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When Ahmed Rabbani ran out of paint to satisfy his artistic yearnings during 20 years of incarceration at Guantanamo Bay, he turned to whatever came to hand dirt, coffee grinds and even spices such as […]

Greece holds its most unpredictable election in over a decade on May 21. It is expected to be a close contest between the conservative New Democracy of outgoing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the left-wing […]

The House of Representatives has asked the government of the United Kingdom and the court in that country to temper justice with mercy in sentencing Ike Ekweremadu, a Nigerian senator, found guilty in March of […]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says the House will investigate the hard diplomatic stance of the Egyptian authorities in denying access to Nigerians fleeing war-ravaged Sudan. Mr Gbajabiamila stated this on […]

The senate has directed its committee on the interior to investigate the complaints of delay in the renewal and issuance of international passports to citizens by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). There have been complaints […]

The much anticipated Local Government Election in Edo state scheduled to hold on Saturday, 6 May, 2023, has been postponed to Saturday, 2 September, 2023. The Administrative Secretary of the State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), […]

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), says an Air Peace aircraft has landed in Egypt to airlift stranded Nigerian students in the war torn Sudan to Nigeria Dabiri-Erewa, who made the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart for the UK later today to attend the coronation of King Charles III. While in the UK, the president will also take part in a summit for presidents and heads […]

The Ogun State Government has acquired drones to monitor and check criminal activities, particularly along the major highways across the State. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this when he received the new Commissioner of Police, Yomi […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the federal government of denying it the use of the Eagle Square to mark the Workers’ Day celebration. The Workers’ Day is an annual celebration marked on May […]

Indofood, makers of Indomie instant noodles, has reacted to a recall of its products in Taiwan and Malaysia over an increased cancer risk. Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan said they had detected ethylene oxide, […]

Hope has risen for the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, as the incoming governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, will review the sack. Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in the last presidential […]

The United States, US authorities have busted a criminal network of Nigerians operating from Madrid, Spain and London in United Kingdom with speciality in depriving elderly people of their money through a fraudulent inheritance scheme. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3-7 to a date to be determined by the incoming administration. The Minister of Information and Culture, […]

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called on those concerned with passages and movement of persons and services along contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition […]

With exactly one month to the end of its tenure, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government appears confused over whether to end or continue the provision of subsidy for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known […]

The Federal Government on Friday said it is impossible to evacuate Nigerian students right now in war-torn Sudan as any flight is at risk. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this while giving […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates billed to sit the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to start printing their examination notification slips. JAMB said the notification slips would contain their […]