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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Sunday gave reasons why they were absent at the US-Nigeria Investment Summit 2018 in Washington DC. The duo said the summit…

Miracle is the winner BBNaija 2018 reality TV show. Miracle wins BBNaija 2018 star prize of N25million cash, N20million in prizes. Cee-C is the first runner up Big Brother Naija 2018. BBNaija 2018 finalists were Nina, Alex …

Son of Gani Fawehinmi, the late human rights lawyer and activist, Muhammed Fawehinmi, has mentiond that he awaits the death of former military dictator, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, and former President, Olusegun Obasanjo…

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha made a new disclosure while addressing newsmen in Owerri on Saturday. According to him, in order to take part in various activities in Imo State, including receipt of salaries, civil servants must get…

The Anambra police command says it has arrested three masqueraders for allegedly disrupting a church programme in Idemili north local government area of the state Nkeiruka Nwode, spokesman of the command, told journalists on Saturday…

The National Chairman of the United Progressives Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie, has reminded Ndigbo that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, never promised to hand over power to them in 2023. Okorie…

No fewer than 15 residents of Victoria Garden City, Ajah, on Lekki-Epe Expressway are to be prosecuted for their alleged involvement in energy theft,  Eko Electricity Distribution Company  said on Friday. EKEDC alleged that the…

At least five persons have been killed in a Boko Haram attack in Bama, a town in Borno state. Many worshipers also sustained injuries in the attack which happened around 5:30am. Ali Abacha, an official of the Nigerian Security and…

The Special Adviser on International Relations to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Bamikole Omishore,and his wife, Abiola Aiyegbayo-Omishore, are currently under probe by the EFCC over an alleged ghost worker scam. The spokesman for…

Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has approached the Supreme Court, seeking to upturn the judgment of the Appeal Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, permitting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze his…

The father of Leah, the only Dapchi school girl still being held by the Boko Haram terrorists, Mr. Nathan Sharibu,  on Saturday, debunked the rumours making rounds that his daughter had been released. In a telephone interview with our…

President Buhari has paid tribute to Nigeria’s foremost social critic and selfless legal luminary, Chief Abdul Ganiyu ‘‘Gani’’ Fawehinmi, SAN, on his posthumous 80th birthday, describing the late legal icon ‘as a true conscience of the…

In what looks like a move by the government of Uganda to drive up the revenue of the country, social media users will start paying tax to the government, starting from July 2018. In making the announcement, Uganda’s government…

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has stated that now is the time for the young people of Imo to take over the mantle of leadership as he has retired the old politicians in the state. The governor mentioend that he has retired the…

A state governor has been identified for involvement in an alleged plot to rubbish Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the operation of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Osinbajo heads the board of NEMA which has…

The alleged victim of sexual harassment by a lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile -Ife, Ms. Monica Osagie, has been summoned to appear before the investigative panel probing the incident on…

The Lagos State Government is set to unveil a new statue of Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, at the beautiful park in Ojota which is named after the late legal luminary and human rights advocate on Sunday. State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode,…

Ms. Monica Osagie, victim of the sexual harassment by a lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile -Ife has been summoned to appear before the investigative panel probing the incident on Tuesday. The…

APC Chieftain, Joe Igbokwe has written a piece which backed up President Buhari’s statement of ‘Nigerian youths being lazy and waiting for oil money to be handed over to them’. Here are 10 reasons Joe Igbokwe gave; 10 REASONS WHY…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a member of a scam syndicate in Ondo who reportedly defrauded one Wasiu from Ore, Ondo state – a HIV victim of about N4M claiming that they had a cure to the disease. It was gathered that…

Whilec, a 25-year-old U.K based Nigerian man and Twitter @olamideDIY just achieved a great feat of becoming Africa’s first PhD holder in National Security Strategy. Sharing the amazing news on his Twitter page, he wrote; Aii, Viva…

The headquarters of Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) was on Saturday gutted by fire. The inferno was said to have been noticed on the two-storey building located along Sokoto road, Kaduna at about 11am.…

Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, says the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration has reduced number of out of school children by over two million. Speaking on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Head of…

The Nigerian Army said on Saturday its troops successfully repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Gamboru-Ngala, Borno State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, said in a statement that one insurgent…