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Operative of the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Team in Rivers State have nabbed a couple who sold their day-old baby for N250,000 to pay off debts incured during wife’s pregnancy. The family told Sunday Vanguard that they sold…

Nigerian singer Runtown buys pet Lion, which he showed off on his Instagram page earlier today and his celebrity colleagues have swarmed to his page to react to the strange acquisition. The singer posted a video of himself feeding…

Ahmed Musa has questioned the offside call that denied Nigeria a winner in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa at the FNB Stadium. In the 83rd minute of the clash and with the score tied at 1-1,…

Nigerian man took to Facebook to lament, after mistakenly transferring N1m to an Uber driver as payment for a recent trip. According to the Nigerian man, the money he transferred to the Uber driver was part payment for a…

Vice-president Mike Pence vowed Saturday the US would hold the murderers of Jamal Khashoggi to account, following media reports that the CIA had concluded the Saudi Crown Prince was behind the journalist’s killing. “The…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed allegations that he collected bribes of about 80 million dollars to manipulate the outcome of the party primaries in some states…

Zimbabwean businessman Munya Chihota’s face lights up when he recalls taking part in a march last year with tens of thousands of people calling for then-president Robert Mugabe to step down. The march came after the…

The police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arraigned a house help, Elisha Henry, 37 before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing his employer’s jewelries valued at N70,650,000. A police source alleged…

Arsene Wenger has told Paris Saint Germain (PSG) how they could win the race to sign an in-demand Arsenal star when the transfer window reopens in January, according to reports. Aaron Ramsey may have been savagely told he…

The Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed, has described the conduct of the by-election in Kwara State as peaceful. Mohammed said this on Saturday after casting his vote at ward PU 006 Oro. He said that he was…

Officials of the Nigerian Army on Saturday were caught on camera shooting sporadically and assaulting traders at CMS area of Lagos Island. Eyewitnesses alleged some persons in the area had earlier ganged up to beat up a…

In 1999, not long after Obasanjo became President, the “Christian community” of Odi in Bayelsa State murdered some Mobile Policemen sent there on a peacekeeping mission.But “Christian President” Olusegun Obasanjo didn’t waste time…

The groundbreaking ceremony to begin the reconstruction of the 32-kilometre Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki-Ojota in Lagos was performed yesterday by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on behalf of President Muhammadu…

The candidate of the All Progressives  Congress (APC), Raheem Olawuyi, was on Saturday declared the winner of the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency bye-election held across the four councils in Kwara. The…

For the first time in the history of Lagos State, the citizenry witnessed a different scenario when the incumbent governor, Akinwumi Ambode, lost out in the primary conducted by his party, All Progressives Congress. Many were…

Ibukun Awosika is the first female Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited. She is also the founder and CEO of The Chair Centre Group and the chairperson and promoter of After School Graduate Development Centre (AGDC), a social enterprise…

•I’m undeterred, says Cole The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Pastor Tonye Cole, and his team on ward-to-ward consultation narrowly escaped assassination at Bakana-Kalabari in…

Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, has described Aliko Dangote, billionaire businessman, as the best solution to public infrastructure. The governor said this at the commencement of the reconstruction of the…

Ex-governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, may withdraw support for the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in the upcoming presidential election, an aide has claimed. Lamido was…

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun, Prince Dapo Abiodun has extended an olive branch to the incumbent Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, urging him to bury whatever differences existing…

Atiku Abubakar has given us hints of how he intends to fix the Nigerian economy, but his proposal still leaves a lot to be desired.  One of the joys of journalism is getting to grill politicians seeking public office, looking them…

Femi Otedola, chairman of Forte Oil, has endorsed Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state. Otedola made his endorsement known via a post on his Instagram…

Prominent Yoruba leaders have dispelled the assumption in some quarters that holders of Aare Ona Kakanfo title in Yorubaland don’t live long or die tragically. Speaking at separated interviews with TheLead Online, both the…

The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rescheduled its meeting to Wednesday, November 21 and Thursday, November 22. According to a statement signed by Isaac Okorafor, CBN’s director,…