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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled on Sunday for several hours in connection with the fund which was traced to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to always embrace dialogue in the quest to better education in the country. Buhari made the plea while delivering his address during the 36th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Ilorin on Saturday. The President, who was represented by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to unveil the e-Naira on Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria said on Saturday. The digital currency had been earmarked for public presentation on October 1 but the CBN shelved the plans citing key activities lined up for Independence Day. But it is now expected to be activated on Monday, […]

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the current rental model in which people pay yearly rent in advance to property owners has become inadequate to address contemporary realities in the housing sector, especially in cities where demand for property is high and expensive. The governor advocated a monthly rental system, which […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared a one week sit-at-home protest across the South-East states starting from November 5, the eve of the governorship election in Anambra State. IPOB’s Media and Public Secretary, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Saturday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, said the protest was aimed at prevailing on […]

American actor, Alec Baldwin, accidentally killed the cinematographer on a movie set, on Friday. According to a production spokesperson, the actor accidentally shot the cinematographer with a prop gun which led to her death. A director of the movie was also said to have sustained injury in the incident. The spokesperson said, “There was an […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission has alerted millions of Nigerian telecom consumers of the existence of new, high-risk, and extremely damaging, Malware called Flubot. The commission warns that the virus steals banking details from devices. This was contained in a press statement by the commission titled, ‘NCC alerts telecom consumers on Flubot Malware… Lists measures to […]

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie, has been trending on social media since yesterday, after she accused her daughter’s teacher of bullying. In a lengthy Instagram post on Friday morning, the actress said her child has been receiving a certain kind of treatment from a place of hatred. She said she could withstand any form of […]

A 23-year-old mother of three, Miss Mercy Okon who sold her 3-month-old baby for 150,000 naira has revealed that she needed the money to pay her house rent and offset other bills. She told Vanguard that it was out of poverty and desperation that she did what she did in a bid to help herself. […]

Senator Ali Ndume, Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, and member of the Committee on Establishment(APC/Borno South) on Thursday threatened to leave the country if the executive refuses to put things in order. He also accused the Federal Government of mismanaging the economy and refusing to address the country’s unemployment crisis. He said: “Honestly speaking, time […]

Thirty students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State have regained freedom. This comes four months after bandits stormed the school and kidnapped an unspecified number of students and four teachers. The attack occurred in June. Mr Yahaya Sarki, who is the Special Adviser on Media to Governor Atiku Bagudu of […]

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, advised state governments to enact laws to make mandatory monthly rent payments to make housing more available to Nigerian masses. Fashola made the call at the 10th Meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development in Ikeja, Lagos. The theme of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to use all means necessary to ensure that the upcoming governorship election in Anambra State holds under a peaceful atmosphere. President Buhari gave the or­der on Thursday during the Na­tional Security Council meeting he presided over at the Presiden­tial Villa, Abuja, directing all se­curity and intelligence agencies to […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkish has said that members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO) that attempted to push him out of power on July 15, 2016 through a failed coup are currently in Nigeria. Erdogan stated this on Wednesday during a joint press conference with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the nation’s capital. […]

Nigerian taxpayers will have to pay twice as much to feed their president and vice president in 2022 as food prices continue to rise, even as the citizens themselves ironically remain at the same income level that has left many struggling daily to buy food. Food inflation reached its highest level in 12 years in […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, claimed that there is no evidence to show that any protester was killed at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. He stated this during a press conference held in Abuja as young people took to the streets nationwide to mark the first anniversary of […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has urged youths to join politics to make a difference in the country. The VP stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, at a virtual forum where he interacted with Nigerian Fellows of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘Osinbajo […]