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A bill seeking to amend the Electric Power Reform Act, prohibit and criminalise estimated billing of consumers passed the third reading at the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The Majority Leader, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila,…

Ex-workers of the defunct Nigerian Airways will stage a rally for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari by first week of February, Mr. Lookman Animashaun, President the union has disclosed. Animashaun gave the hint at…

A man reportedly got stuck, while having sex with a married woman in Kenya. According to eyewitnesses, the man who got stuck needed a ritual to “regain freedom” from the married woman who was seen writhing in pains on the bed. …

The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has said the party would resist any attempt to rig the forthcoming general elections in the state. Speaking at town hall meetings in…

The federal government has revealed that it has so far disbursed a total of N 2.231 trillion to 35 state governments from 2016 to date as palliatives measures to support States to pay salaries and continue with the functions of…

The National Council of State has approved N27,000 as the minimum wage for the country. The council approved the amount at its meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Following the Council’s approval, a minimum wage bill is expected to…

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has received more knocks over his satanic letter where he chastised President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration, claiming the president was preparing to rig the 2019 poll. In his response…

A meeting of the Council of State has opened at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who, only on Sunday, heavily criticised the Buhari administration’s…

The Coalition of All Atiku Support Groups, Lagos State has decried alleged lack of campaign materials for about 800 pro-Atiku groups in the state. The coalition also claimed that coordinators of these groups in Lagos and some…

Juventus striker, Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges in Spain. He was sentenced to two years in jail and ordered to pay a €19mln fine after his guilty plea. He will, however, avoid serving a…

Aliu Umar, the Nigerian government prosecutor in the ongoing trial of Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen, said on Tuesday that the government wants the judge out of office. Mr Umar, in his opening address at the resumed hearing in…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it will commence issuance of the new passport in the Federal Capital Territory from March 4. Sunday James, the public relations officer of NIS, made this known in a statement released…

Manchester United “were obviously not trying for Jose Mourinho”, says Gary Neville, with it difficult to see how a side that can “switch on and off like a tap” can challenge for the Premier League title. Having finished as…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has described the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a thorn in his flesh. Ortom made the disclosure at…

Internet users in Nigeria increased marginally to more than 111.6 million in December 2018, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The NCC made this known on Monday in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data for…

As permutations and prophecies over who wins the February 16 Presidential election takes the centre stage in every public discourse, a fiery cleric has predicted a defeat for the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari. The…

Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin will miss the rest of the season after scans confirmed he has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament. The Spain right-back, 23, was carried off on a stretcher in the 72nd minute of Arsenal’s 2-0…

In yet another massive intervention, the Aliko Dangote Foundation Monday officially launched a major philanthropic programme in Zamfara State, doling out food items running into several millions of naira to support victims of…

Charity they say, begins at home. No wonder people have been condemning the outfit of the daughter of former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasheed Adewolu Oladoja, Grace Oladoja. She was awarded with the Most Excellent Order of…

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is not “a full-fledged Fulani man because he cannot speak Fulfulde.” Atiku, who stated this on Monday at a…

Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have recovered 13 buildings, 10 cars, two tippers, a trailer truck and three AK-47 rifles from a notorious kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa, who is popularly…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attitude of some Nigerians who hide under the guise of ethnicity and religion to perpetrate injustice. Buhari said this when he hosted the staff who worked with him during his…

WhatsApp has limited the number of times a user can forward a message. Previously, a WhatsApp user could forward a message to 20 individuals or groups but it has now been limited to five. The popular messaging service says…

The police have slammed a nine-count charge on Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. The charges border on lying and resisting arrest. They were filed after the senator fulfilled the bail conditions a high court in…