Orji Kalu seeks bail to see ‘herbalist’
Convicted former Abia State Governor Orji Kalu, on Tuesday prayed the Federal High Court in Lagos to grant him bail, pending the hearing of an appeal against his conviction.…
Buhari at 77: “Why I Admired and Joined Army”
President Muhammadu Buhari marked his 77th birthday yesterday. His aides and family members made the day colorful at Aso Rock, Nigeria’s Seat of power.…
Arteta plans complete overhaul at Arsenal
Manchester City assistant boss Mikel Arteta, who has been in contact with the Arsenal board since Sunday is planning a complete overhaul in the troubled team.…
Ogun Assembly confirms 17 of Abiodun’s commissioner-nominees
Barely 24 hours after the screening of 17 out of 18 Commissioner-nominees, whose names were sent to the Ogun State House of Assembly by Governor Dapo Abiodun for…
Lagos metro rail will become operational 2021 – Sanwo-Olu
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the state blue line rail project will be completed in 2020 and become operational in 2021. He spoke on…
London street bans petrol, diesel cars
Petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned from a street in central London in an innovative attempt to reduce pollution, local authorities said. Officials…
“I Charge N20M Per Show, Access Bank Has Paid Me N60M This Week Alone” – Naira…
Controversial Nigerian singer and rave of the moment, Naira Marley who is also regarded as the spiritual leader of the "Marlians" cult has…
Buhari is truly the president for this moment – Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, says President Muhammadu Buhari has done much to place Nigeria on the pathway to a…
Rejection of 6-year tenure missed opportunity – Atiku tells Reps
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has expressed displeasure with the speed with which the six-year single term proposal was rejected by the House of…
FIRS begins nationwide massive crackdown on tax defaulters
Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is set to begin massive crackdown on tax defaulters nationwide on Wednesday. Wahab Gbadamosi,…
Impeachment: Trump’s scathing letter to Pelosi(In full)
Certain he will enter the history books today as the third American President to be impeached, Donald Trump sent a scathing letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
Sex-for-marks: Women demand background checks on lecturers
Participants at a national dialogue on sex for marks in tertiary institutions have recommended that background checks on prospective lecturers should be conducted to stem the tide of sexual harassment in Nigerian…
Anti-graft war: Democracy too slow for my liking, says Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, said democracy was too slow for his liking.Buhari said this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at a short ceremony where his aides and some…
BREAKING: Buhari signs N10.59trn 2020 budget into law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the N10.59 trillion 2020 appropriation bill into law.The president signed the budget document into law on Tuesday in the presence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ahmad Lawan, the senate…
BREAKING: Food gets cheaper in Lagos, Ondo but inflation hits 11.85%
Data made available by the National Bureau of Statistics has shown that the consumer price index that measures inflation increased to 11.85% in November. According to the…
Fashola opens up on being swindled by internet scammer
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has clarified recent Social Media reports that he was defrauded of the sum of N3.1 million by a Yahoo Boy…
Northern governors congratulate Buhari for clocking 77
The Northern States Governors Forum has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari as he marks his 77th birthday on Tuesday. The Forum in a…
Egyptian government dumps Cairo next year
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said the government headquarters would be relocated from Cairo to the new administrative capital in 2020 and that it would use modern…
Prove allegation of N90bn campaign funds – APC tells PDP
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to substantiate allegations it took money from the coffers of…
‘Happy birthday to my incorruptible GMB’ – Aisha Buhari celebrates husband as he clocks 77
Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has lavished her husband with adulation as he marks his 77th birthday. The first lady took to her social media…
Stuck with Abiku DisCos
Having sparred for so long with his local electricity distribution company (DisCo) with no respite anywhere in sight, my colleague, Tunji Adegboyega, is…
Oshiomhole’s loyalists fume as Obaseki labels ex-gov pathological liar
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday described his predecessor and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, as a serial and pathological liar that must not be…
Man hires kidnappers, kills brother’s seven-year-old boy after N300,000 ransom
A 34-year-old man, Faruq Seidu, allegedly contracted three men to abduct his brother’s seven-year-old child, AbdulMalik Musa, and killed him after collecting a ransom of N300,000.The deceased was reportedly…
Army redeploys 20 Major-Generals in a massive shake-up
The Nigerian Army on Monday redeployed 20 Major-Generals and more than 10 Brigadier-Generals in a major shake-up which it said would “reinvigorate the system for greater efficiency.”The redeployment was…