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A group, the Concerned Citizens of Ikeja, yesterday, advised the lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Abiodun Faleke not to seek a third term in the lower chamber. In a statement by…

Late Ras Kimono was buried over the weekend at his hometown in Asaba. Many veteran artiste attended the event to pay their last respect to the Reggae King. At one of the events organized, Daddy Showkey was requested to manage the…

Ogbonnaya Chukwu, the general manager, Ebonyi State Fertiliser and Chemical Company Limited (EFCCL) sat behind a busy desk in his scantily-furnished office as he spoke glowingly about the Presidential Fertiliser…

The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has emerged winner of the 2018 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy due to an education for prisoners programme being run by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Ibrahim Sheme, NOUN’s…

The federal government on Tuesday, denied that there were plans to sell the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG). Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, debunked the allegation during an investigative…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has injected another sum of $210 million into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market, in its desire to ensure that forex is available for customers’ needs in various segments of the market.…

The Lagos police command have paraded 57 persons suspected to be involved in homosexual activities in the Egbeda area of the state. Edgal Imohimi, Lagos commissioner of police, confirmed the arrest to reporters during a news…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has slashed the price of nominations form for house of representatives aspirants. According to the opposition party, the form’s selling price has been reduced from N2 million to N1 million…

The Abia state police command have seized a large number of military uniforms stashed in a warehouse in Aba, Abia state. Anthony Ogbizi, the state commissioner of police, disclosed this while speaking with reporters on Tuesday at the…

•Tinubu, Onoja, Akpabio, Elechi, others plan battle for 2019 The new shape of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national caucus emerged yesterday. There are new faces, such as former Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and…

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the visiting British Prime Minister, Theresa May, to use her visit to Nigeria to uncover the “dismal state” of the Nigerian nation by resisting a “choreographed” plan by the Buhari presidency…

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu has said the commission will look into the award of $3.8 billion to build Egina Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) to Samsung Heavy Industries…

"Come, I'll show you what a potential billion dollars looks like," said P.J. Okocha, opening the door of a small, modern house in southern Nigeria to reveal a thousand yam seedlings. "These thousand plants can make three million…

Mr Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, has secured the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State. This approval was contained in a letter signed by the president and…

Gunmen suspected to be assassins shot paint manufacturer, Theo Mbakwe dead at Amaigbo, Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State on Saturday and abducted a lady believed to be his girlfriend... The victim, UNIBEN alumni popularly known…

The Akwa Ibom government on Monday launched an attack against a former governor of the state, Godswill Akpabio, over a four-star hotel built by the government during his administration. The government alleged that the hotel project…

Zeus Polls, an independent Europe-based pollster, has reportedly predicted that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, may likely win most states in the 2019 gubernatorial elections. Zeus Polls had…

Jonah Jang, former Governor of Plateau State, has formally announced his decision to join the 2019 presidential race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Flanked by his wife and supporters, Jang made the…

Former England and Tottenham defender Gary Mabbutt was flown back to  the UK, after a rat reportedly ate part of his foot while he was asleep on holiday in South Africa. Gary Mabbutt who has 16 caps for England, had to return to the…

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has brushed aside President Donald Trump’s comment that he never wants to meet someone as lifeless as President Muhammadu Buhari again. According to a report by…

The management of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has disclosed that it is embarking on a swot up that would assist it in laying underground cables to connect Eko Atlantic with a view to supplying electricity to the modern city.…

United Kingdom said it has repatriated £70 million stolen by an unnamed Nigerian citizen who was convicted in an Italian court. British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Arkwright, who revealed this to reporters in Abuja on…

Juventus player, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been announced as the winner of the 2017/18 UEFA Goal of the Season award. Ironically, it was Ronaldo’s overhead kick for Real Madrid against his current club, Juventus, that got him his latest…

Experts have proffered reasons why many people who experience the kind of cancer that killed American senator and a Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, hardly survive it. John McCain died on Saturday, August 25, at his…