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An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that an alleged serial burglar,  Shefiu John, who allegedly broke into a policeman’s house and stole three cell phones, be remanded in prison.John is charged with breaking and…

Gunmen who kidnapped two Cuban doctors in northeastern Kenya and whisked them to Somalia have demanded $1.5 million (1.35 million euros) for their release, police and government sources said Thursday.The pair — a general…

A Spanish court said Thursday it had cleared Colombian superstars Shakira and Carlos Vives of accusations they plagiarised part of their Grammy award-winning hit “La Bicicleta.” Livan Rafael Castellanos, a Cuban…

The Senate has just confirmed Dr. Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria for a second term.Emefiele had been screened by the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, on…

Five people were killed on Thursday when a two-storey Shanghai commercial building collapsed on construction workers who were renovating it, the city government said. Chinese fire rescue authorities had…

Movie stars Ramsey Nouah and Monalisa Chinda Coker are picture perfect in a new post shared by Monalisa, celebrating how far her colleague has come. She wrote: I remember way back in 1996 (a year when…

Nigeria stands to lose up to $9 billion worth of its foreign assets following an enforcement application to US and UK courts by Process and Industrial Development (P &ID), a British firm tied up in a…

Alabama’s governor signed a bill to ban nearly all abortions in the state, even in cases of rape and incest, in the latest challenge by conservatives to the landmark US Supreme Court decision establishing a…

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has thrown his weight behind his Kano state counterpart Umar Ganduje, by taking a swipe at Nigerians faulting the decentralization of the Kano Emirate. Shettima made…

Infrastructure development is critical to achieving human capital development in any society. The economic impact that infrastructure improvement has on nation building cannot be over-emphasised. The growth…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command, says defaulting motorists run the risk of being fined N10, 000 as it begins a special patrol code-named “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence” on…

Ecobank Nigeria has announced that residents in Lagos should take used plastic materials, especially soft drink and water bottles among others to its head office on Victoria Island and exchange them for cash…

Former Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has revealed the three problems he believe is bothering the English Premier League club. Mourinho made this know in reaction to the poor 2018/2019 season the club had which saw them…

Uganda Minister for State Water Ronald Kibuule and his family has been thrown into mourning as his his twin sons drown in a swimming pool at their home, Monday. The twins identified as Roman Kato and Raiding Wasswa drowned on…

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc said it has secured the requisite regulatory approval to list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) today. In a statement, the telco said it is “pleased to…

Saboteurs of economic policies will find their match in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), should Governor Godwin Emefiele get the Senate’s all-clear for a fresh tenure. He said yesterday that…

LAGOS State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday spoke of fulfilling his administration’s cardinal promises of bringing government closer to the people as he inaugurated some projects in…

Two months after a social media strategist was outed as an alleged cocaine trafficker who absconded from trial in a federal court in Lagos, the security agencies are yet to act.Olufunke Phillips, who worked as a digital…

One Isaiah Ogunleye Seyi, 34, and his partner, Rosie, 37, have been arrested for scheming to clone the ATM cards of several unsuspecting people in India. The duo had put a skimming device and micro camera on the machine in the Yes Bank…

Legendary musician, Daddy Showkey has lent his support to embattled singer; Naira Marley as he begged for the young man to be pardoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after he was…

Oluwanishola Ogudu, Starboy Wizkid‘s first baby mama, has finally revealed why she called him out on social media over his constant neglect of their son, Boluwatife. In September 2018, Shola in a lengthy Instagram post, made lots of…

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has on Wednesday persented N3million each to Zainab Aliyu and Ibrahim Abubakar, who were recently released from Saudi Prison for mistaken case of drug trafficking.Zainab and…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, told Justice Rilwan Aikwa, of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how Muhammed Belgore, a governorship candidate of the Peoples…

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has urged that the federal government to pay more attention to palm oil saying it is more expensive than crude oil. The 57-year-old banker…