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There are indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may have reached an agreement in principle to nominate President Muhammadu Buhari as its consensus candidate for the 2019 general election. His comment came as the Majority…

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has confirmed huge benefit accruing to the country following the replacement the offshore processing arrangement (OPA) and crude oil swap with the Direct Purchase of…

Duet, a U.K-based private equity company, has acquired a majority interest in AJEast Nigeria, a Nigerian African beverage manufacturer. AJEast launched a manufacturing facility outside Lagos in 2015. The bottling plant produces…

Melania Trump’s parents on Thursday received American citizenship under so-called “chain migration” rules her husband, President Donald Trump, has frequently derided. The first lady’s Slovenian-born parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released a former Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr Ita Ekpeyong, hours after his arrest. EFCC officials supported by armed policemen had arrested Mr…

Nigerians above 18 with a steady paycheck will now be able to access up to N5 million housing loan from the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria without equity contribution. This is one of the new conditions for accessing mortgage funds…

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says there are over fifty Nigerian girls trapped in Saudi Arabia and the federal government will soon begin the process of repatriating them to the country. The…

A man has taken to twitter to rant on how an MTN customer lost N1 million to fraudsters after MTN allegedly gave them access to her SIM and allowed it to be swapped without her consent. The affected lady identified as Miss Joy allegedly…

Kylie Jenner turns 21 years old on the 10th of August, 2018. To celebrate the milestone birthday and next chapter of her life, the E! reality star and cosmetics mogul has shared several snapshots from a recent photo shoot with her…

Nigerian Twitter user Ore decided to take action after a Taxify driver bragged to him about sexually assaulting a female passenger who was drunk while in his cab. Taxify has now reportedly removed the driver from their platform and…

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Simon Ebegbulem, formerly a Vanguard Newspaper Correspondent in Edo State, has been appointed the Chief Press Secretary to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Ebegbulem was a Senior…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said he gained admission into the university he attended in the United States without presenting his West African School Certificate…

A criminal court in Bangkok on Thursday sentenced a former Thai Buddhist monk who provoked outrage with his lavish lifestyle to 114 years in prison for fraud, money laundering and computer crimes. Wirapol Sukphol, who was seen in a…

For a long time, petroleum distribution across the country has been largely limited to road transportation, a situation many have blamed on the largesse of subsidies/equalisation funds paid out to marketers and truck drivers.…

A former Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has said that those who dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, for other political parties would be disappointed by the outcome of the 2019 general elections. He said this…

The Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris has released a report from findings on the disgraceful event that occurred at the National Assembly facilities on Tuesday the 7th of August where operatives of the Department of State…

Seven things guys do when they still love their exes. If you’re inclined to think your boyfriend might not be completely over with his ex-girlfriend, there are probably several reasons for your suspicion. Maybe you’ve found him…

Some shareholders of Etisalat (now 9Mobile) have cautioned against the sale of the firm in view of a pending case before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others are involved in a negotiation to…

Senate President Bukola Saraki was under more pressure yesterday to quit his seat. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from which he defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delivered a blistering attack on him. Legal…

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has described the current political happenings in Nigeria as a battle between the good and bad elements whose aim was to continue suffocating the nation by milking it dry. He said that the Federal…

Medical workers at the Ondo State Neuro-Psychiatric Specialist Hospital, Akure, battled to resuscitate their Chief Medical Director, Dr. Akinwumi Akinloye, after he was viciously attacked by a patient admitted in the hospital. It was…

Akwa Ibom state Governor, Emmanuel Udom, has expunged and re-named the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium. According to Hope For Nigeria, the Multi-Billion Naira stadium built by former Governor Akpabio will now be known as Akwa…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Bukola Saraki “will go down in our country’s history as the worst Senate President Nigeria has had the misfortune to have”. It also described him as a traitor, specifically saying “a traitor…