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President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the children of the late Islamic scholar and businessman, Sheikh Isyaku Rabiu, to build on the cherished legacies of gentlemanliness and friendliness of their father. President Buhari was…

An Australian grandmother on Thursday lamented the $480,000 (N173m), she lost to three different online scammers, who happen to be Africans. The  grandmother identified as Suzie admits to being ‘gullible’ and ‘brainwashed’ in the past…

The manager of Maydon Pharmaceutical company, Uchenna Okeagwu, on Friday, while testifying before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, revealed that he paid he notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, 223,000…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Christian community in Nigeria over the passing of the General Secretary of CAN, Rev (Dr) Musa Asake. Special…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 12 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos state. The suspects were arrested after the anti-graft agency raided Club 57, a club in the Ikoyi area of the state. The…

Unidentified armed men have earlier today, Friday, 11th May, stormed the Rivers State Judiciary complex, and reportedly killed two private security officers while destroying properties worth millions of Naira. As at the time of…

The General Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Musa Asake, is dead. We confirmed that Asake died on Friday morning (today) in Abuja after an illness. The death of Asake came about two weeks after he led a nationwide protest…

A Nigerian woman is suing the United States customs agency after it seized tens of thousands of dollars which was earmarked to build a free medical clinic in Imo state. According to the Washington Post, Anthonia Nwaorie was carrying…

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed the United Kingdom for Nigeria, the UK chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress has informed. His aircraft, Air Force 1, reportedly departed the London Stansted Airport at exactly…

Rolls-Royce has officially entered off-road territory. Today, the Goodwood-based, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG brand debuted the $325,000 Cullinan, its first SUV. Named after the largest diamond discovered to date, the vehicle is the…

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), said on Thursday he could not wait for the current Senate, which he described as the worst since 1999, to go next year. He…

They have started in England o! Women are having ‘virginity-restoring’ operations on the NHS at a cost of £1,000 a time, figures reveal. Hospitals have admitted to carrying out 109 reconstructive procedures between 2007 and 2017.…

Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, says Nigeria is focused on accelerating economic growth rate and will not be “complacent around the increase in oil prices”. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja, Adeosun told a delegation of World Bank…

The Senate has appealed the nullification of the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. The Senate and the Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki who is the second defendant in the case also…

Sambo Maina, a prosecution witness in case of money laundering and false declaration of assets involving a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, GMD NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, on Thursday, May 10, 2018…

Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has demanded that Kaduna State governor, Mr. Nasir El-Rufai, be made to go through psychiatric examination to ascertain his mental state. Mr. Sani made the…

•Stop holding on to straw, Senate tells police chief •Police: your declaration is laughable The Senate and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris are locked in a battle of wits. The Red Chamber accuses the police chief…

Nigeria’s oil production, including condensates, increased to 2.07 million barrels per day (bpd) last month from 2.02 million bpd in March. It rose by 11 per cent from the level it was in April 2017 acordingto Platts report, citing…

The United States Government has donated $90m (N32bn) to Nigeria for the HIV/AIDS survey that will take place across the country starting from June. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said this during the signing of a…

Things were going on smoothly, and delegates from about four local government areas, out of 16, had cast their votes for their preferred aspirants when, suddenly, violence broke out at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium in Ado-Ekiti last…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson for the 2019 presidential election, Festus Keyamo, has described next year’s poll as “a battle between forces of darkness and light.” He added that the…

The lawmaker representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Ovie Omo-Agege, described a High Court judgement that nullified his suspension from the Senate is a victory for democracy.Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Abuja Division of the…

Babafemi Ojudu, an adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, has withdrawn from the Ekiti state governorship race. Ojudu was one of the aspirants in the inconclusive All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship…

Ten of the 100 persons selected by the World Economic Forum (WEForum) to join the 2018 Young Global Leaders five-year training are from Africa. According to a statement published on the website of the WEForum, Wednesday, they were…