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The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, spoke about efforts by the federal government to stimulate growth in the country and rebuild economic buffers, during an interactive session with journalists at the just-concluded IMF-World Bank…

•How Buhari sent governors to Oyegun to drop ambition The process of assembling a credible and formidable National Working Committee (NWC)  to work with ex-Governor Adams Oshiomhole as the new National Chairman of the All…

PDP has appealed to the President of The United States Of America to advise President Buhari on the importance of Human Right. The PDP while lamenting Buhari’s misuse of power and negligence of the principles of rule of law appealed to…

The self-acclaimed living perfect master, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji, has said he was excited when he heard the rumour of his death, stressing that he will live more that 500 years on Earth. Some social media users had, on Friday, posted…

The attempt to recall Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, has failed. Out of the 189,870 signatories to the petition to recall him from the upper legislative chamber, only 18,742 were verified by the…

• Police beef up security at Urhoghide’s residence The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki are up in arms over last Friday’s assault on Senator Matthew Urhoghide (Edo South) at Benin airport.…

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said two former Nigerian leaders, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, are opposing the reelection bid of President Muhammadu Buhari because of the current administration’s resolve to…

The federal government and four companies led by General Electric have signed an agreement to start the interim phase of the Nigerian narrow-gauge railway concession. According to a statement signed by Yewande Thorpe, head of…

Names of Popular Nigerians and Oil Companies have come up in an alleged usage if expired oil blocks licenses. Many popular names were included as part of the 49 companies that have failed to renew their licenses. It was also gathered…

A Kenyan parent has charged a school alongside three teachers to court for allegedly beating her child. She is demanding a public apology as well as compensation. The parent, who is simply identified as  CAK in court papers is also…

The member representing Edo South senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, on Saturday said that he had no regrets moving the motion to invoke Section 143 of the Constitution against President Muhammadu…

Commandant, 72 Battalion in Makurdi, Lt Colonel Suleiman Mohammed, on Saturday paraded the three militia herdsmen captured by troops while keeping the peace in Benue State. The herdsmen were said to have been captured last Thursday…

No fewer than twelve persons lost their lives while eight others were injured when a Ford commercial bus collided with a Volvo truck along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. The accident which occurred around 12.25pm at…

Governor Samuel Ortom will allow the law take its course after the Nigerian Army arrested one of his aides for allegedly masterminding recent killings in Benue State, his top adviser has said. Aliyu Teshaku, head of Benue Livestock…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, three-time minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, says late president Umar Musa Yar’Adua wanted her to be finance minister in his government. This revelation was made in her recently released book, fighting…

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, called on members of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) to be battle ready to take over power in 2019, stressing that they should propagate the need for all qualified electorates…

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced a five-hour outage in Ikoyi and environs from 10.00am to 3.00pm on Sunday. Godwin Idemudia, the EKEDC General Manager, Corporate Communications, said in a statement on…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday congratulated a business magnate, Chief Michael Adeniyi Adenuga, who turns 65 on Sunday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President said he…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says if he wins the 2019 election, he will investigate the arms procurement of the current administration. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Saturday, Abubakar said it is taking too long…

Arsene Wenger is unsure of the welcome he will receive on his final visit to Old Trafford as Arsenal boss on Sunday after many “great battles” against Manchester United during his two decades in charge. The 68-year-old Frenchman, leaving…

The Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has declared three-day mourning in honour of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Michael Adeyemo, who died on Friday morning, aged 47. The governor described the lawmaker’s death as a…

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, led by Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, has sacked Mr. Victor Uwajeh earlier appointed to serve as its special investigator. Uwajeh, who is the Chief Investigator of…

A food seller was left heartbroken and in tears after being accused of water from mortuary to cook food at the Federal Polytechnic Oko in Anambra state. A journalist, Ngwu Victor Bright, paid the distressed woman a visit and consoled her…

A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court Friday ordered the permanent forfeiture of N1,442,384,857 found in the bank accounts of three firms which allegedly impersonated the consultants engaged by the Nigeria Governors Forum to…