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The Minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, said the electricity problem in Nigeria “is slowly being solved, one by one” and cannot be solved by magic. Fashola disclosed this during the inauguration of…

Effanga Marilyn, the female student who was recently embroiled in the Covenant University scandal has released a sexy bikini photo. The young lady, who was forced to take to Twitter to clear her name after a young man accused her of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not extend the deadline for submission of list of candidates’ names by political parties for the 2019 general elections. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr…

A member of the Ministerial Committee on the verification of payment of retired Nigeria Airways workers ,Captain Shu’aibu Alfa, revealed yesterday that that 900 retirees have so far died nationwide since 2004. Alfa, who is the…

In another round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Friday, injected over 337 million dollars in the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. The CBN also intervened to the tune of 53.44 million Chinese Yuan in…

Following reports on Friday claiming that Nnamddi Kanu was sighted in far away Israel, the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide led by Mr Okechukwu Isiguzoron has expressed happiness over news of the sighting. A…

Former Anambra Governor, Mr Peter Obi says his choice as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to ennoble his people. Obi said this on Friday in Enugu during a visit to the state…

A former New Media Director for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Deji Adeyanju, has said the greatest weakness of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu was his love for money. Adeyanju said this while…

Mike Ozekhome, human rights lawyer, says efforts are in place to secure release of Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody. Ozekhome said this in…

The families of GBALAJOBI and ALOBA will bid farewell to their illustrious patriarch, brother, cousin, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, Late Pa Oladapo Adebola GBALAJOBI, with a Farewell and Thanksgiving Ceremony at…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna Zonal office has investigated a case of conspiracy and theft reported to the Commission by an exceptional father. The father (name witheld) in April 2017 became a whistle…

Here is the biography and all you need to know about the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi new bride, prophetess and evangelist Naomi Oluwaseyi. The Ooni of Ife took to his Facebook page to reveal his new bride and Queen of Ife , Naomi…

•‘Fed Govt to fast-track verification’ OPERATIVES of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) have joined the ongoing biometric data verification…

•Ex-governor asks for mattress Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose is telling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives all he knows about the N4.685 billion allegedly withdrawn from the Office of National…

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Thursday, granted the application of the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, to serve an originating summons on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abuja.…

The governing board of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has suspended Usman Yusuf, executive secretary of the scheme, indefinitely. Enantu Ifenna, chairman of the board, announced Yusuf’s suspension at a press conference…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has ordered the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state to call on the PSP operators in their areas to go back to work with immediate effect. Speaker of the…

No fewer than 11 persons were trapped under a three storey building which collapsed in Nnewi, Anambra in the early hours of Thursday. The building was located in Okpuno, Otolo, in Nnewi North Local Government Area of the state.…

*Case against Senate, its President withdrawn The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has evaded the trouble of being subjected to trial for contempt as he conceded to the request for the payment of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s withheld…

In the masterpiece, satiric comedy, The Trials of Brother Jero, Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, captured religious hypocrisy in the form of a con, or fraud, named Brother Jero, who preaches to his followers on Bar Beach in Lagos.…

Nigeria moved up 10 places in the Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday. Africa’s largest economy moved from its 2017 spot of 125 to 115. According to the report, national…

Three officials of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) were on Thursday arraigned in an Abuja high court for allegedly misappropriating $9.5 million and N1. 3 million. The defendants are Christopher Andekin, NFF director of…

Senator Dino Melaye representing the Kogi West senatorial district, on Wednesday, said Governor Yahaya Bello was planning to kill him. Melaye alleged that information at his disposal points that the governor was planning to kill him…

The Nigerian Governors Forum says it is not against the upward review of the minimum wage.The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, said this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the forum meeting held…