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Operatives of Ekiti Police Command have arrested a fake lawyer and cyber fraudster for defrauding Miss Buhari Safurat Temitope. The fake lawyers identified as Mr. Feranmi Adeyemi was arrested for alleged impersonation and obtaining money under false pretense. Adeyemi, who hail from Ayetoro-gbede in Yagba Kogi State, was accused of using dubious means to defraud […]

A fresh crisis on Monday erupted at President Muhammadu Buhari’s home as his wife, Aisha, battled the family of Mamman Daura, the President’s nephew. Daura’s daughter, Fatima, in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Monday owned up to a video shot at the Presidential Villa. In the video, the President’s wife,  was heard  […]

The Federal Government has expressed serious concerns over the rising unemployment rate in the country, saying that over 15 million Nigerians are looking for white collar jobs. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who expressed this concern in an interview with some journalists in Enugu on Monday, said government was worried by the […]

Two years after dumping the Catholic Church to marry, Rev. Patrick Henry Edet and his wife, Iyene, have welcomed a cute baby girl. The couple, yesterday, dedicated their child, Mbiet -Yaweh at Grace Family aka Commonwealth of Champions, Ibom Hall, IBB Avenue , Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. While announcing his resignation on the 31st of […]

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, on Sunday cautioned Nigerians on the dangers of spreading fake news. She said this shortly after she returned from a medical leave from the United kingdom. Mrs Buhari gave the warning while fielding questions from journalists shortly after her arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in the early […]

An Onitsha-based lawyer, Ogbonnaya Jacob Obasi, has been allegedly beaten to coma by some policemen in Anambra state. The incident, The Nation gathered, took place at a bus stop in Osuma area in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state on Friday. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) described the action of the policemen as barbaric and uncivilized. […]

Aisha Buhari, Wife of Nigeria’s President is now airborne for her return journey to Nigeria from London, where she had been for about two months, triggering an assortment of speculations and rumours from Nigerians. Aisha had earlier posted on her verified Twitter and Instagram handles, “Wife of the Nigerian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Mrs […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is proposing to spend N1.492bn on the upgrading of some of the aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet in 2020. The sum is apart of the N200.994m the President will be spending on the overhaul of engines of some of the aircraft in the fleet next year. The figures are contained in […]

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who became the first person in history to spacewalk in 1965, has died aged 85. Tethered to a spaceship by a 4.8m (16ft) cable, the Russian floated above Earth for 12 minutes. “You just can’t comprehend it. Only out there can you feel the greatness – the huge size of all […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has discovered hydrocarbon deposits in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin, in the North Eastern part of the country. The corporation disclosed this in a statement signed by its acting spokesman, Mr Samson Makoji, in Abuja on Friday. It would be […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will spend a total of N3.327bn on foreign and local trips in 2020. The figure is contained in the details of the 2020 Appropriation Bill that Buhari presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday. The item was tagged Travel and Transport (General) under State […]

A 40- year-old teacher, Charles Adetunji, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly aiding a student to write her West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WAEC). Adetunji, who resides at No. 7, Oyewole St., Abule Egba, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and examination malpractice, to which he pleaded […]

The Lagos State Assembly on Thursday threatened to arrest the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode if he failed to appear before the House. The threat followed the presentation of a preliminary report by the ad hoc committee set up by the House to investigate the 820 buses purchased by Ambode while in office. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of service of his Chief Personal Security Officer, Abdulkarim Dauda, by three years. Dauda, who was promoted to the rank of  Commissioner of Police last year, is Buhari’s nephew. By the presidential approval, the CPSO, who was due to retire from service on January 1,  2020, will now […]

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has distanced himself and the anti-graft agency from political inclination. Speaking with journalists on Monday, Mr Magu stated that the agency will come after anyone alleged to be corrupt, regardless of who they are. “I don’t care who you are, where you come […]

Four members of the same family drowned at a dam in India on Sunday after slipping into the water while trying to take a selfie. Newlywed bride V Nivedha, 20, died alongside family members Sneha, 22, Kanniga, 20, and Santosh, 14, who was the first to slip into the water, according to local police in the state […]

Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has declared he has no apologies for appointing one of his daughters as an aide. His daughter, the governor said, is eminently qualified for the position. He said: “It is not true that I have two of my daughter’s appointed. I have only one appointed and she is rightfully qualified. “I […]