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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and six Arab countries have urged the international community to implement robust sanctions against Israel, including halting the export of weapons, in response to its…

A magistrates’ court in Kano, Kano State, has ordered a man, Ibrahim Dan Asabe, challenging the paternity of a boy to accept him as his son after a DNA test proved that he is the biological father. Earlier, the mother of…

A cross-section of residents and indigenes of Kogi State, on Sunday, appealed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) not to be distracted in the ongoing investigations and planned prosecution of a former…

                  President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the fire incident caused by an articulated vehicle conveying petroleum products at the Eleme section of the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold dollars at the official and parallel markets last week in a bid to stem the panic-driven demand in the markets that has renewed pressure on the naira. The apex bank sold some $70…

Management of Dangote Cement Plc has revealed that the company dispatched seven ships of clinker- from Nigeria to Ghana and Cameroon and that the export, for the…

Rice millers that were forced out of business in Africa’s most populous nation are gradually reopening their factories as it becomes affordable to source critical inputs. The millers have the lifting of sanctions on the…

The images of Godwin Emefiele, looking flummoxed as he is chaperoned by state security agents from custody to custody, from courtroom to courtroom, contrast sharply with those of the man who, as governor of the Central…

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) secured their Ligue 1 title without kicking a ball on Sunday as closest rivals Monaco suffered a 3-2 defeat to Lyon. Monaco’s loss handed PSG a 12-point lead at the league summit with only…

A surge in demand for dollars in the parallel market driven by banks and end-users combined with slow forex disbursement to BDCs by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, caused the Naira, last week, to fall by 23 per cent…

—-Fish out killers, Aiyedatiwa campaign group, tells Police The Returning Officer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Supare Akoko, South West council area of Ondo state, in the just concluded governorship…

The Senate through its Committee on Finance, has called for concerted efforts by all relevant stakeholders to rescue and sustain the stability of the naira. The naira persisted in its decline against the US dollar…

Manchester City overcame relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest 2-0 on Sunday to close to within one point of Premier League leaders Arsenal and keep the destiny of…

Danish shipping and logistics company, A.P Moller-Maersk, has said it will invest $600m to expand existing port infrastructure to accommodate more container shipping services in Nigerian ports. This followed closed-door…

In a video that surfaced on Twitter over the weekend, a Total filling station said to be located in Igando, Lagos, has been called out for allegedly compelling customers to purchase meat pies before being sold fuel. This…

The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, has disclosed that the Ministry of Education has set up a seven-man committee to probe the bullying incident in Lead British…

Standard Chartered Bank has announced the appointment of Dalu Ajene as the Chief Executive Officer of the bank’s operations in Nigeria. Ajene takes over from Lamin Manjang, the Vice Chairman Africa and Acting CEO who will…

Local Government chairmen in Rivers State have approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order compelling the  Inspector General of Police and the Director General of the Department of State Services to…

•NNPC rations supply to depots, orders operators to prioritise loading to Abuja •Queues spread in Lagos, Ogun, others, stations raise pump prices as black market thrives Despite claims by the Nigerian…

The Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC) has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won all 11 chairmanship seats and 114 councillorship positions in the just-concluded LG elections. Announcing…

Dubai announced on Sunday that work had begun on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, which the Gulf emirate’s ruler said will become “the world’s largest” at a cost of almost $35 billion. “We approved…

Alaba Excel Abbey, one of the campaign coordinators of incumbent Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state, has been assassinated. Mr Abbey, who served as a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign…

Yayaha Bello is the genius. While other governors were searching for olodos and malleable lackeys to foist on their states as successors, Bello didn’t take any chances. He found Ododo. He must have known that the…

After being arrested and prosecuted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), two notorious drug kingpins, Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince, have been sentenced to life in prison.…