Justin Trudeau wins second term in hard-fought Canada election
Justin Trudeau was on course to win a second term as Canada's prime minister in an election seen as a referendum on the Liberal leader and his four-year-old government after a series of scandals.After polls closed,…
Bank CEOs Disclaim MTN over USSD Transactions Charges
Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of commercial banks have distanced themselves from the moves by MTN Nigeria to impose charges on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions.The bank chief executives…
ASUU mobilises members for showdown with FG over IPPIS
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is gearing up for another confrontation with the federal government over planned imposition of integrated personnel payroll system (IPPIS)…
FG disburses $103.64m Abacha loot to the poor
The Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments, Mrs Maryam Uwais, has said that the Federal Government has been channelling the recovered Abacha loot and the International Development Association /World…
Nigeria needs to reduce fuel subsidy now – IMF
The International Monetary Fund has said Nigeria needs to reduce fuel subsidy at a time when oil prices are low in order to bring about more productive government spending.…
Nigeria issues Interpol red alert for P&ID ‘fraudsters’
Nigeria may have issued an Interpol Red Notice against individuals linked to what the Nigerian government believed was a well calculated scam by Process and Industrial…
20 new rail coaches’ll arrive next month – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said 20 new coaches for the Abuja-Kaduna and the Lagos-Ibadan rail lines will arrive in the country in about six weeks.He disclosed this while fielding questions…
‘Melaye, Adeyemi senatorial election also Nov 16’
The fresh Kogi West Senatorial Election involving Sen. Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Sen. Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is to…
Plot to smuggle Maina out of custody foiled
Seven operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been arrested in connection with a plot to smuggle former Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) chairman…
Six UI staff land in DSS net
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Idowu Olayinka has handed over six officials of its Distance Learning Center to the Department of the State Security over…
Arsenal flop once again as Sheffield United win
Bramall Lane shook and Arsenal were rattled and then rolled over as Sheffield United’s French striker Lys Mousset first-half goal was enough to claim all three…
Buhari lands in Sochi
President Muhamamdu Buhari Monday arrived at the Sochi International Airport, Russia, for a three-day inaugural Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum, which will focus on peace,…
EFCC misled judge in ordering forfeiture of my Ikoyi houses – Saraki
The immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, misled Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court,…
Messi, Ronaldo, Van Dijk, others battle for 2019 Ballon d’Or award
Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk have been named in a 30-man shortlist for the 2019 Ballon d’Or. The trio were among the nominees revealed by France Football on…
Abuja court remands two British nationals over P&ID ‘scam’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn (at large), both British nationals, over their alleged complicity in the $9.6…
American based company set to invest over $10 billion in coastal rail line
Shah Mathias, the Founder of Ameri Metro Inc, based in the United States, said on Monday that the company was ready to invest over $10 billion in the coastal rail project from Lagos to…
Zimbabwe Game Park loses 55 elephants to hunger
Zimbabwe wildlife authorities says at least 55 elephants have died of hunger and thirst in the country’s largest natural reserve, Hwange National Park, to the west of the…
FAKE NEWS ALERT: There’s no ‘ministry of early salary payment’ in Gombe
The picture of a bus with the inscription: “Ministry of Early Salary Payment, Gombe state” is fake. It has been circulating on social media, generating different reactions,…
Game of Thrones: What Emilia Clarke thinks
The actress, who played Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series, has spoken about the backlash faced by DB Weiss and David Benioff after fans revolted. Seemed…
Chris Attoh’s dad dies
It has been a tough year for the movie star who was formerly married to Damilola Adegbite from 2015–2017 and Bettie Jennifer from 2018–2019 but Bettie was killed by alleged ex husband.…
Commons speaker Bercow rejects vote on Johnson’s Brexit deal
Britain’s parliamentary speaker John Bercow told the Boris Johnson government on Monday it could not again try to get a vote on the new Brexit deal because it was…
Senate rejects ministry of Niger Delta’s budget
The Senate Committee on Niger Delta Monday rejected the 2020 Budget of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, for omitting major ongoing projects in its Capital Appropriation.…
NNPC remits N729.3b, N602.3b to federation account, JV
The Nigerian National Petroleum corporation (NNPC) has said that it remitted N729.3billion and N602.30billion to the Federation Accounts and Joint Ventures (JV)…
IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu blames FG for mum’s death
Ugoeze Sally Meme Kanu, mother of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu is dead. Kanu, who announced the mother’s death on Sunday, said she died…