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A Nigerian – Emmanuel Kazeem – who masterminded a plot to obtain millions in refunds from the United States Internal Revenue Service has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in Oregon. Kazeem, 35, of Bowie, Maryland, was sentenced…

My husband’s younger brother deflowered my daughter at age four,’’ 30-year-old Chineye Okolie told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Friday. Chineye made the statement while responding to a divorce suit filed by Charles Okolie,…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused a prayer by the Federal Government (FG) for the permanent forfeiture of funds in accounts without commercials banks without Bank Verification Number (BVN). Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in a…

Two days after President Muhammadu Buhari expressed reservations over some alterations in the 2018 budget, both chambers of the national assembly have sent a response to the president. Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman of the house of…

Super Eagles of Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr, has named his starting line up for the game against Iceland, with three changes made to the side that lost 2-0 to Croatia. Nigeria will be looking to redeem their battered image when they…

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) says it recovered bad loans worth N731bn, excluding clawbacks, from the start of its operations in 2010 up to December 2017. Assets in form of properties accounted for about 35…

Joseph Nwobike, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who was sentenced to 30 days in prison for perverting the course of Justice, has had his SAN rank revoked by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC). Nwobike was sentenced…

Nigerian Army Captain on duty in the North-East has committed suicide by turning his rifle on his own stomach and opening fire. It was gathered that the incident occurred at the 7 Division Medical Centre in Maiduguri on June 18,…

The mother of Tope Adebutu-Obasanjo has responded to her son in law,Olujonwo's recent viral story on the Blogs where he is quoted as saying he is filing for divorce from his wife of one year for assault and insult and other issues....…

The Department of State Security has arrested Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, lawmaker representing Abia-South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, The Whistler has learnt.…

Iceland already have a point in the bag while Nigeria is pointless with a two-goal deficit. History reminds us that these usurpers from Iceland started the same way at Euro 2016 – with a hard-fought 1-1 result against Portugal, who went…

The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) is looking to release a new price for data, says Umar Danbatta, executive vice-chairman of the government parastatal. Danbatta made the disclosure on Thursday during his induction as a…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed the 2018 budget into law, eight months after he presented the proposal to the national assembly. In his budget signing speech, the president said the national assembly reduced the…

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Authorities in Seychelles have opened a criminal investigation into the multi-million dollar assets which Senate President Bukola Saraki and his wife, Toyin, are believed to hold through offshore shell companies in tax havens, PREMIUM…

Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel said the team is focused on getting a good result when they face Iceland this afternoon in Russia. The Eagles failed to impress in their opening day game against Croatia and now they need to show more…

An unidentified young Nigerian man who recently travelled to Dubai, has been rescued after he reportedly jumped from a 2-storey building in Abu Hail area of the country in an apparent suicide over family pressure. According to an…

Maikanti Baru, group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says direct-sale-direct-purchase (DSDP) contracts have been extended till December 2018. The agreement allows for sales of crude oil to…

The son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Olujonwo, has dragged his wife, Temitope, daughter of Lotto boss, Chief Kessington Adebutu aka Baba Ijebu, to court over domestic violence/intimidation and threat to his life. The marriage…

Eniola, the son of telecommunications cum business mogul, Mike Adenuga, has been accused of allegedly abducting his daughter, Athena. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 28-year-old, accompanied by some policemen, allegedly went to pick up…

The South-East Caucus in the Senate, the Ijaw Youth Congress, the Centre Anti-Corruption and Open Leaders and an Afenifere chiefrain, Femi Okurounmu, have opposed the alterations made by the National Assembly to the 2018 budget.…

The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Ekiti, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said Governor Ayodele Fayose will not be allowed to move about on the election day of July 14. He assured the people of adequate security on the…

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dino Melaye, on Thursday said that the National Assembly was not a department in the Presidency. Mr Melaye said this in a statement in Abuja in reaction to President…

Some ministers on Thursday gave reasons why they believe President Muhammadu Buhari should be re-elected in 2019. The ministers were responding to a question by a moderator during a discussion with journalists at the Presidential…