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Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says the manner in which the Dapchi schoolgirls were abducted and returned is a clear demonstration that the federal government is fooling itself. In a statement on Thursday, the governor said…

The Senate has confirmed the appointments of Mrs. Aisha Ahmad and Mr. Edward Adamu as Deputy Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria. It also approved the nomination of three out of four members of the Monetary Policy Committee. The…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s time at Manchester United could come to an end as early as this week with a move to Major League Soccer in the pipeline, according to a report on Thursday. Ibrahimovic, whose contract expires in June, has made…

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked the federal government to return to the negotiation table in order to secure the release of the only Christian among the 110 abducted Dapchi schoolgirls. On Wednesday, 104 of the girls were…

Out of the 2,640 members of public that Prince Harry and his fiancee, Meghan Markle, have invited for their much anticipated royal wedding, three of the guests are the prince’s ex-girlfriends. And Meghan has reportedly approved of…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Gusau, Zamfara, presided over a town hall meeting in continuation of his tour of troubled areas across the country. The President in company of his aides landed at the Gusau helipad at about…

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The Federal Government has been advised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) not to go ahead with the proposed excise duty hike on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products in Nigeria, as doing so would portend negative…

Boarding schools have been shut indefinitely in the northeast Nigerian state most affected by Boko Haram violence, the government has said, in the latest blow to children’s education. “All boarding secondary schools in the state,…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Mike Okoro, says President Muhammadu Buhari deserved a second term in 2019 to consolidate on the achievements recorded in his first term. Okoro, also an Aba-based business…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has described as “erroneous and extremely dishonourable”, the claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the abduction and release of Dapchi schoolgirls were stage-managed. In a statement…

Five of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls that were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents died as a result of heart attack and trauma, one of them has revealed. The insurgents had kidnapped the girls from their school in Dapchi, Yobe state, on…

In a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, (NSE), Fortis Microfinance Bank has announced the appointment of an Interim Management Committee by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pilot the affairs of the bank. Members of the…

A widely read Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday China should prepare for military action over self-ruled Taiwan, and pressure Washington over cooperation on North Korea, after the United States passed a law to boost ties with…

The dollar extended losses in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve stuck to its target for interest rate hikes this year, but fresh fears of a trade war hit equity markets as Donald Trump prepared new sanctions on China. After…

Gareth Bale has a £113m offer on the table to leave Real Madrid for the Chinese Super League. Los Blancos are willing to let the Wales international leave the Bernabeu this summer. But Bale, a target for Manchester United and…

The forum of non-National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met in Abuja on Wednesday night reaffirming the position of the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to extend the tenure of all Party…

Mark Zuckerberg apologized for the data debacle that has upended Facebook and opened the door to testifying before Congress. "The short answer is I'm happy to if it's the right thing to do," the Facebook (FB)  CEO told CNN's Laurie…

A retired Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, worker, in Cross River, Godwin Elewana, was yesterday sentenced to death by hanging by the state High Court sitting in Calabar. Elewana was found guilty of the murder of a…

Popular Deejay Dj Cuppy has finally admitted that she is the girlfriend of Asa Asika. On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, Asa Asika took to his Twitter page to announce his clients’ endorsement deal. “Both my clients have Pepsi deals now! DJ…

A young man who disguised as a beautiful lady in order to have a good time in a nightclub was caught and disgraced in the process of his shameless act. According to an online report, the man was caught in a nightclub after eating Sharwama,…

Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, says he has no asset to be forfeited to the federal government as he has declared all his assets with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as required by law. This is contained in a…

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday quashed the sentence of two years imprisonment with an option of N750,000 fine imposed by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on a former official of the Police…