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The Malaysian government Monday proposed a law to combat “fake news” which could see offenders jailed for 10 years, sparking fears authorities aim to stifle criticism as elections loom. According to AFP, governments in several…

The governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, has asked Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, to leave him out of his ordeal with the police. Melaye had accused the governor of working with the police to destroy him. Reacting…

This is exchange rate for March 26, 2018 courtesy Guardian Nigeria and powered by Zenith. However, it's worthy of note that this could possibly change after today.

Sergey Mavrodi, the founder of MMM, a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time, is dead. According to a report by Moskovsky Komsomolets, the founder of the MMM series of financial pyramid…

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said on Sunday that the federal government has no ulterior motive behind the letter she sent to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on cash assets…

Arsene Wenger has suggested some of the criticism he has faced as Arsenal manager has been because of age discrimination. The 68-year-old has faced calls to leave the Gunners – who face Stoke on Sunday – after their failure to…

Here is the face of the Dapchi schoolboy, a pure water vendor captured by Boko Haram on 19 February, along with 111 schoolgirls. The boy came to the Dapchi Girls Secondary Science and Tech College to sell pure water, when he was…

The University of Lagos, UNILAG, would soon set up conventional and standard locally-built refineries to boost the nation’s refinery capacity, according to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. The institution’s…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday said the call by a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen.Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), that Nigerians should defend themselves against killers was belated. In a statement made available to…

Former undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson has hinted he could stage a return to the World Wrestling Entertainment after his last appearance in 2010. Tyson revealed this to WWE.com at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards…

Pan African businessman Tony Elumelu has lots to smile about this year as he could earn over a billion Naira as dividends from quoted companies for the 2017 financial year. Here is a breakdown of his estimated earnings from each firm…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says there is a campaign to tarnish his reputation. Jonathan, who is currently monitoring the presidential runoff election in Sierra Leone, said this less than a week after Vice-President Yemi…

The statistics of how housemates voted for their favorite housemates to be brought back into the house has been displayed. Yesterday, formerly evicted housemates, Anto and Khloe were brought back into the Big Brother House and in few…

Founder and Senior Pastor of the Omega Fire Ministry in Auchi, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has celebrated his birthday in a major way for his church and for charities around him. In a post shared on his official Facebook page, it was…

Trading activities in Nigeria’s Fixed Income and Currencies (FIC) markets in February enjoyed a boost as investors, mostly banks, increased their stake by N860 billion. Transaction turnover for February increased to N12.56 trillion,…

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency, Jones Onyereri, says the House is currently working at amending the Act establishing the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria. He said the proposed…

Blessing Okagbare on Saturday started her outdoor season with an impressive 22.04secs in her 200m race at the Wes Kittley Invitational Track and Field Meet at the Abilene Christian University, which erased the 22-year-old previous African…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 60-year-old resident of Adeniji Street, Iyana Ishashi area of the state, Stephen Uwa, for the death of his lover, 45-year-old Joy Vincent. PUNCH Metro learnt that Vincent had visited the…

More details have now emerged showing how billions of naira and hundred millions of dollars were illegally removed from the public till by the Jonathan administration specifically ahead of the 2015 presidential elections. The…

Lawmakers may have dumped their agreement with party chiefs to pull the brakes on their plan to override the President’s veto of the Electoral Amendment Bill reversing the order of elections, The Nation learnt yesterday. Unless the…

The three lawmakers representing Lagos East, West and Central senatorial districts yesterday passed a vote of confidence in and endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term. They said the giant strides of his administration…

Adaeze Yobo, former Nigerian beauty Queen and wife of Nigerian footballlegend, Joseph Yobo, took to her Instagram page to tell her fans how she got the tattoo on her back. According to Adaeze Yobo, she got the tattoo after a fight…

President Buhari’s official photographer, Bayo Omoboriowo, who achieved a remarkable success shortly after the 2015 election that brought Muhammadu Buhari into power, reminisced on how far he has come in an Instagram post he shared…

Yesterday, we reported that Khloe and Anto, got an opportunity to get back to the Big Brother Naija house through viewers votes, few days after the reality show’s host, Ebuka announced that two evicted housemates will be returning back to…