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Skip to content Nigeria and France yesterday signed a number of agreement s on projects worth $475 million. The agreements were signed in Abuja after a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Fremch President…

•Councillor arrested The Police have named suspects in the Plateau and Benue killings. No fewer than 84 people were killed when suspected herdsmen attacked villages in three local government areas of Plateau State. There has…

THE National Assembly ad hoc joint committee probing the theft of the Senate mace has concluded its sitting and may likely lay its report in both chambers today. The Nation learnt that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was indicted by the…

Femi Kuti, Afrobeat musician and son of music legend Fela thrilled French President Emmanuel Macron and guests alongside dance hall singer Yemi Alade at the New Afrika Shrine on Tuesday. Both of them were among entertainers and…

President Emmanuel Macron of France has given the reason behind his decision to visit the Afrika Shrine in Lagos. The French leader disclosed this during a joint press conference at the presidential villa in Abuja. Recalling his…

Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources says he has never received a call from President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to allocate oil blocks. Kachikwu made this statement while speaking at the 2018 Nigeria Oil and Gas…

Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says the chances of Igbo clinching the presidential seat would depend on the vote the region turns in for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Since the return of…

Ali Ndume, an All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, says President Muhammadu Buhari enjoys goodwill among many Nigerians. Dismissing reports that the current administration has lived below expectation, Ndume told critics of the…

A 15-year-old former Boko Haram bomb maker has reportedly made a confession on how he made over 500 underwear improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used by insurgents for suicide mission. The military authorities described the teenager…

A former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, is now a bona fide staff of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), as he inspected his office space at the institution’s Abeokuta Study Centre in Ogun State on…

A research of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has linked outdoor air pollution, even at levels deemed safe, to an increased risk of diabetes globally. Researchers at the university, in collaboration with…

A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging the eligibility of Kayode Fayemi to contest the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti state. Fayemi is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).…

Senate President Bukola Saraki says he knows the ministers, governors who sponsored the protest against the national assembly. Saraki said this on the floor of the senate on Tuesday after Barnabas Gamade, senator representing Benue…

Dozens of passengers are currently stranded in Sokoto, capital of Sokoto state, after Aero Contractors abruptly cancelled all its flights to Lagos via Abuja from Sunday to Wednesday “due to operational reasons”. Although the airline…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has commended Mojec International Limited, Nigeria’s leading indigenous smart meter manufacturer, for the quality of facilities and infrastructure being put in place to support the…

A lawyer who is facing threats to his life by Ogun worshippers has raised an alarm in a petition he sent to the police. Ebenezer Tunde Omobobami, a native of Ile-Oluji in Ondo State, accused Ogun worshippers of attempting to force…

Thousands of eligible registered voters Monday besieged the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, demanding their permanent voters cards (PVC) ahead of the July 14…

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose yesterday raised the alarm that ex-Chief Security Officer (CSO), to the All Progressive Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi, Hakeem Abiola, as well as the former Aide De’ Camp (ADC), Adeyemi Ajayi, are in…

Oil prices rose on Tuesday after Libya declared force majeure on some of its supplies, although an overall rise in OPEC output and slumping Asian markets kept a lid on gains. Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were at 77.87 dollars per…

The President General of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Dr Rafiu Ladipo, has declared support for the purported new leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Speaking from Russia, Dr Ladipo said the development is…

The Guards Brigade, Nigerian Army, has alerted residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) not to panic as it is set to carry out the traditional firing of artillery gun salute for the visiting President of France Emmanuel Macron,…

Veteran Nollywood actor, Ignis Ekwe, is dead. The actor is popular for his roles in rested soap operas like “Behind The Clouds”, “Everyday People” and “Cockcrow At Dawn.” The actor died on Monday after a brief illness. His…

Armed attackers have gunned down seven police officers in Abuja. The incident reportedly occurred at Galadimawa Junction, just off the international airport road. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police commissioner, Sadiq Bello,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Nigerian Senate, seeking confirmation of Folashodun Shonubi as the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Buhari had in…