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Barring any last-minute change in plans, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday (today) give his assent to the 2019 appropriation bill. The assent of the President will officially make the bill become law and signal the commencement of the 2019 fiscal budget. The development was confirmed by a top official in the Budget Office of […]

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone C, Owerri, Imo State, on Friday said it seized nine exotic cars worth N162.1m between March and May, 2019. The impounded vehicles included five 4matic Mercedes Benz cars, a Toyota Hilux, and four other vehicles. The Customs Area Comptroller, Kayode Olusemire, stated that the 2010 4matic Mercedes […]

Twenty students were killed and 17 more are being treated for injuries after a fire tore through a commercial building in Surat on Friday, in the Indian state of Gujarat. The victims were attending classes in a tutoring center on the third and fourth floor of the building when the fire spread, Surat police commissioner […]

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district, Dino Melaye, has released a new song against the incumbent Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello ahead of the November governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Melaye’s song against Gov. Bello is being released after other ones the senator recorded against his […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday declined comments about whether it had launched an investigation to find out how former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu, came about the bullion vans that drove into his home in February. Nigerians have mounted pressure on the anti-graft office to open money laundering probe against Mr Tinubu, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to order the final forfeiture of $5.7million and N2.4billion belonging to former First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan. It said the money is reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. Moving an application for the final forfeiture, the EFCC’s lawyer, Rotimi […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson Friday appointed former President Goodluck Jonathan as honorary Special Adviser on the Bayelsa Education Trust Fund Board. Speaking at the formal launching of the trust fund in Yenagoa, Dickson appealed to Jonathan to use his influence to attract donations to the fund. He said: “Let me commend our leader, the […]

An FCT High Court in Jabi, Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination and eligibility to contest the 2019 Presidential Election for lacking in merit. The court upheld as valid, his nomination and subsequent election contest in a suit which also joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Chairman,  Adams […]

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to be summonsed to face rape allegations after lawyers for his accuser, Kathryn Mayorga, have tracked down his address in Italy. The Juventus forward emphatically denies claims he attacked Mayorga at a Las Vegas hotel ten years ago. US police reopened the case in October and Mayorga’s lawyers have been hunting for the Portugal international’s address since […]

Lionel Messi has said FC Barcelona’s biggest mistake was failing to compete during the 0-4 defeat at Liverpool which sent them crashing out of the UEFA Champions League. The Argentina forward compared the loss to the 0-1 loss his national team suffered against Germany in the final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says there are plans by some “unscrupulous elements” to implicate him. In a statement Paul Ibe,  his spokesman, issued on his behalf, Atiku alleged that part of the plan is for some unnamed people to perpetrate some crimes and indict him and “senior personalities” of the […]

Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, is wondering if it is worth taking pains for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking when Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo inaugurated some projects in the state on Thursday, the governor said he had worked passionately for the ruling party but what he got in return was constant hounding by the […]