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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that even if the former Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi is allowed to choose all the panels to handle political cases involving the state, he…

Vincenzo Armanna, a top official of multinational oil company ENI has told investigators that he was informed by a security official for the then Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan that $50…

The Lagos State Government has issued six days ultimatum to all transport unions and roadside traders on the entire stretch of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and Oshodi-Abule Egba BRT corridors to vacate…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said 720,000 small farm holders got N120.6 billion credit through the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. He said the credit was given directly to small farmers,…

The ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on relevant security agencies to intensify ongoing effort to rid the country of crime, and warned against linking a tribe to a…

No fewer than five persons have sustained injuries after suspected cultists attacked residents of Idiroko and Owutu in Ikorodu. The hoodlums, identified as Lion Base Boys of Dagbolu Street,…

OPERATION Whirl Stroke has so far killed 145 bandits, arrested 223 others and also recovered 194 weapons in military operations in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states. Its commander, Maj-Gen.…

Emmanuel Okala, a former Green Eagles goalkeeper, has congratulated Nigeria’s Super Eagles for winning the 2019 AFCON third-place match in Egypt, saying “bronze medals were better than coming back with nothing”.  …

Twelve Israelis have been detained in Cyprus after a 19-year-old British woman alleged she had been raped in the resort town of Ayia Napa, police said. It is unclear how many suspects are…

The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it has intercepted an ambulance loaded with 10 cartons of 225mg Tramadol drugs at the Apapa Port, Lagos. The ambulance driver and a…

Taiwo Adisa, chief press secretary to Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state has no moral justification to ask the governor to explain his source of wealth. Adisa was reacting…

…Wins Grand Prix, 6 other Awards Keskese Nigeria Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading experiential marketing agencies, has once again emerged the experiential marketing agency of the year at the…

The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been given life jail in the United States. A federal judge in Brooklyn handed down the sentence Wednesday, five months after Guzman’s…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday warned Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to inaugurate a fresh 7th Edo House of Assembly within one week or it will take over the functions of the…

The senate committee investigating the alleged misconduct of Elisha Abbo, senator representing Adamawa north, says that the victims of the assault did not honour its invitation. Sam Egwu,…

R. Kelly, embattled American R&B singer, has been denied bail bond after pleading not guilty to the federal sex crime charges leveled against him. The singer, 52, was arraigned on Tuesday…

An Ibadan-based trader, Mrs. Bushira Salawudeen, has prayed a Mapo Customary Court, to plead with her husband, Rafiu, to forgive her and stop the divorce proceedings. She admitted before the…

A Ward Collation Agent, Aliyu Abdullahi, on Wednesday, told the presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja that he was shocked when he heard results the Independent National…

Netflix Inc. is removing a controversial graphic scene depicting a youth suicide from its popular young adult drama “13 Reasons Why”, following advice from medical experts, the company said on its…

The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, on Tuesday advised jobless and homeless Nigerians in the U.S. to return home, saying that the consulate was ready to assist those…

China aims to eliminate super-sized classes that accommodate more than 66 students in primary and middle schools nationwide by the end of 2020, according to a guideline released on Wednesday.…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila’s choice of former Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Anayo Nnebe, as Special Assistant on political matters has divided…

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said that all suspects involved in the Easter Sunday terror explosions have been arrested. He said the arrests were made, following extensive…

Cristiano Ronaldo has launched his new CR7 underwear line — and shocking he is at the centre of it all, as he models the wears himself for the new summer campaign. On Instagram, Ronaldo announced the arrival of the new collection, along…