Malpractices: WAEC withdraws 1992, 1993 candidates’ certificates
The West African Examinations Council has released the list of impounded certificates of candidates, who were believed to have engaged in malpractices during its examinations held as far back as December…
BREAKING: Court orders senators to refund pensions collected as ex-governors
A federal high court in Ikoyi has asked the federal government to recover pensions and allowances received by former and serving senators as ex-governors. The Socio-Economic…
Residents flee town of Kanu’s lawyer after policemen’s death
A siege allegedly laid to Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government of Anambra State by a combined team of soldiers and policemen forced residents to flee the community yesterday.The desertion of the community came…
FG to spend N412.64b on 524 roads, bridges nationwide
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has updated the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the construction of 524 roads and bridges nationwide, saying 80 are priority projects scheduled for…
Buhari Inherited $63bn Debt – BMO Tells Atiku
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has faulted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s assertion that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration took more loans in the last three years than the preceding…
Banks’ loans to private sector now N16.25trn
The value of credits allocated to the private sector by Nigerian banks hit N16.25 trillion as at the third quarter of 2019.Data on Electronic Payment Channels in the Nigeria Banking Sector released yesterday by…
2019 elections recorded 807 petitions – INEC boss
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that a total 807 post-election petitions were filed at the tribunals for the 2019 general elections.He said this…
Atiku sues Buhari’s aide Lauretta Onochie over tweets
The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has slammed a N2.5bn libel suit against President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie over an alleged defamatory publication.…
Larry Page, Sergey Grin Google co-founders resign from Alphabet
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have decided to step aside from control of their parent company, Alphabet. They will however remain on the board. In a joint…
Another Korean actor found dead in his apartment
Another Korean actor, Cha In Ha has been found dead in his apartment just weeks after two famous young K-pop stars Goo Hara and Sulli committed suicide. The…
Trump, Macron in testy exchange in London
Finally, the man who described NATO as ‘brain dead’, and the other that described the comment as nasty and disrespectful finally met in London. As…
Messi’s money laundering charge reopened, day after Ballon D’Or
A day after Lionel Messi won a record sixth Ballon d’Or in Paris, Spain’s National High Court reopened a case lodged against him by Frederico Rettori, a former employee of his…
Buhari’s Daughter, Hanan Graduates With First Class From UK University (Photos)
President Buhari’s daughter Aisha Buhari Hanan has graduated from a leading university in England. First Lady Aisha Buhari shared the good news on her official facebook page. She wrote; Quote Alhamdulillah ! Today I was joined by family…
Housekeeper Who Attempt To Kill 93-Yr-Old Woman By Adding Sniper In Her Tea Arrested In Lagos
The police have arrested a Beninois teenage housekeeper (name withheld) who allegedly attempted to kill a 93-year-old woman by adding a substance suspected to be sniper…
Evidence of Trump misconduct ‘overwhelming’ – Impeachment Report
The evidence for impeaching President Donald Trump for misconduct in office and obstruction is “overwhelming,” the final report on the House investigation into the US leader said Tuesday.The 300-page report,…
What Mobolaji Johnson told me about Obasanjo – Tinubu
Former Governor of Lagos State and National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Tuesday revealed what the late Brigadier…
Italian police bust two Nigerian mafia gangs, arrest 32
Two Nigerian mafia clans operating in Italy and abroad to traffic and sell Nigerian women into sex slavery and prostitution have been busted by Italian…
Sanwo-Olu renames Onikan Stadium after Mobolaji Johnson
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday renamed the popular Onikan Stadium after the first Military Administrator of Lagos, Brigadier Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson.…
Otedola, Zenith Bank top list of donors to Lagos security trust fund
With N80 million, Femi Otedola, billionaire businessman, is the biggest individual donor to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund for (LSSTF) for 2019. Zenith Bank…
INEC to lobby lawmakers over Smart Card Reader
THE Smart Card Reader (SCR) is a major route to an improved electoral system, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said on…
Accugas moves against Nigeria, issues notice of default over Calabar GenCo
President Muhammadu Buhari’s bid to raise foreign loans for infrastructural projects is already in jeopardy as the gas supply agreement (GSA) between the…
Fake foreign degrees in circulation
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director-General Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim dropped the bombshell with concern all over his face: 95 Nigerians…
Security agents in south-east using POS for bribe collection – Nwodo
John Nwodo, president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex socio-cultural Igbo organisation, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to demolish the checkpoints on major roads leading to the…
Don’t enrol our members – ASUU tells IPPIS officials
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, the Niger State capital, yesterday organised a peaceful rally against the…