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Actor Aremu Afolayan, has apologized to President Buhari, few days after he blasted airport officials and the government in a now viral video. He had specifically accused the airport officials of demanding money from him before his…

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of N1,250,000,000; $327,132.35, £167.85 and €157.91 recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Federal Government.…

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has said Senate President Bukola’s Saraki’s continued stay in office is unacceptable to the party. The APC national chairman also said it would be…

President Muhammadu Buhari has broken his silence on the videos showing Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano State, receiving kickbacks from a contractor. The President’s statement was the response to a remark by a Kano student…

In its latest round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, injected the sum of $210 million in the inter-bank foreign exchange…

The Inspector-General of Police ( I-G) Ibrahim Idris has put the figure of policemen in Nigeria at about 334, 000. Idris spoke yesterday in Abuja at the 2018 Safe School Leadership Empowerment Conference and Awards.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday said its operatives intercepted gold worth about N211m being illegally transported through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos to Dubai, United Arab…

Davido has been denied approval for the usage of Eko Atlantic as his December 27th concert venue. The star took to Twitter to rant, following the denial .He  tweeted Quote So my show this December at eko Atlantic Was not approved … I…

Thailand says it will grant a visa-on-arrival fee waiver to tourists from 21 countries and regions. According to the announcement on the Royal Gazette, from November 15 to January 13, 2019, citizens of the countries including China…

•Money withdrawn in cash, witness tells court A witness told yesterday of how about N5.7 billion Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) funds went down the drain. Mr Nasiru Ingawa, Special Adviser to…

A man has committed suicide in church after he was accused of raping a minor, according to reports. The man reportedly killed himself by hanging in St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral on Likoma Island in Malawi on Monday, November 12, 2018.…

Contrary to a rebuttal from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that he did no wrongdoing in the approval of N5.8 billion for “emergency intervention of food security to the North-East” in June 2017, when he was acting president, the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is having difficulties in raising funds for the campaign of Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate. In a statement on Tuesday,…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), says a total of 3.36 million passengers traveled through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja between January and September.FAAN disclosed this in its 2018…

San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge sees smartphones and social media as raising an unhappy, compliant “iGen.”QUESTION: What is the iGen?ANSWER: The iGen is the generation born in 1995 and later, and they’re…

Passengers were stranded on Tuesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos state following a power outage. The passengers were said to have been kept in the dark for hours as immigration officials…

The Kano state house of assembly has stopped investigating allegations that Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, collected bribe from contractors. This is in line with a court order. A group known as Lawyers For…

Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), says there is no need to submit himself for prosecution since the federal government does not obey court orders. His position was contained in a letter dated…

Angela Merkel has called for the creation of a “real, true” European army, echoing a similar call by her French counterpart.The German chancellor’s backing for the force comes amid a spat with US president Donald Trump, who took…

A feud with the first lady's office is expected to cost a senior national security adviser her job after she sparred with East Wing staff and other key members of the Trump administration. The dispute spilled into public…

Samuel Allardyce, former Bolton Wanderers manager has rated ex-Super Eagles of Nigeria’s captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha above Portuguese and Juventus star, Cristano Ronaldo. Allardyce said in the current generation of…

The Lagos state government has given a go ahead to Muslim female pupils to use hijab in public schools. The development was announced in a circular by the state’s area unit of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN).…

Seven political parties on Tuesday agreed to work for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s bye-election for the Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency seat of Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

South African Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba, has resigned amid a sexual scandal with his participation, the Country’s Presidential Office said on Tuesday. Mr Gigaba has recently been in the centre of the scandal…