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Electricity Distribution Companies, Discos, have described as false, most of the statements made last week Monday by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, about the power sector. According to them, the comments…

Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of executive power, failed to remit taxes, such as pay as you earn (PAYE), value added tax (VAT) and withholding tax (WHT), to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in 2016 — despite deducting at source.…

Melanoma cancer, the most serious type of skin cancer, can now be detected in its early stages by a blood test developed by Australian scientists. The breakthrough could potentially save millions of lives and significantly reduce…

Suspected political thugs, Tuesday, launched an attack on the convoy of former Deputy Governor (Operations) of Central Bank of Nigeria, Chief Adebayo Adelabu in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adelabu, who recently resigned from the…

The Government Girls Secondary School, Sarkin Noma and Lokongoma Secondary School in Lokoja LGA which were due for commissioning this morning have been razed down and vandalized by yet to be identified hoodlums. The renovation of the…

Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu, a former chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has died. According to ThisDay, Katsina-Alu, 76, died in the wee hours of Wednesday at Chida Orthopaedic Hospital, Gudu, Abuja. Katsina Alu was from Ushongo…

Supporters of Senate President Bukola Saraki welcomed him to Ilorin, Kwara state capital, on Tuesday. This is in celebration of the supreme court ruling that Saraki has no case to answer at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).…

As political parties gear up for their presidential primaries slated for between August and October 2018, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said, yesterday, that the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, has the right of first…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has promised to end the Boko Harman insurgency if elected president. Speaking in Maiduguri, Borno state capital on Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant said he has…

Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform has won the Digital Business of the Year (2018) award in Africa at the annual Global African Business Awards (GABA) ceremony in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Launched in…

The Lagos State University (LASU) on Tuesday said it had issued a query to an Associate Professor in its Department of Economics over alleged sexual assault of a student, and the case was already before a Joint Action Disciplinary…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has generated N556.7 billion revenue from January to June as against N486.7 billion in the same period in 2017. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NCS, Joseph Attah announced this in a…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday led political office holders and Permanent Secretaries in the Presidency to submit their credentials for scrutiny in the service-wide verification of personnel…

*NHIS audit uncovers how funds were stolen through curious investments THERE is the N720 billion “invested” by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 12 years? Nobody seems to have an answer. Not even NHIS boss  Prof.…

THE Federal Government will send a plane to repatriate the 200 defrauded Nigerian citizens presently stranded in Russia. Nigerian ambassador to Russia Steve Ugbah, who made this known while addressing a news conference yesterday,…

Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika has disclosed that the Federal Government had started negotiations with aircraft manufacturers and investors towards the unveiling of the national carrier at the ongoing Farnborough…

GOVERNOR Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Tuesday, made his first public appearance since last Saturday’s governorship election amid cheers from Ado Ekiti public as he paid the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, a visit.…

The federal high court in Abuja has served a warrant of release of Sambo Dasuki on the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice. A federal high…

Rommy Ezeonwuka, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Board of Trustees, BoT, has said any political alignment that does not give people of the South East the Presidential slot in 2023 will not stand. Ezeonwuka said…

The story has been told of a handsome male model who was stabbed to death by another model in London over a girl. According to Reporters, a male model has been stabbed to death by a jealous catwalk rival after an Instagram feud over a girl.…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday stated the importance of the International Criminal Court, ICC, saying it is essential for international accountability.Mr Buhari stated his in his keynote speech to mark the 20th anniversary of…

The senate has confirmed Musiliu Smith, a former inspector-general of police, as chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Smith will take over from Mike Okiro, also a former inspector-general of police. Buhari had…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Muiz Banire, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as chairman of the governing board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Banire is the former legal adviser of the ruling…

President Muhammadu Buhari on July 12 commissioned the light rail at the new train station in Abuja. The rail line, he said, is the first phase of the rail line which will cover 12 other stations within Abuja.  Mr Buhari said the…