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A N1billion building donated by the Founder and General Overseer of Believers’ Love World (Christ Embassy), Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, to the Benson Idahosa University(BIU) was commissioned today. At the…

Manchester City's Premier League home match against Arsenal on Wednesday has been postponed because players from the London club have had contact with the owner of Greek side Olympiakos Piraeus, who…

The Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown its weight behind the national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomole. The chapter said that the chairman will…

Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says she has been diagnosed with coronavirus. Ms Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she had taken all the advised precautions…

Jamoh is expected to spend four years in office as NIMASA DG. NIMASA was created on August 1, 2006, when the National Maritime Authority was merged with the Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council. The…

The Kaduna State Government has announced the appointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was deposed as emir of Kano on Monday, into the board of KADIPA, its investment promotion agency. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House…

The dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has vowed to challenge his banishment in court. Speaking through his lawyer, Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud SAN, the former emir said he had not been served with any…

The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, and the Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, met yesterday with Siemens officials in Germany in furtherance of the deal…

Voters in Michigan and five other states headed to polls early Tuesday in the latest slate of primaries that will decide whether Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders will face President Donald Trump in November. Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri,…

Robbers stole more than $15 million from an armored truck at the international airport in Chile’s capital Santiago, according to the country’s police. Police officials said an armed group of seven to 10 robbers ambushed the truck…

It is no longer news that Muhammadu Sanusi II was on Monday dethroned by the Kano state government. The dethroned Emir was banished to Loko town in Nasarawa state where he is expected to spend the rest of his life…

Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi II, the ousted Emir of Kano, has been moved from Loko in Nasarawa state to an undisclosed location. He was moved to a house in Loko in the…

John Boyega, Nigerian-British actor, has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix, US media-services firm, to produce West and East African movies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal signed with UpperRoom Productions,…

Famous Italian fashion designer, Giorgio Armani, has donated $1.4 million to help tackle the recent coronavirus outbreak in his country. Giorgio Armani, who is worth $6.7 billion donated the money to three Milan-based hospitals as well as…

Shock and criticism greeted the dethronement of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II on Monday. The announcement of his removal swept through the entire nation like wild fire. He was clearly a…

Nigerian evangelist and founder of Mount Zion Drama Ministry, Mike Bamiloye, has stated that career is putting couples asunder. The Mount Zion TV founder, who has been active on social media recently blamed career and trips abroad for…

The managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, has denied being the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai’s girlfriend. Speaking on a TVC programme on Monday, in celebration of the International Women’s Day,…

In 2016, at the height of the recession, Sanusi at various forums criticised the economic policies of the President Muhammadu Buhari. He condemned Buhari’s plan to borrow…

Nigeria spent N1.713 trillion on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, in 2019, according to data obtained Monday, from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. In its Foreign Trade Statistics for the…

Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Tuesday said deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, must have crossed some political lines under the All Progressives Congress (APC).…

A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped antiviral treatment. The so-called “London Patient”, a…

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has summoned an emergency meeting with first class traditional rulers of the state. A source told Daily Trust that the governor summoned the meeting to fashion out how to address…

Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf states made a strong rebound in opening trade Tuesday, led by the Saudi bourse which jumped 5.6 percent, as oil prices bounced after heavy losses. Energy giant Aramco, which dominates the Saudi…

The reign of ex-Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Muhammadu Sanusi II as the emir of the Kano emirate ended on Monday. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR RAYMOND MORDI examines his reign, which was filled…