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If there is a long history to fears about fake news, there is a long history to fake news too. For example, in 2003, in the run-up to the Iraq war, articles about Saddam Hussein’s nonexistent weapons of mass destruction filled newspaper…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday postponed its resumption. The House was earlier scheduled to reconvene on September 17 to October 8 after adjourning plenary in order for members to proceed on their annual recess.…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its presidential primary for Wednesday, September 26. Also the party will commence screening of aspirants by Friday. This was part of the revised timetable for primaries approved…

Two Bet9ja customers, Dennis Dickson and Orazurume Jude Mary, have called on the company to pay them their dues. They expressed their grievances to The Eagle Online on Monday, lamenting the “unprofessional behaviour” of the company.…

Arsenal FC, Chief Executive, Ivan Gazidis, has resigned from his position and is set to join Italian club AC Milan. Arsenal confirmed the departure of Gazidis through a farewell speech published on the club’s website. In the…

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some groups staged rallies at Ojota, Ogba, Berger and Iyana-Ipaja, chanting solidarity songs in support of Ambode. The rallies were against the backdrop of speculations that Ambode has…

Senate President and presidential aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, excited members of the party in Lagos as he assured them that he will do everything within his reach to ensure PDP produced the…

Bishop Michael Osagie, the General Overseer of Bible Believers Ministry, says fighting over charging points in church is a sin “and against the laws of the church’’.Michael made this known in an interview on Tuesday at the Bible…

South Africa’s constitutional court has decriminalised the private use of marijuana. The ruling came after a provincial high court in 2017 held that the use of cannabis in private space should be allowed because laws against it were…

Following the death of the ninth Chief Imam, Alhaji Garuba Ibrahim on September 24, 2017. Sheikh (Engr.) Sulaiman Oluwatoyin Abou Nolla has been turbaned as the new chief Imam. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who is being represented by…

From Saturday the 10th to Sunday the 11th of November, 2018, fashion enthusiasts all over the world will be treated to an unparalleled exposé of Africa’s finest in fashion at the 3rd edition of the GTBank Fashion Weekend. Holding in…

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki; a former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and an ex-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu,  on Monday, differed on the performance of…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission said on Monday that it had stopped investigations into the use of a forged exemption certificate of the National Youth Service Corps by a former Minister of…

A 26-year-old Nigerian, credited for building the world’s first gaming robot, has just become the highest paid in the field of Robotic engineering. Silas Adekunle achieved this feat after signing a new deal with the world’s…

The senatorial ambition of the widow of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca, has put a spanner in the family of the ex-Biafran leader. It was gathered that the attack by some of the Ikemba Nnewi’s children did not go down well…

Vladimir Putin has said the Syrian government will allow a demilitarised zone around Idlib. The Russian president said the 15-20km (9.3-12.4 miles) wide safe zone will be created in the northwest Syrian province by 15 October. He…

Factional All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant for Rivers State, Magnus Abe, has said he is fighting for his right to be governor and that nobody can stop his political ambition. Abe, who is representing Rivers South…

HBO’s record-breaking fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” stormed back onto the Emmys stage on Monday, winning the coveted best drama series prize on a night full of surprises, including an on-air marriage proposal that stunned the audience.…

The Referees Association of Ghana on Monday said it had banned more of its members as a result of an undercover bribery and corruption investigation. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) governing body last month…

The U.S. Government says it anticipates processing up to 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers in 2019. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the country proposed resettling up to 30,000 refugees under the new refugee ceiling as…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, has explained why he was absent at the 2018 Osun State governorship debate which held in Osogbo, the state capital on Sunday. Adeleke’s seat was empty throughout the…

SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the moon and will announce details on Monday, the company said. The individual will travel in a giant spacecraft that SpaceX has designed to fly to Mars. SpaceX…

A new book has told of how ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo ran the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as a “sole administrator” for the eight years he led the country. According to the book titled ‘Too Good to Die: Third…

Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), has described his sack as a blessing in disguise. Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Monday, Lawal said his monthly income as SGF was N953,000 but he made…