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Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, called on members of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) to be battle ready to take over power in 2019, stressing that they should propagate the need for all qualified electorates…

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced a five-hour outage in Ikoyi and environs from 10.00am to 3.00pm on Sunday. Godwin Idemudia, the EKEDC General Manager, Corporate Communications, said in a statement on…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday congratulated a business magnate, Chief Michael Adeniyi Adenuga, who turns 65 on Sunday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President said he…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says if he wins the 2019 election, he will investigate the arms procurement of the current administration. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Saturday, Abubakar said it is taking too long…

Arsene Wenger is unsure of the welcome he will receive on his final visit to Old Trafford as Arsenal boss on Sunday after many “great battles” against Manchester United during his two decades in charge. The 68-year-old Frenchman, leaving…

The Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has declared three-day mourning in honour of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Michael Adeyemo, who died on Friday morning, aged 47. The governor described the lawmaker’s death as a…

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, led by Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, has sacked Mr. Victor Uwajeh earlier appointed to serve as its special investigator. Uwajeh, who is the Chief Investigator of…

A food seller was left heartbroken and in tears after being accused of water from mortuary to cook food at the Federal Polytechnic Oko in Anambra state. A journalist, Ngwu Victor Bright, paid the distressed woman a visit and consoled her…

A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court Friday ordered the permanent forfeiture of N1,442,384,857 found in the bank accounts of three firms which allegedly impersonated the consultants engaged by the Nigeria Governors Forum to…

Despite the untold hardship being visited on workers and pensioners who have gone several months without remuneration, 24 governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have been mandated to contribute N6 billion at N250…

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally spoken on the strong-worded letter ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to him in January. In the letter, Obasanjo asked the president to forget about contesting in 2019, saying doing so would…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed appreciation to the people of Bauchi state for “challenging the weather just to say hello to me”. Speaking at a dinner organised in his honour, Buhari said the people trooped to the streets…

Many people have been killed and displaced in a reprisal attack on the Hausa community in Makurdi, Benue state capital. The attack is believed to be carried out by Tiv youth protesting the killings of some priests and worshippers at…

Google has introduced new features for Gmail users which includes several new features designed to increase productivity and more security. Google made this known on its official blog (blog.google) on Friday. According to Google,…

After spending two days in prison, Peter Nwaoboshi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator representing Delta north, was on Friday granted bail on self-recognizance. Nwaoboshi was on Wednesday arraigned by the Economic and…

Consumption of water, maintaining a balanced diet and high level of cleanliness are important to managing sickle cell, says Clement Wilson, a medical expert. Wilson told NAN in Abuja that a balanced diet and intake of dietary…

Former Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed how a former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu and his counterparts ‘wrongly’ advised former President Goodluck Jonathan to announce the…

The Special Adviser to Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Media and Publicity, Malam Imam Dalhatu Imam, is dead. Imam died at the age of 41 around 3.am on Friday at the Nizamiyya Hospital, Abuja after a brief illness. The younger…

Speaker of the Oyo House of Assembly, Honourable Michael Adeyemo is dead. Some members of the House of Assembly confirmed this to  Tribune Online, on Friday. Though the cause of his death is yet to be ascertained, his body is…

The Federal Government has told the Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu from further selling off his properties. The Federal Government, in a counter affidavit in response to…

One of the prosecution witnes of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Olutaye Ayeni, also that chief executive officer, Skymit Motors has said that he sold cars worth worth $8 million to Jide Omokore who bought them…

The functions, duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General of Police as listed in Section 215 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can also be carried out as mentioned in section 312 (1) of the Police Act and…

The police in Kebbi State have recovered a rocket launcher in Kaboro, a border community between the state and Zamfara State. The weapon was recovered by operatives while combing bushes for criminal elements. The state Commissioner of…

The Oyo State Government on Thursday said it had approved beaded crowns and coronets for 48 kings across the state. Governor Abiola Ajimobi had on August 27, 2017 installed 21 new kings in Ibadan which generated controversy. The action…