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The founder of the infamous MMM financial pyramid schemes, Sergey Mavrodi, died of a heart attack on Monday, March 26, 2018, at the age of 62. The former deputy of the State Duma died in the Russian capital, Moscow, after he felt…

More evidence of corrupt practices by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration may be tendered following a challenge by the former leader, it was learnt yesterday. Federal Government sources said although there was no…

The Ministry of Defence said on Monday that it had received reports from Nigerians on the misconduct of soldiers as regards the farmers and herdsmen’s clashes and had put such soldiers through “disciplinary procedures.”The ministry…

The Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,  Mr.  Bill Gates, again on Monday criticised the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.Gates, in an interview with the CNN, said that the Federal Government’s…

The United Nations has said it has approved the use of Indian hemp for medical purposes, urging Nigeria to relax laws restricting usage to allow its prescription for Nigerians. The UN also decried criminalisation of hard drugs’ use,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday led other top government officials elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress to a meeting of the party’s national caucus. The meeting was held at the new Banquet Hall of the…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, today received the family of late activist Martin Luther King Jnr in Abuja, during the conferment of The First Black History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership Award…

From April 7, 2018, Daystar Christian Centre will begin Saturday worship service at PLOT A3C Ikosi Road, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos. The church announced this in a statement signed by Kenny Folarin, chief operating officer at Daystar…

A court in Ikeja, Lagos, has granted N10 million bail to Kayode Odukoya, managing director of First Nation Airlines. Odukoya had earlier pleaded not guilty to fraud and a N1.7 billion theft allegation against him by the Economic and…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the instrument of ratification of a Memorandum of Understanding among Nigeria, Switzerland and the International Development Association that will lead to the repatriation of…

Following reports of the death of Sergey Mavrodi on Monday, Nigerians have gone on Twitter to mock his passing, saying he cannot just scam Nigerians and live. The MMM founder reportedly died of heart attack after he was admitted to a…

The governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, has asked Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, to leave him out of his ordeal with the police. Melaye had accused the governor of working with the police to destroy him. Reacting…

Sergey Mavrodi, the founder of MMM, a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time, is dead. According to a report by Moskovsky Komsomolets, the founder of the MMM series of financial pyramid…

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said on Sunday that the federal government has no ulterior motive behind the letter she sent to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on cash assets…

Here is the face of the Dapchi schoolboy, a pure water vendor captured by Boko Haram on 19 February, along with 111 schoolgirls. The boy came to the Dapchi Girls Secondary Science and Tech College to sell pure water, when he was…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday said the call by a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen.Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), that Nigerians should defend themselves against killers was belated. In a statement made available to…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says there is a campaign to tarnish his reputation. Jonathan, who is currently monitoring the presidential runoff election in Sierra Leone, said this less than a week after Vice-President Yemi…

The statistics of how housemates voted for their favorite housemates to be brought back into the house has been displayed. Yesterday, formerly evicted housemates, Anto and Khloe were brought back into the Big Brother House and in few…

Founder and Senior Pastor of the Omega Fire Ministry in Auchi, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has celebrated his birthday in a major way for his church and for charities around him. In a post shared on his official Facebook page, it was…

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency, Jones Onyereri, says the House is currently working at amending the Act establishing the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria. He said the proposed…

More details have now emerged showing how billions of naira and hundred millions of dollars were illegally removed from the public till by the Jonathan administration specifically ahead of the 2015 presidential elections. The…

It was reported that a mild drama occurred  at Sangotedo Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, as suspected land grabbers fled on sighting the convoy of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who stormed the area to stop…

The Nigerian army has reacted to allegations that it planned the abduction of Dapchi School girls in the villa, and executed it with #80million. According to the Nigerian army, the planned abduction information said to be provided by…

The Big Brother Naija 2018 Live Show returned tonight following the ‘Bring Back’ Showdown twist, I believe so many of you missed to watch as two of the evicted housemates were unveiled by host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu to returned into the…