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Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye has criticised the federal government over ban on Shisha and other alcoholic products. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, had on Monday called on the police and all other government agencies to…

A chieftain of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo says he and other leaders are not impressed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration that June 12 will henceforth replace May 29 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day in honour of the late Chief…

A former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife has warned against alleged plans by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to frame-up former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. This is sequel to the outcry by Obasanjo in a…

Real Madrid are ready to authorize a world-record transfer bid of over £300million to beat Manchester United to a deal for Paris Saint-German star, Neymar this summer. Neymar, who became the most expensive player in history last…

Muhammadu Sanusi, emir of Kano, says only angels can run the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a transparent manner. Speaking with PUNCH in commemoration of his fourth year on the throne, Sanusi said payment for…

Gynaecologist, Gboyega Fawole, on Friday decried what he described as the “alarming rate of abortion among young girls in the country.” Mr Fawole, who works with the University of llorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, raised the concern…

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr Fouad Oki, has alleged that some close allies of the party’s national leader and former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu, are sabotaging the second term bid of the incumbent…

Hmmmm, so Saraki is a robber? I am just looking o. He has been everything since he emerged the Senate President. I just pity the man. Everything has been thrown at him from drug dealer to money launderer and now an Offa robbery kingpin.…

The Nigeria Police Force on Friday released the list of the successful candidates of its 2018 Police Constable Recruitment exercise. The names of successful candidates were selected…

Divisions between Donald Trump and the other leaders of the G7 nations have been laid bare at a summit in Canada. The US president said Russia should be readmitted to the group of major industrialised nations following its expulsion for…

A coalition of some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the country have demanded immediate resignation of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, following his alleged involvement, as mentioned by suspects in the Offa banks robbery and…

It is apparent that showbiz runs deep in the veins of the famous Peller family. While the late patriarch of the family was a popular magician, some of his children ventured into other spheres of entertainment like acting and singing.…

Football governing body, FIFA has come under attack since Kenya referee Adel Range Marwa was exposed in a bribery scandal captured in a video which surfaced online on Thursday. The Kenyan referee who has since resigned from the…

A  National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will resolve all issues arising from the party’s just concluded congresses before the party’s June 23 convention, a member of the Media Sub-Committee has affirmed. A…

RUNNING mate of the late Chief Moshood Abiola in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Alhaji Babagana Kingibe, said the Federal Government’s declaration of the day as Democracy Day was a great honour but he said he could not express…

BAYELSA State Governor Seriake Dickson; Second Republic senator, Chief Ayo Fasanmi; former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Mrs Florence Ita-Giwa; former President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People…

Governor  Nasir el-Ruai of Kaduna State has on Fridayday in Oro, Kwara State hailed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on the ongoing investigation into recent criminal activities in the state, saying the IGP was doing an…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of Mr Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) subject to Senate confirmation. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the…

The Nigerian government has reacted to an allegation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the Buhari administration was plotting his arrest on false charges. The former leader made the allegation on Friday in a statement by his…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has just released the statement below to announce modalities for the conferment of national honours on late multibillionaire businessman cum politician, Moshood Abiola;…

Ten-time champion Rafael Nadal reached his 11th French Open final on Friday when he demolished Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets, setting up a title showdown with Dominic Thiem, the only man to defeat him on clay in the…

•state Houses of Assembly, judiciary get autonomy President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed a constitutional amendment that stops a vice president who completes the term of a president from contesting for the office of the…

After falsely claiming a victory at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Chairman of Innoson Motors, Dr Innocent Chukwuma has deleted his declaration on social media that the apex court has ordered GTBank to pay him N14bn within 14 days.…

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is considering granting a posthumous pardon to boxing great Muhammad Ali. Ali died in 2016.  His refusal of military service during the Vietnam War made him a champion of the US civil…