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The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned officers and men of the Command against negligence, indolence and complacency. He gave the warning on Friday in a statement by Police Public Relations Officer,…

The federal government is considering the creation of an unclaimed dividend and unutilised bank balance trust fund where dividends declared and unclaimed will be held. Providing highlights of the 2020 finance bill at a webinar…

At a meeting on Wednesday at the White House, President Trump had something he wanted to discuss with his advisers, many of whom have told him his chances of succeeding at changing the results of the 2020 election…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed December 5, 2020, for pending bye-elections across the country. In a statement on Friday,…

THE Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has died from complications arising from COVID-19. The serial killer died at precisely 1.10 am on Friday morning after his lungs finally…

Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has said he will initiate measure to repeal the law that awards pension to all former governors and their deputies that have served in the state. Abdulrazaq disclosed this in a…

“Our politicians need the Rawlings treatment!” If you ever wondered what some Nigerian activists and commentators meant by that, here is a clue: it is not a medical treatment. It is not a pedicure either. On June 4,…

President Donald Trumpis refusing to concede the 2020 election to President-elect Joe Biden, but once Trump moves to the acceptance stage of his defeat, the urgent business of presidential pardons is likely to surge to the…

The Chinese government has finally congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on wining the United States election — respectively — as president-elect and vice-president elect. Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson of the Chinese foreign…

The family of late Jerry Rawlings, a former president of Ghana, has made clarification on the cause of his death. Rawlings was confirmed dead on Thursday morning. Some people had said that the former president died of…

Tafa Balogun, former Inspector General of Police, IGP, has appealed to men of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to return to duty. Police officers have not been visible in their policing duties since the End SARS protests and…

Joe Biden has won the state of Arizona, US networks said late Thursday, further cementing his lead in the Electoral College and flipping the state Democratic for the first time since 1996. NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN declared…

Prior to the controversial presidential poll of last November 3 this year in the United States of America one of the dramatic events that stunned not a few folks came from Nigeria, my beloved homeland. Some members of…

A witness to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that an aide to former Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki, collected at least N100m monthly for ‘security and contingency’ every month during Saraki's reign as…

Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged to donate an additional $70m to ensure that everyone around the world had access to the new COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer and BioNTech had announced success in early vaccine trials for…

Senior United States federal and state election officials said on Thursday that there was "no evidence" that votes were lost or changed, or voting systems corrupted, in the presidential election. The officials, responsible…

Lagos High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday ordered On Air Personality  Omotoke ‘Toke’ Makinwa to pay ex-husband and fitness entrepreneur Maje Ayida N1 million for defamation.…

The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to N155.17 per litre from N147.67 per…

The automated trading-halt system at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) temporarily suspended trading for 30 minutes as the bulls got off the rein and drove equities’ benchmark index above the 5.0 per cent extreme…

No fewer than 753 Nigerians living in Ghana, mostly traders, have asked to be brought back home. They alleged consistent harassment, intimidation, torture and threat to life by Ghanaians and…

Sixteen Nigerian states and the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja reported 212 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The cases are 32 more than was reported by the NCDC on Wednesday. Lagos…

There are indications that the people of the South- East may jettison their traditional political inclinations and back the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) if the party zones its…

The Federal Government is owing 3,504 contractors in the housing sector the sum of N70 billion. Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, disclosed this at the…

Award-winning singer, David Adeleke widely known Davido has released his highly anticipated new album, “A BETTER TIME” The music star who had earlier dropped the tracklist for the…