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says her action based on justice, not confrontation The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari, has explained that her 2016 interview which was considered to be critical of her husband’s administration was based on her…

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a directive to the Ministry of Defence to commence the rehabilitation of military barracks nationwide under the Barracks Intervention Project. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Mrs.…

The report by the investigations conducted by the Joint Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport into the alleged revenue leakages in the import and export value chain, valued at N30tn, is due for…

A pastor identified as Victor Tobore has been arrested for fraud bothering on the alleged diversion of teachers’ cooperative fund in the tune of N5million. The fund was diverted into his church account. Victor was arrested by the police…

The Presidency has disowned a journalist, Ahmed Salkida, who claimed in his tweets yesterday that only 15 out of the remaining 113 Chibok schoolgirls, believed to be with their Boko Haram abductors, are alive. The Senior Special…

The family of late Suleiman Wali, the first Walin Kano, is famous in Kano State. Wali’s forefathers were Fulani cattle rearers and Islamic scholars in Ja’en quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano. As cattle rearers, they…

The official Twitter account of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nigeria, @APCNigeria, is currently being used to trade cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ethereum. The account name has been changed to Justin Sun,…

A university lecturer, Dr Olawale Lawal has described the “sex-for-marks’’ scandal, involving Prof. Richard Akindele of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, as a damage to the academic community. Professor Akindele was…

Some officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service have been captured on camera brutalising a man in Edo State. In the video, which was published by ITV.NG, a Prisons official was seen slapping the man while a woman, believed to be his…

The Ife Diocese of the Anglican Church is still in shock about the allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against a Venerable in the church, Prof. Akindele who is also a Professor  at the Department of Management and Accounting,…

The Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, has pleaded with the kidnappers of his twin children to release them. He made the plea while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Ibadan. He appealed to the…

Itse Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), says the federal government is yet to charge any former president to court over corruption allegations in order to avoid “distractions”. The…

Ahmad Salkida, a journalist known to have access to the leadership of Boko Haram, says only 15 of the yet to be released 113 Chibok schoolgirls are alive. Salkida, who announced this on his Twitter handle, said many of the girls have…

A Delta State University, Abraka, student has allegedly committed suicide after he failed his final year exams and was handed two semesters extension by the school authorities. The deceased, Orumah Efemena, of the Pharmacy Department,…

A 29-year-old alleged drug baron, identified as the Offa bank robbery sponsor, has been arrested by the Nigeria police. Adegoke Shogo, described as a mega distributor of Indian hemp, allegedly provided part of the logistics used during…

Unknown gunmen who stormed Okigwe area of Imo state few days ago, reportedly killed a businessman identified as Nnamdi Obijiaku, who was on his way home. It was gathered that before the businessman died, he was rushed to the Federal…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will include the national identification number (NIN) in the biometric data capturing process of getting a drivers’ licence. Aliyu Aziz, director general of the National Identity…

Following the recent declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election in the 2019 elections, some bigwigs in the ruling All Progressives Congress, whose presidential ambitions have been threatened by the President’s move, have…

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the parents of the school girls that were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State, that “their daughters will never be forgotten or abandoned to their fate, despite four…

A former wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Taiwo, in this interview with TUNDE AJAJA, gives an update on her son, who is said to be missingIt’s been about five months since your son allegedly left his matrimonial home, have…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has given a seven-day ultimatum to the Senate and other parties to respond to a suit challenging its investigation of the senator representing the Delta central senatorial district, Ovie…

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has appointed a new director-general for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The appointment comes days after the confusion between SEC and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) over the…

The police say they have arrested 12 of the suspects involved in the robbery in some banks at Offa, Kwara state, last week. Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said phones, SIM cards and Ipads of robbery victims were among the…

The family of billionaire businessman, Anselm Tabansi, who is also the owner of popular Lagos hotel, Maison Fahrenheit and Svengali furniture, have been thrown into mourning following the death of their son, Jesse. According to…