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A yet to be identified Pastor who preached on the street, is about becoming a viral sensation as he was spotted in a video shouting that needs a car. According to the Pastor who preached on the street, he needs a car to enable him…

Real Madrid suffered their biggest ever home defeat in Europe as they were thrashed 3-0 by CSKA Moscow in the Champions League. The European champions, who had already won Group G, named a weakened team. Fedor Chalov…

•Says Tinubu, APC paying lip service to democracy The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, Wednesday, said the ‘powers-that-be’ in the state had been threatening the…

The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has threatened to work against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, at the February elections. Shittu who lost in…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) Wednesday began an indefinite strike over non-implementation of the 2009 and 2017 agreement reached with the union by the federal government. The polytechnic lecturers…

An Appeal panel in Port Harcourt,  Rivers State capital, yesterday, struck out the three appeals by factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ojukaye Flag Amachree, challenging the October 10 judgment of a High…

ALHAJI Umaru Abdul-Mutallab, the father of Umar Faoruk Abdul-Mutallab, who was convicted and handed multiple life sentences in the United States (U.S.A) for an attempted terror attack, has said he wished to see his…

A Nigerian judge adjourned yesterday a hearing over an $8.1 billion dispute between South African telecoms giant MTN and the central bank until Jan. 22. The dispute is over the transfer of $8.1 billion of funds…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) generated N5 trillion in the second week of this month. It said by the end of this year, it would have generated N5.3 trillion revenue. Its Executive Chairman, Mr. Tunde Fowler,…

The Senate Wednesday passed the South East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill 2018. The proposed commission aims at enhancing the infrastructural development of the South East zone, which is grappling with huge…

US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, who once said he’d take a bullet for him, has lashed out at his ex-boss' "dirty deeds" as he was given a 36-month prison sentence. Cohen is the first member of Mr…

The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jimi Agbaje, has said that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Jide Sanwo-Olu, would not have been contesting for the Lagos seat if not for the…

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), on Wednesday said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo can represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential debate…

Justice Esohe Ikpomwen of Edo High Court, on Wednesday, ordered the Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc, to apologise to one of its customers, Prof. Ernest Izevbigie, for wrongful inscription of “low sugar’’ on its product.Izevbigie, a…

Yaya Toure will arrive back in London later this week and believes he can still play in the Premier League. Toure left Olympiakos ‘by mutual agreement’ on Tuesday after three months and just five appearances. It was…

Moodys, a credit rating agency, says that the likelihood of a shock that will damage Nigeria’s economic and fiscal strength is low. In a report titled ‘Government of Nigeria — B2 stable, Annual credit analysis’,…

Kashim Shettima, Borno governor, has described Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos, as his politician of the year. He said the governor’s acceptance of the Lagos governorship primary of the All Progressives…

Ibrahim Jibrin, minister of state for environment, has resigned from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. His resignation was announced during the federal executive council meeting of Wednesday.…

The senate has confirmed Festus Keyamo, spokesman of the President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 campaign, as a board member of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). The lawyer was confirmed after Ike…

The Presidency has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s declaration that he would support his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 presidential election, as a sign of confusion not worthy of…

Ameh Ebute, a former senate president, says the northern part of the country will vote massively for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Ebute said this in response to the has replied the claim of Ango Abdullahi,…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, made good his threat to add other items to the list of those banned from the official exchange market. In a circular issued yesterday (but which curiously will…

A Turkish policeman shot his Chief dead and wounded two fellow officers on Tuesday after his request for a transfer was turned down in the Black Sea province of Rize, state news agency, Anadolu, reports. The…

Dapo Abiodun, governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state has pledged to increase the state’s internally generated revenue by 50% monthly when elected governor of the state which translates…