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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has printed permanent voter cards (PVCs) for all newly registered voters between 2017 and 2018 and they are ready for collection. Mahmoud Yakubu, INEC…

US planemaker Boeing on Friday said it had agreed deals worth an overall $9.3 billion to sell 50 jets to Nigeria's Green Air and 30 to Saudi carrier flyadeal. The company lauded the Nigeria accord, which includes…

The federal government received over N132 billion subscriptions from 2,073 investors for its N100 billion 7-year 15.74 per cent Sukuk offer, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. The DMO, in a statement in…

The Cross River State Police Command has warned residents against the use of fireworks. The State Police spokesperson, DSP Irene Ugbo, who gave the warning in Calabar on Friday, said that the ban on explosives was…

The Oba of Lagos Oba Akiolu 1 has said that God will not allow any other party apart from All Progressives Congress (APC) to take over the State in the forthcoming general election in 2019.He made this remark yesterday in Lagos…

Troops of the joint military Operation Whirl Stroke, at the early hours of Friday reportedly engaged suspected armed militant herdsmen in fierce gun battle in Anyiibe in Logo Local government area of Benue State.Saturday vanguard…

THE Arewa Community in Lagos State has promised to hold a mega rally for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the coming 2019 governorship election in Lagos State. The…

A firearms manufacturing hideout has been discovered by operatives of the Benue State Police Command in Yelwata, a community in Guma local government area of the state. During the raid, two men, Donatus Ahongh and…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visited Warri and Asaba on Friday to inaugurate the TraderMoni programme as well as felicitate and enlighten traders on the government’s Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP).…

Alexis Sanchez has slammed a newspaper report claiming he bet £20,000 with team-mate Marcos Rojo on whether Jose Mourinho would be sacked by Manchester United. The Sun reported on Friday that Sanchez took to a…

The Federal Government said on Friday that the 2019 budget estimates remained the best it could produce in the present economic circumstances of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday presented…

The Yenagoa Bayelsa State Field Office of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has began moves to checkmate panic buying, price hacking and other sharp practices by petrol retailers to avoid the yearly fuel queue…

The Rivers State Government has announced the termination of the share sale contract for the 70 per cent equity of the State Government-owned power generation assets held by First Independent Power Limited in Omoku,…

Quote me: the coming Presidential election will be the cheapest ever in the history of our country. This government will not loot the treasury or empty the Central Bank to buy votes. Money meant for arms will not…

A tanker which exploded in Maryland area of Lagos, reportedly left many dead and caused major gridlock around the axis. Guardian reported that the cause of the tanker explosion in Maryland and number of casualties couldn’t be…

A combined global audience of 1.12 billion watched the World Cup final between France and Croatia in July, FIFA, the governing body of world football, said on Friday. In total, FIFA said, a “combined 3.572 billion viewers –…

Materials in a suitcase seized nearly three years ago by Swiss authorities may unlock the identities of the Nigerian recipients of the $1.1billion in corrupt payments by Shell and ENI over the purchase of OPL 245…

Parts of the federal government shut down at midnight after Congress and the White House failed to reach a deal Friday night to avert the shuttering of several departments.Both the US House of Representatives and the Senate…

Udoma Udo Udoma, the minister of budget and national planning, says that the high unemployment figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics are not the same thing as job losses. Responding to questions from…

NATIONAL Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State were yesterday locked in a fresh spat after the state government allegedly denied APC the…

Governor Ibikunle Amosun yeterday received a letter from the Allied People’s Movement (APM) endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as its presidential candidate for the February…

Two persons have been intercepted carrying $2.8million cash at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The men were arrested by the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zone. The…

Journalist Kemi Olunloyo thinks she has been vindicated two years after she called artiste Olamide Baddosneh a ritualist, following the trending song recently released by the singer and his colleague Lil Kesh. The…

A woman who had sex with her adopted son multiple times, has been jailed following her arrest in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA. Lauren Myres who had been divorced from her husband for just nine days before her arrest,  was a…