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Senate President Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, were absent at the parade to mark Nigeria’s 58th Independence held at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Monday. The event was attended by […]

The Lagos State police command yesterday said there was no iota of truth in the allegation that its officers were engaged in removing the campaign posters belonging to a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives […]

The residents of Apapa road in Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State have appealed to the state government and management of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) to relocated the Transfer Loading Station […]

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said the recent report that Nigeria is the poorest in the world is the hypocrisy of the West against Africans. Notwithstanding […]

Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said that the plan to establish a new national carrier remains on course and due to resume at a later date. Sirika said contrary to claims, the […]

Facebook, Google and other tech firms have agreed a code of conduct to do more to tackle the spread of fake news, due to concerns it can influence elections, the European Commission said on Wednesday. […]

John Turmel, a Canadian, is currently contesting election for mayor of Brantford, the city he lives in, but that is actually his 96th shot at an elective position. Interestingly, he has never won in any […]

By Dayo Johnson, Clifford Ndujihe, Dapo Akinrefon, Gbenga Olarinoye & Omeiza Ajayi AFTER a very testy and keen election, which the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, declared as inconclusive, 3, 498 voters drawn from […]

IN SPITE of palliative measures, death toll from rampaging flood across the country has risen to 242, according to Vanguard checks and information from government officials. At the weekend, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said […]

Details have emerged on why the Federal Government suspended plan to establish a national carrier named Nigeria Air. The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had on Wednesday announced the indefinite suspension of Nigeria […]

Today I am going to tell a story; a long one indeed. You really would need to take your time to read this. Please pardon me if I am beginning to bore you with many […]

A last-minute effort by the wife of the Lagos State Governor, Bolanle Ambode, to save her husband’s job was said to have hit a brick wall on Tuesday. It was gathered that Bolanle, who followed […]

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption credentials are being questioned following the Nigerian government’s reaction to an unflattering report credited to banking giant HSBC. The bank, according to major Nigerian dailies, said in a report that […]

In a landmark ruling, South Africa’s highest court on Tuesday legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places. Hundreds of Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted “Weed are free now”, […]

On the 70th day after a detailed investigation revealed that the immediate past Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun used a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate to secure plum jobs, and a day […]