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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo seems to be on the same pedestal with his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari who, in the United States of America days ago, vowed to tackle corruption irrespective of anyone’s party affiliation or position in Nigeria. Osinbajo said on Wednesday that there wouldn’t be any sacred cow in the fight against corruption […]

Scores of residents of Gombe on Wednesday night met their death following two bomb explosions at two major motor parks within the state capital. Unconfirmed reports have put the figure at over 30, but at the time of filing this report, rescue operations were still on-going. The first explosion occurred at the Dadinkowa Motor Park […]

President Muhammadu Buhari in the United States has vowed that his administration would trace the accounts of individuals who stashed away ill-gotten oil money, freeze and recover the loot and prosecute the culprits. Reacting to questions from members of Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) in the United States and Canada at the Nigerian Embassy in […]

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday alerted residents to a new dimension being employed by men of the underworld to carry out their evil machinations. In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Habib Aruna, the state government said unscrupulous persons render their prospective victims unconscious through rubbing a perfumed […]

Barrister Calistus Nwabueze Obi has taken over as the Acting Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) following the handing over by Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi as directed by the Federal Government. The announcement was made on Tuesday in a statement issued by Deputy Director/Head Public Relations NIMASA, Isichei […]

The World Bank Group has pledged its support to dash out the sum of $2.1 billion to help Nigeria rebuild the damaged properties in the northeast, of the country. Representatives of the group, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, along with the World Health Organisation (WHO) while meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, said the move […]

So far, president Mohammadu Buhari has enjoyed a warm welcome by the White House. He has even been praised by the US president, Barack Obama for his moves so far in consolidating the gains of democracy after Nigeria’s democratic transition. In many ways Obama expressed appreciation to the country demonstrated commitment to democracy especially as […]

President Obama:  Well, it’s a great pleasure to welcome President Buhari and his delegation here to the Oval Office for his first visit since the historic election that took place.Nigeria is obviously one of the important countries in the world and one of the most important countries in the African continent. Recently, we saw an […]

Former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, on Sunday appealed to Nigerians to give President Muhammadu Buhari the opportunity to actually sanitise the country. Ekwueme, who spoke at a thanksgiving ceremony of former National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) , Chief Victor Umeh, noted that the tasks before the President were much but […]

A stop and search operation embarked upon by the Police in Abia State has yielded result, as it has helped rescue an abducted victim. The Police said the victim, a man, was rescued in Imo State tied in the booth of a car while officers of the Force carried out a stop and search operation. […]

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode on Sunday called on mothers to raise and nurture their children with the fear of God, irrespective of gender. She made the call when she paid a charity visit to a set of triplets delivered by Mrs Abbey Augustine and a set of twins delivered […]

Onochie Onwuegbuna, the lawyer to Gordon Obua, the former Chief Security Officer to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has cried out that his client has been denied bail since he was held by the State Security Service (SSS) for reasons the security agency is yet to explain. Obua was arrested on Thursday and detained since then, […]