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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom and many members of the House of Assembly for alleged diversion of N23, 088, 586, 206. But the governor said last night that…

The oil output of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has risen this month to  it highets as Gulf members pumped more after a deal to ease supply curbs and Congo Republic joined the group. This is even as losses…

The Central Bank of Nigeria sold yuan at a range of N49-51 at its first auction of the Chinese currency last week, traders said yesterday. The auction, which is part of an attempt to encourage the use of an alternative trading…

Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs Dr AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef has debunked news in some media that the state government is trying to pay religious scholars monthly salaries. In an interview with The Nation, AbdulLateef…

Senate President Bukola Saraki says he has had enough of the “constant attack” on him by Abdullahi Adamu, senator representing Nasarawa west. Adamu had accused Saraki of “playing a game of betrayal” in the All Progressives Congress…

Sefiu Adegbenga kaka, a former Senator and Deputy Governor during the governorship tenure of Segun Osoba, has declared his intention to contest the 2019 Ogun State governorship on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Kaka made…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the dissolution of its Kwara State Executive Committee, from the state to ward levels. The announcement comes one day after Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, called for…

Jude Okoye, businessman and former manager of defunct Psquare, says he slept under a bridge for four nights when he first moved to Lagos. Okoye, who’s also a music video director, said he was stranded when he first moved to Lagos to…

A video of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo leading children who held a parade at a church service has surfaced online. The elder statesman, dressed in a white cassock and purple belt, also sang and marched to the rhyme “I remember…

Femi Kuti, Afrobeat legend, says his bassist “disappeared” 20 minutes before a concert in the US on Sunday. The Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and his Positive Force band performed at the SummerStage concert in New York. According…

Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri is wary of the hype surrounding the club since Cristiano Ronaldo moved to the club. Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo, 33, completed a €100 million (£89m/$116m) transfer from Real Madrid to…

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says he now knows why President Donald Trump referred to Nigeria as a “shithole country”. Washington Post had attributed the controversial comment to Trump but the US leader denied using those…

Abdullahi Attah, speaker of the Kano state house of assembly, has been removed while Al Hassan Rurum has been elected the new speaker. Rurum had resigned as speaker of the assembly in July 2017. More to follow…

President Muhammadu Buhari says the gale of defection currently being witnessed in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is not bothering him. According to Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and…

The crisis in the Benue state house of assembly took a new turn on Monday as eight lawmakers served an impeachment notice on Samuel Ortom, governor of the state. This comes after Terkimbi Ikyange, speaker of the assembly was removed.…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his first MLS hat-trick as LA Galaxy came from behind to defeat Orlando City 4-3 on Sunday. The former Sweden striker got his goals inside 24 second-half minutes. Ibrahimovic, 36, has 15 goals in 17…

The ‘Molue’ is the omnibus farting fumes and pain on Lagos roads. It symbolises the innumerable privately-owned commercial buses seating 44 passengers with an indeterminable number of standing passengers cramming the aisle. The ‘Molue’ is…

The Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, has advised budding entrepreneurs not to be dissuaded by whatever challenges they might be facing presently, just as he narrated how he founded a bank with N20 million in 1990, despite the…

Farouk Lawan is one politician many would not forget in a hurry. He was a four-term member of the House of Representatives for the Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency of Kano State. While he was in the lower chamber of the National…

By the day, internet fraudsters, otherwise known as yahoo boys, are acquiring new techniques and sophistication, and posing more danger to society. David-Chyddy Eleke looks at the ever changing modes of operation and affluent lifestyle of…

At times, I could be mischievous. When security agents barricaded Government House, Ado Ekiti, ahead of the July 14 governorship election — and Governor Ayo Fayose released his hit single, “I’m in Pains” — a friend, with whom I had been…

In an effort to curtail abuse of Codeine containing cough syrup, the federal government has recalled about 2.4 million bottles of codeine from circulation. The move, according to the Ministry of Health, demonstrates the federal…

The Speaker of the Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, on Sunday, commended the federal government for the deployment of military troops to communities affected by bandits attacks in Zurmi local government area. Rikiji,…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has alleged that he is being persecuted by the Federal Government and his former political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) because he refused to surrender Benue land to herdsmen. The…