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Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, says even if Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, is pretending, he cannot pretend forever. Dogara said this while addressing state house correspondents after a meeting…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Nigeria spent $36.3 billion on the importation of petroleum products between 2013 and 2017. Speaking on Monday at a public hearing organised by a house of representatives committee, the apex…

Shehu Sani, chairman, senate committee on local and foreign debt, has advised Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, to use the “meagre” resources available to run the state. In an interview with NAN on Monday, the senator wondered why…

Forbes list billionaire, Warren Buffett has lost $1.14 billion of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock in the first quarter making it the company’s first net loss since 2009. The loss was caused by new accounting-rule changes made in…

Ali Soyode, an industrialist and founder of Europe’s first ethnic media and satellite Television, BEN TV, has declared intention to run in the 2019 presidential election. Mr Soyode, who made the declaration on Monday in Abuja, said…

Ahmed Lawan, leader of the senate, has said that the fight against drug abuse in the country should be prosecuted the same way the fight against insurgency is being handled. The leader made this known in an interview…

Saboi Mundia Kalinda who traveled to India last month with her husband, Haswell Kalinda, for a liver operation, has thanked him for donating part of his to her . According to Saboi, It is amazing how God revealed to her and her…

A Lagos-based lawyer, Udeme Odibi, who allegedly stabbed her husband, Otike Odibi, to death, at their residence on Diamond Estate, Sangotedo, Ajah has allegedly confessed to the murder. According to the Lagos state police, the…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to Babatunde Fashola (SAN) Minister of Power, Works and Housing, asking him to use his good offices and leadership position “to…

The crisis rocking the Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a different dimension on Monday as police sealed the party’s secretariat. The protesters, who claimed to be sympathetic to the aspiration of…

Jide Omokore, a business associate of Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, has denied stealing $3 billion in connivance with the minister. Laolu Akande, spokesman of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, had…

Nigeria’s drugs and narcotics control agency, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Monday sealed off three major pharmaceutical companies – Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd., Peace Standard…

Villagers in Bitiah Irruan Boki area of Cross River State were left in a state of shock after a Chimpanzee followed a farmer home from the bush. A Facebook user, Osang Gabriel who witnessed the baffling incident shared the photos,…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday that Nigeria recovered about N7.8 billion, $378 million and £27,800 through the Whistle-blower’s Policy launched by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2016. He also said the Federal…

New security measures have been introduced by President Muhammadu Buhari to combat killings in Kaduna, Taraba and Benue states. The President yesterday expressed  outrage over the killing of 45 people in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State at…

The police in Lagos have arrested a 35-year-old pastor, Chris Mordi, of the Miracle of Fires Ministry, Langbasa, Ajah, Lagos, for allegedly propagating hate speech. Police Commissioner Edgal Imohimi told reporters the suspect was…

President Muhammed Buhari will on Tuesday travel to London to see his doctor. Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement. Shehu said the trip is expected to last…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a new Battalion of the Nigerian Army, as well as a new Police Area Command, in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, as part of measures to scale up the security…

There was drama at a high court in Igbosere, Lagos, on Monday when Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, suspected kidnap kingpin better known as Evans, staged a protest. He refused to alight from the vehicle which conveyed him from the prison…

Senate President Muhammadu Buhari and Speaker of the House of Reps, Yakubu Dogara, said they discussed the ongoing trial of the Senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, with President Muhammadu Buhari.…

The Presidency has reacted to the letter purportedly written to the United Nations by the main opposition party, People's Democratic Party (PDP) accusing the APC led government of President Muhammadu Buhari of stifling democracy in…

The Nigerian Police force has concluded plans to screen 133,324 candidates shortlisted for recruitment into the force. However some of the stipulated guidelines for the process are in contravention of the existing laws of the land.…

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has said that it would distribute 20,000 units of home solar system to various communities yet to be connected to the national grid across Nigeria. Managing Director/Chief Executive…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) has traced the  “missing” funds from sale of properties confiscated from Cecilia Ibru, former managing director/chief executive officer of Oceanic Bank, to the UK.  About $4.5…