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U.S. President Donald Trump has lauded Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying that he is “going to be very important for the UK,” ahead of their first official meeting this weekend at the G7 in France.“I…

Lightning has killed a shepherd and 19 buffaloes in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, local media reported on Wednesday. Police said Sinto Habeyan, 23, was lighting a bonfire in a…

There was confusion yesterday over an alleged raid on the residence of former Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). News had earlier filtered in…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed deep concern about Nigeria’s inability to know the exact number of its population.Obasanjo, who spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at a mentoring session for a…

Cristiano Ronaldo has finally admitted to paying $375,000 in a settlement and confidentially agreement after sexual assault allegations stemming from a 2009 incident in Las Vegas, according to CNN. Former model…

Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday attacked the convoy of Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, killing three policemen and a civilian.Akabe was on his way to Abuja on an official engagement when the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved replacements for heads of Federal Government agencies that were recently appointed as ministers.A statement by the president’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday,…

THE Department of State Services (DSS) has said its investigation revealed that #RevolutionNow was a smokescreen for the actual intention of Omoyele Sowore, the candidate of the African…

DIASPORA remittances to Nigeria could grow to $25.5 billion, $29.8 billion and $34.8 billion in 2019, 2021 and 2023, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Limited has said In its latest White…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi as the new Director-General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA. The appointment was…

Dangote Cement Plc has regained its position as the biggest listed firm on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as sell-offs were witnessed in MTN Nigeria Communication Plc’s shares on Tuesday.On Monday, MTN Nigeria…

Travel agents charge desperate applicants N100,000Student visa application fee now over N200,000Samson Folarin and Tobi AworindeNigerians applying for visas to the United States are currently in a fix as they cannot…

Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has given reasons why his members would not retreat in attacking Igbo leaders in foreign countries. He blamed the death of…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives were attacked by hoodlums loyal to Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos, on Tuesday. The anti-graft agency had gone to execute a search…

The Nigerian Embassy in Ukraine has formally petitioned the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Police Department in Kharkiv and demanded full investigation into the circumstances…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tried implicating Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos state, with some foreign currency, according to some lawyers.…

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State has urged former governor of Lagos, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to come out and set the records straight over the alleged N9billion.Speaking with Vanguard, the party’s Publicity…

Deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari left Ibbi on Tuesday with vehicles and loads of farm produce retrieved from the re-arrested suspected kidnap kingpin Hamisu Bala Wadume’s houses in Ibbi.A source from Ibbi who spoke…

Accounts belonging to Iyiola Omisore and Obasanjo Farms are some of the accounts that have been placed under lien for owing taxes. In a list published on Monday, the Federal Inland…

Britain said Monday it will immediately end freedom of movement for people from the European Union after Brexit on October 31, in a policy shift under Prime Minister Boris Johnson.“Freedom of movement as it currently…

A Sharia Court in Kaduna on Tuesday ordered a housewife, Hauwa’u Zailani, to return the carpet and mattress she received as part of her dowry from her former, Akilu Yakubu.The judge, Muhammad Shehu-Adamu, gave the order…

US President Donald Trump has become a grandfather for the 10th time after his son Eric’s wife Lara gave birth to a girl.“@LaraLeaTrump and I are excited to welcome Carolina Dorothy Trump into the world. We love you…

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the re-arrest of a notorious kidnapper in Taraba State, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume in a hideout in Hotoro area of Kano. The suspect,…

The Speaker of the House, Adebo Ogundoyin, Monday confirmed the nomination of Seun Fakorede as commissioner by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state. Here are some of the profile of…