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Prominent Yoruba monarch and traditional ruler of Ibadan Land, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, is dead. The traditional ruler died Tuesday evening few months after a major celebration of his centenary on earth.  Though family members and chiefs have declined making any comments on the death, Oba Odulana reportedly died after losing consciousness. His body […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said detailed information about the 55 people who allegedly stole a total of N1.34tn between 2006 and 2013 is available for anyone who cares to seek such information. The Minister, who made the clarification during a visit to the Leadership Hausa newspaper in Abuja on […]

… No Amount Of Blackmail Can Make Us Pay Shady Bills The SouthWest branch of the Nigerian Union Of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Tuesday stormed the Lagos State Government in protest against an alleged N224 million debt the state government is owing the petroleum union. Led by the NUPENG chairman, Comrade Tokunbo […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abu Dhabi urged telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria not to place their desire for huge profits above the security needs of the country. Speaking at an interactive forum with members of the Nigerian Community in Abu Dhabi, President Buhari said that the war against terrorism can only be won with […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that putting handcuffs on its spokesman, Chief Olisa Metuh, to the court on Tuesday was aimed at decimating opposition figures in the country and give the impression that all members of the PDP are criminals. The party, in a statement by its National Secretary, Prof. Adewale Oladipo, said […]

Olisa-metuh, the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been granted bail. Mr. Metuh, who was remanded to Kuje prison last week, was ordered to pay N400m (Four hundred million naira) and provide two sureties in like sum The court stated that both sureties must be resident in Abuja and should […]

Following Tuesday’s signing bilateral agreements between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nigeria’s political elites who hitherto have used the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a “safe haven” for looted funds are now scampering to move their loots. Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Tuesday in Abu Dhabi signed six agreements to enhance […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah as the new Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). He now replaces Mrs Roli Bode-George, wife of Chief Bode George who had headed the agency in acting capacity since the retirement of Mallam Ahmadu Giade. Abdallah’s appointment was backdated to 11th January […]

The Federal Government has appealed to the media to join hands with it in sensitizing Nigerians to the damage that corruption has done to the nation, warning that unless Nigeria kills corruption, the vice is capable of killing the country.   The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal on Monday […]

President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abu Dhabi that Nigeria has made very significant progress towards ending the Boko Haram insurgency since his assumption of office on May 29 last year. Speaking at a meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki Moon on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit, […]

The Senate on Saturday evening responded to the statement by the former interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande in which he described the claim that the 2016 budget was missing from the upper legislative chamber as an indication of the indiscipline that produced its leadership. The Senate said it […]

Lassa Fever is gradually becoming an epidemic in Nigeria spreading to various states of the federation including Lagos. As a result of the discovery of a case in Lagos State on Friday, the state government has shut down the popular Ahmmadiyyah Hospital in the Ojokoro area of the state. A patient, 25-year old undergraduate of […]