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A Nigeria Customs officer has killed a civilian, Godwin Onoja, while allegedly trying to extort N5,000 bribe from travellers coming from Europe on the Sagamu end of the Lagos-Ore-Benin Expressway. It was gathered that the victim was shot during an altercation between the officers of the Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service, Ikeja, […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is set to postpone Nigeria’s Presidential Election a few hours before polling is due to open on Saturday morning. Members of the commission have been in an emergency meeting for about 6 hours and are expected to agree on a new date for the Presidential election. A source at […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday said he had not fled Nigeria, contrary to the false reports trending on the social media. He also expressed fears over reports of alleged rigging moves being carried out in some parts of the country ahead of the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday (today). The former President […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the diplomatic community and foreign election observers in Nigeria of their safety during the elections Many will interpret this as an indirect rebuttal of threats by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, who recently said “we are waiting for the person that would come and intervene, they would go back […]

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Panama are among the countries added by the European Commission to blacklisted nations for posing threats because of lax controls on terrorism financing and money laundering. The listing of the countries is part of a crackdown against money laundering after several scandals hit banks in European Union (EU) in recent months. […]

The convoy of the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, was on Tuesday ambushed by Boko Haram gunmen while on his way to campaign in a remote border village, eyewitnesses said. The attack occurred along the Maiduguri-Gambu road which leads to Chad Republic. The governor’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, confirmed the incident but did not provided details […]

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a female undergraduate of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Chitere Okoronkwo, for allegedly killing her boyfriend, Johnmark Osigwe. The state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, said the 20-year-old Okoronkwo was nabbed on Monday at Ama-Wire Urratta in the Owerri North […]

Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has been found guilty on all 10 counts at his drug-trafficking trial at a federal court in New York. Guzmán, 61, was convicted on numerous counts including the distribution of cocaine and heroin, illegal firearms possession and money laundering. He has yet to be sentenced, but the verdict […]

Consumption of Moringa oleifera leaves during pregnancy could cause congenital deformities, a recent study published in the Italian Journal of Anatomy And Embryology has found. Moringa oleifera is a plant that is often called the “drumstick tree”, “the miracle tree”, “the ben oil tree”, or “the horseradish tree” used for centuries due to its medicinal […]

A Nigerian man residing in the UK yesterday morning, shared photos of former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke, whom he claims he spotted walking on the street of London yesterday, February 11th. See more of the photos below…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described as “absolute fake news” the reports that the abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, has died in captivity. “It’s absolutely fake news. There is nothing like that,” the minister was quoted by his spokesperson as saying at a press briefing in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Sunday. […]

In the tiny city of Escobares, Texas, 62% of residents live below the poverty line. That’s the highest rate of any US city with more than 1,000 people, according to the 2016 US Census Bureau survey. Directly on the US-Mexico border, the city struggles with crime and unemployment. But local officials say they’re trying hard […]

The National Peace Committee (NPC) says ex-US president Bill Clinton will attend the signing of a peace accord between President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement on Sunday, Atta Barkindo, head, NPC secretariat (Kukah Centre), said the event would take place on Wednesday at the […]

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as the greatest election rigger in the history of Nigeria. Tinubu said this at the presidential rally of the ruling party in Lagos on Saturday. “When he was asked Umaru Musa Yar’Adua admitted that the election which brought him […]

US President Donald Trump, 72, is “in very good health,” his physician said Friday following an annual medical checkup lasting some four hours. “I am happy to announce the president of the United States is in very good health and I anticipate he will remain so for the duration of his presidency, and beyond,” chief […]

An American Airlines pilot has been arrested on suspicion of being drunk a few minutes before he was scheduled to take off from the UK’s Manchester Airport. Officers were called shortly before 11 a.m. on Thursday after receiving a report that a pilot “may have been under the influence of alcohol,” according to a statement […]

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as its consensus candidate for the February 16 presidential election. The party made the decision on Thursday during its national executive council meeting in Abuja. Buhari is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). SDP NEC, however, explained that the adoption does not herald a […]