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A woman reportedly slept with her son from her first marriage in order to raise children for her husband from her second marriage. The 47-year-old woman identified as Mrs. Veronica Iorshe, from Howe, Ugee Council Ward slept with her son…

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence, said Charles Bukowski, German-born U.S. writer. Battered by fate and torn by pain, former DSS boss, Mamman Daura, probably knows who his friends are even as you read.…

House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, is biding his time to switch  from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) because his future party does not currently enjoy a comfortable majority in the…

A Nigerian, Abdullah Usmani, who had not walked for the last 10 years due to a severe knee problem complicated by an incurable genetic blood disorder, has been given a new lease of life by doctors at Aakash Healthcare in Delhi. The…

The Presidency has reacted to allegations by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, that the Federal Government was planning to implicate them over the recent invasion of the National Assembly by men of the…

The anti-corruption war being waged by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration got a big boost on Tuesday after the removal from office of the former Director General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura. Already,…

The oil refinery being built in Lagos by Dangote Group is unlikely to start production until 2022, two years later than the target date. Reuters quoted sources with direct knowledge of the matter as saying this in a report on Friday.…

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has paid $417.46 million to Nigeria Bulk Energy Trading Company (NBET) to develop the electricity market. Titilope Olubiyi, NSIA communications adviser, said this followed the…

Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, has predicted how the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP can emerge as the winner of the 2019 election. Speaking at the launch of his yearly book, titled ‘Warning To The…

Blue light from digital devices and the sun transforms vital molecules in the eye’s retina into cell killers. A study published in Scientific Reports shows how the effects of blue light lead to age-related macular degeneration, a…

Tam David-West, former minister of petroleum resources and an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the president’s mistakes are haunting his government. In an interview with The Guardian, he said Buhari made a mistake in the…

Theirs is a classic instance of the instability of human relationship. They start out as dotting fathers and submissive sons only to end up as foes with rivalry as fierce as that of the biblical David and his rebellious son, Absalom.…

WHATEVER doubt was left about the defection of former Akwa Ibom State governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was erased on Tuesday with the announcement of his…

Tewolde Gebremariam, the chief executive officer of Ethiopian Airlines, says his company is the frontrunner in the bidding process for the management of Nigeria Air. Speaking at a news conference in Addis Ababa on Friday, Gebremariam…

Senate President Bukola Saraki has fired some shots at Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This comes one day after he vowed not to descend into the gutter with the ruling party. Saraki had…

Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, have raised the alarm over the alleged plan of the federal government to incarcerate them. In a statement on Friday, Yusuph Olaniyonu and Uche Anichukwu,…

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the Senate President Bukola Saraki will “definitely” be impeached. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Oshiomhole said Saraki will not…

Uzodinma Asonye, an American of Nigerian origin, is one of the seven prosecutors enlisted by United States special counsel on the Russian collusion allegations, Robert Mueller. He led the prosecution team when the first trial in the …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has ruled out the possibility of contesting any position in 2019. He said that his task was to work with like minds to wrest power from the current political leadership in…

The total pension assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) have risen from N7.52 trillion as of December 2017, to N8.23 trillion in June 2018. The Acting Director General of National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs. Aisha…

The members of the Ambode Deaf Solidarity Movement, drawn from the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Community Development Areas LGAs/LCDAs under the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deaf Group has endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for…

There are indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may have reached an agreement in principle to nominate President Muhammadu Buhari as its consensus candidate for the 2019 general election. His comment came as the Majority…

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has confirmed huge benefit accruing to the country following the replacement the offshore processing arrangement (OPA) and crude oil swap with the Direct Purchase of…

Duet, a U.K-based private equity company, has acquired a majority interest in AJEast Nigeria, a Nigerian African beverage manufacturer. AJEast launched a manufacturing facility outside Lagos in 2015. The bottling plant produces…