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Some retired generals may have formed a secret coalition to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 Presidential Election. Sunday Oguntola reports on the inside details of the plot. INVESTIGATION has shown that some…

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has sworn-in the state’s first visually impaired permanent secretary. Mr. Akinyemi Andrew Elijah  was, until now, Director of Special Needs Education in the  Ministry of Education, Science and…

Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togo President, says West African leaders will soon deliberate on the persistent outbreak of clashes between farmers and herdsmen in some countries in the region. Gnassingbe, who is the chairman of Economic…

The Lagos state government says there will be a partial restriction of movement on the Oshodi flyover to enable it advance the ongoing construction of the Oshodi transport interchange. Ade Akinsanya, state commissioner for works and…

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has attributed the poor state of roads in many parts of the South-east and South-south geo-political zones to the16 years of poor governance by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).…

When people cannot qualify for an unsecured personal loan, they opt for a secured loan. Sometimes it is more beneficial to choose a secured loan. That way, you can easily get approved when trying to take out a loan. Since you do not…

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to pay the former Director of Human Resources and Administration in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Salamatu…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) wants the National Assembly to hasten the amendment of royalty rates for oil gotten from deep offshore sources. Responding to the publication of Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) accrued to…

Argentine legend Diego Maradona is a controversial idol, worshipped as a god for his World Cup-winning exploits but whose life of excess has left a tormented public back home torn between veneration and derision.  The 57-year-old hit…

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Aregbesola of Osun State on Friday paid a visit to the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, over the Otedola Bridge tanker explosion. They were both received at the Lagos House by the…

MO SALAH proved he is a man of the people by signing autographs for hundreds of Egyptian fans outside his house. Supporters flocked to the Liverpool star’s Cairo residence after his address was posted on Facebook. Tons of people…

As a way of curbing the menace of human trafficking, the Nigerian government has announced plans to introduce Trafficking in Persons, TIP, into the curricula of basic and secondary schools across the country. It has in preparation…

Fake pictures circulating on social media which users are falsely claiming depict inter-communal violence are inflaming already high tensions in Nigeria. It comes after three days of deadly clashes between mainly Muslim cattle herders…

The Benue State Government has charged troops on deployment in the state to abide by their rules of engagement to dislodge herdsmen militia in the state. Speaking at a press conference in Makurdi on Friday, the state Commissioner of…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that since he is not god, he should stop intimidating Nigerians ahead of 2019 elections. He said that the President was…

A beautiful lady on Twitter @emphyreall took to her Twitter timeline to share her engagement ring as the man she has being his side chic for 6 years and had 33 abortions for finally proposed to her and she said YES!!! She wrote;…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of three permanent secretaries to the Federal Ministries of Labour, Communication and Health. Winifred Oyo-Ita, Head of Civil…

A medical expert on Friday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court that her findings revealed that the two-year and 11-month old pupil of Chrisland School was raped. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…

PRESIDENTIAL aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, has told the party that if he is given the presidential ticket, he will run President Muhammadu Buhari out of office in next year’s election. He…

Air Peace on Friday urged members of the public to ignore a recorded voice message warning them not to patronise the airline and some other air and land transport companies. The airline, in a statement signed by its General Manager,…

Fire broke out on the 12th floor of a London highrise on Friday. Images and videos from the fire incident have been posted on social media, and they show smoke billowing from the building. Eight fire engines and 58 firefighters…

FIFA said video assistant referee (VAR) crews conducted checks on 335 incidents during the World Cup group stage, helping achieve a 99.3 percent rate of correct decisions. The VAR system is being used at a World Cup for the first…

A Federal High Court in Damaturu, Yobe State, on Friday remanded a former Minister of Science and Technology, Abdu Bulama, and four others for alleged money laundering. Justice Isa Hamadashin gave the order when the Economic and…

An internal investigation by PREMIUM TIMES found that there was no recording of any interview in which Mr Ciroma made the statement, neither was any statement signed or circulated by him that contained the quotes. The error was…