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The speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly Hon Kola Oluwawole and his deputy Mr Sina Animasun has been impeached.The duo were impeached this afternoon by 14 members of the house.Subsequenly Mr Adeniran Alagbada representing Ise…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday upheld the validity of the Presidential Executive Order 6 of 2018 which provides for the interim seizure of assets linked to ongoing criminal trials and investigations.President Muhammadu…

The senate has approved N234 billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 elections. The lawmakers approved the amount at plenary on Thursday. The 10-week recess of the national assembly had…

Some Christian clerics in Plateau state say they have on a 40-day prayer for the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari. The group under the aegis of the National Inter-Faith and Religious Organisations for Peace (NIFROP) is also…

Kelly Val Smith “created a fanciful world” to scam tens of thousands of dollars from her family and friends over a fake cancer diagnosis and other lies. The Adelaide woman told her victims she had ovarian cancer, that her son needed…

Sprint superstar Usain Bolt looks set to make his first start as a professional footballer Friday, a challenge he said could determine if he has a future in the sport of his boyhood dreams. Bolt said the coach of his Central Coast…

THE Ekiti State governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said yesterday, that Governor Ayodele Fayose was free to attend his inauguration slated for October 16, 2018, if he wishes.At a press conference addressed by the Committee handling the…

The US embassy in Liberia says it has asked forensic investigators to carry out a preliminary probe into the possible disappearance of $100 million in newly printed notes in the country. The currency scandal has sparked outrage and…

FOLLOWING his botched attempt to secure a second term on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday, presided over the weekly Executive Council Meeting, in a low key…

Selena Gomez is seeking treatment after suffering an emotional breakdown while in the hospital, according to reports. The 26-year-old “Wolves” singer was hospitalized twice within the last few weeks, both times for a low white blood cell…

A man identified as Tunde Williams-Funmilayo has taken to his Facebook to narrate on how he escaped death in the hands of his security guard just a year ago. According to the man, the guard entered into his room with the…

The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said he is ready to face the investigation team of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.According to a media report, the EFCC had already set up a special team to grill…

A claim by a Nigerian minister that he graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with a first class honours is false, a fact-check by DUBAWA and PREMIUM TIMES has shown. During the 17th anniversary celebrations of the…

Indications emerged on Wednesday that Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and the entire All Progressives Congress structure in the state may decamp from the party on Thursday (today). Elders of the party at a meeting on Wednesday…

Manchester United made a historic comeback against Newcastle, and Antony Martial’s goal in the game didn’t come cheap as they paid £7.7 million for it. United battled back after falling 2-0 down at Old Trafford inside 10 minutes,…

Popular Nigerian journalist has claimed that Chioma has broken up with her super star singer boyfriend, Davido. She made this known in a post on Twitter where she said this month has been a bad one for Davido, She wrote; #HNNGossip…

The Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, has mandated all Nigerians with foreign assets to pay tax on those assets or face prosecution. In a statement posted on social media by Garba…

Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to hiring a “contract killer”. “Interrupting a pregnancy is like eliminating someone,” Francis said in an address to worshippers in the Vatican. “Getting rid of a human being…

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State have protested alleged imposition of House of Representatives and House of Assembly candidates by the state’s executive of the party.…

At a congressional privacy hearing this morning, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called for an investigation into the data exposure that resulted in the shutdown of the Google+ social media network. Blumenthal said he plans to send a…

Rape allegations made against Cristiano Ronaldo are a “defamation campaign based on stolen and easily manipulated digital documents”, according to the player’s lawyer Peter Christiansen. Ronaldo, 33, denies assaulting Kathryn Mayorga…

Barely few days after the Social Democratic Party (SDP), elected the former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, as its presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, mother of all crises has hit the party over his choice.…

As the sun slowly baked his skin, Saliu Babamale navigated his way slowly through Akerebiata road, a few kilometres away from Shao garage, on his way to the Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa-Birni Gwari expressway. Mr Babamale, 42, is a commercial…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday said that the personal attacks by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as well as other officials of the Buhari-led Presidency, against the character of…