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The BBC has sacked a presenter who tweeted an image of a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption “royal baby leaves hospital’’. Meghan, wife of Prince Harry, gave birth, in the early hours of […]

Abiola Ajimobi, governor of Oyo state, says he is ready for a probe of his administration. He spoke on Thursday at a public lecture and fellowship investiture organised by Society for Peace Studies and Practice […]

The police have detained Ademola Adeleke, lawmaker representing Osun west senatorial district. The senator was candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2018 governorship election in Osun state. In a statement on Monday, […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday inspected the onging construction work on the second Niger Bridge in Onitsha and affirmed government’s commitment to early completion of the work. Osinbajo, second right, with Fashola at the […]

AHEAD of his inauguration for a second term on May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari has kept members of his kitchen cabinet, close associates and outgoing ministers in suspense with regard to those who will be […]

A resident of Fadausi Street, Ijeshatedo, Lagos State, Kenile Nwabuzor, has killed herself following protracted disagreements between her and her boyfriend identified as David. City Round gathered that the duo had endured an unhealthy relationship […]

The 1999 Constitution: It is beyond comprehension that 20 years after Nigeria returned to democratic governance in 1999, we have retained the 1999 military Constitution as our supreme law. The 1999 constitution continues to limit […]

WOLE Soyinka was in the news last week for a comment he made to Zainab Badawi on Hardtalk, an interview programme on the British Broadcasting Service, BBC. Badawi started by asking if Soyinka thought his […]

Boko Haram jihadists have killed 14 loggers as they collected firewood in northeast Nigeria, residents and anti-Boko Haram militia have told AFP. The bodies of the men were found at Duwabayi village near the garrison […]

UNLIKE the usual practice of placing party and other considerations above merit in the appointment of ministers, President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet members would emerge strictly on competence, Saturday Vanguard authoritatively gathered. Already, the President is […]

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Otunba Gani Adams has condemned what he described has desecration of the Yoruba culture, values and tradition by the Olugbo of Ugbo kingdom, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan. In a statement […]

ABUJA – A civil society group, OurMumuDonDo Movement, has called on the federal government to beam its searchlight on the finances of religious groups operating in the country with a view to making them transparent […]

The FCT High Court sitting in the Maitama area of Abuja has fixed June 11. 2019 for the trial to begin for a former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, (Rtd) and Bashir Yuguda, in […]

SENATE President, Dr Bukola Saraki has been nominated as an “Ambassador-at-Large” of the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC). In a ststement yesterday from his Media office, Saraki in his new capacity, is expected to lead […]