reportedly stranded at the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2) on Wednesday, as aviation unions carried out their shutdown threat over the sack of workers by Bi-Courtney Aviation…

Nigeria’s major carrier, Medview Airline, may have sacked about 100 members of its staff after many months of lack of scheduled flight operations. The sack, newsmen gathered, was due to financial constraints, which the company has…

Ten weeks after the National Assembly embarked on its annual break, the two legislative chamber, yesterday, reconvened. But contrary to expectations that the maiden session will be rowdy, there was calm throughout the 45-minute and…

AFTER years of waiting for the payment of their terminal benefits, with many dying prematurely during the protracted agitation for the entitlements to be paid, former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways have become   restive ahead of…

A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Minna, Niger State, has ordered the remand in prison custody of a 32-year-old farmer, Rilwanu Salisu, after he pleaded guilty to raping a 78-year-old woman. He is being tried for rape, contrary to…

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes believes Jose Mourinho retains the full backing of the club and their supporters despite a poor start to the Premier League season. Mourinho reportedly faced the sack regardless of the…

The Sokoto State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Milgoma, on Tuesday dispelled rumor that the party’s 2019 election flag-bearer, Mannir Dan-iya has been substituted. Speaking to journalists in Sokoto over the…

The Catholic Diocese of Makurdi has announced the death of Reverend Father Angus Fraser, believed to be the longest serving teacher and missionary in Nigeria. Fraser, who was aged 87, was born on April 8 1931 and hailed from a…

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday said the federal government has spent N1.7 trillion on capital projects in two budget years. He made this claim while addressing participants at the 9th Presidential Quarterly Business…

It was reported last week that a 20-year-old model, Ajila Oluwaseun Fiona was raped and stabbed to death in her home on Thursday, September 4, 2018, in Ijoka, Akure, Òndó In the report, eyewitnesses said Fiona was raped and murdered,…

Nigeria’s political season is almost upon us. Already, we know most of those who will be running for different political posts and those whose political ambitions have lost momentum prematurely. Now, while the focus is on the two major…

Gbenga Makanjuola, an aide to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, standing trial for alleged N3.5 billion fraud charge, has been granted a N250 million bail by a Lagos Federal High Court. Also granted bail in the same sum by the court,…

DELTA Security Watch Organization of Nigeria, NDSWON, Tuesday, said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, committed a travesty of justice by nominating a notorious decampee and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as presidential…

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political victories fit into Arnold Toynbee’s figurative description of a mighty, always-winning America, which the British historian said is like a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it…

The Federal Government ( FG ) on Tuesday said the sum of $177 million has been paid into the Ogoni clean-up account to remediate polluted lands in the Niger Delta region. Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibrin, disclosed…

General Ibrahim Babangida (retired), former military president, has said that twitter handles bearing his names and photographs were fake. Babangida, in a statement signed by his media aide, Zubairu Abdulrauf, said that he had no…

Senators and members of the house of representatives have adjourned plenary over the death of Funke Adedoyin, a lawmaker in the lower legislative chamber. While members of the lower legislative chamber will resume on…