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•Six issues which will dominate APC NEC meeting •Buhari, APC leaders set to determine Oyegun, others’ fate Fresh facts emerged yesterday that some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some party leaders are adamant…

Senate President  Bukola Saraki said  yesterday that lack of due engagement with the National Assembly  may force  the majority of senators to oppose President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval to withdraw $1 billion to fund purchase of…

It is now clear why   more members of the National Executive Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) backed out of the tenure elongation gambit championed by the party leadership. It followed the unearthing of the…

The chairman of DAAR communications, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, is demanding from Information Minister Lai Mohammed an immediate retraction of his inclusion on a list of alleged looters of public treasury. Dokpesi wants the retraction…

The family members of the late Nigerian singer, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, aka Alizee, are still at loss of words over her death. The 37-year-old singer and her four-year-old daughter, Petra, were found dead on Thursday in the kitchen at their…

JP Morgan Chase has acknowledged it knew that a former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Dan Etete, would benefit when it transferred over $800 million proceeds from the sale of Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL) 245 to a company…

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has faulted Kenya’s leadership for their greed and persistent failure to place matters of national interest first when it comes to development. Speaking to a renowned Kenyan journalist Jeff…

In recent times, a good number of marriages have been dissolved as a result of battery and domestic violence. In other extreme cases, domestic violence has led to death of married partners. Ironically, most of the antagonising couples…

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government will continue to intensify efforts to stem clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the state to ensure harmonious relationship among different groups in the state.…

No fewer than 30 people lost their lives in the Offa bank robbery. An attack that happened last Thursday in Kwara state and saw deadly armed robbers storm Offa town, raid 5 commercial banks and slaughter whoever stood in their way.…

According to reports reaching Parrot Nigeria, The popular Ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), has shut down it System and operations globally after the death of its founder, Sergey Mavrodi. Mavrodi launched his controversial…

A bill to criminalize the use of ‘estimated billing’ in the calculation of electricity consumed and to be paid for by consumers by Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies has passed first reading in the House of Representatives.…

Itse Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), says looting of public funds still takes place at the national assembly through budget padding. In an interview with PUNCH, Sagay said there is…

The police in Kwara State on Saturday said seven suspects linked to the bank robbery in Offa Local Government Area of the state have been arrested. The armed robbers had on Thursday unleashed mayhem on the town, raiding five…

As controversy continues to trail the release of looters’ list by the Federal Government in the last one week, there are strong indications that government is compiling fresh names of people alleged to have looted the nation’s treasury.…

The  National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has dragged Mohammed to court for defamation of character. Mohammed had on Friday, last week, identified Secondus as one of those who looted the nation’s treasury in the first…

A 12 year old girl is recovering in hospital from her injuries after she jumped from a four-storey building to escape a sex attacker who allegedly assaulted her. The young girl’s dramatic escape took place on the outskirts of Mumbai,…

There is hope for lung cancer sufferers worldwide. A breakthrough research has found that  the use of two existing drugs could successfully treat the disease. The study delves deep into the molecular survival kit of lung tumours.…

According to reports, In a shocking case from Kolkata, a 43-year-old man was arrested for reportedly keeping the corpse of his dead mother in a deep freezer for almost three years to collect her pension every month using her thumb…

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has lambasted former President, Olusegun Obasanjo for his attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo recently advised Nigerians not to re-elect Buhari in 2019. But the group in a…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says there is no plastic fish in circulation in Nigeria. NAFDAC Management said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that its finding followed “a thorough…

”I accidentally met over 200 young male and female medical doctors, including consultants in Hawthorn Hotel, Abuja being interviewed by some Saudi Arabian officials to be employed to work in Saudi Arabia.”At first, I thought it was a…

According to reports, a Nigerian man was arrested forcefully and brutally by metropolitan police officers in South Africa over his driver’s license. The young Nigerian man was stopped by the police officers while driving and it was…

Ten persons have been confirmed dead after the Offa bank robbery in Kwara State yesterday Thursday. The dead included four policemen, about six other residents and bank customers. Armed robbers had invaded commercial banks in Kwara…