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It’s a new session; if you like, spend all your time playing so that at the end of the session you would repeat again, and if you like, face your studies, all I know is that I have done my best,” was the admonition, nay, parting words, of a mother to her child at the […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is a labour-friendly one, which is determined to put smiles on the faces of Nigerian workers before 2019 elections. Mr Ngige stated this when he alongside the Chairman of the National Minimum Wage Negotiation Committee, Amma Pepple, addressed State House […]

The outer bands of Hurricane Florence are lashing parts of the US East Coast. Officials warn of life-threatening storm surges in both North and South Carolina as the hurricane moves towards land with maximum sustained wind speeds of 100mph (155 km/h). More than 100,000 homes are already without power as weather conditions begin to worsen. […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged threat to his life and those of his family members regarding his decision to contest the 2019 presidency. Atiku, who is one of the aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the petition dated September 7, 2018, requested for […]

Rob Shuter, MTN’s chief executive officer, says Africa is not ready for 5G network adding that most phones in Africa worked fine on just 3G. Speaking at a telecoms conference in Durban on Tuesday, Shuter said Africa is likely to be ready for the super-fast technology in about five years from now. 5G networks, now in […]

Former Vice-President and PDP presidential aspirant Atiku Abubakar is pleading with former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido to step down for him in the party’s presidential primary. The former vice president made the plea yesterday at the Jigawa State PDP secretariat. He was in the state to seek support ahead of the primaries. Atiku visited […]

While the Nigerian government has continued to be silent over the certificate forgery scandal of its finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, it has successfully prosecuted a civil servant for falsifying his ICAN certificate. James Lebi-Ayodele, who worked at the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation, was convicted by an FCT High Court in Jabi […]

The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has hinted why he is no longer interested in running for president in 2019. The outgoing governor spoke in Ado Ekiti on Friday while receiving a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Musa Kwakwanso, who was in the state to seek the support of Ekiti delegates. “As […]

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Friday urged Nigerians to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari in order to ensure national unity and security. According to him, Nigeria needs a president who will unite all parts of the country, respect national character, grow local businesses and support entrepreneurial skills. Speaking in Owerri, the Imo State […]

Toyota is recalling about a million Prius hybrid vehicles from around the world due to a “fire risk” caused by a wiring issue that generates heat. Of the million cars, 192,000 of them are in the US. If you own a Prius manufactured between mid-2015 and May 2018, check with a Toyota dealer to see if your […]

Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, was in Ekiti State on Tuesday to consult with Governor Ayo Fayose on his presidential ambition. Mr Abubakar is seeking the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party to contest next year’s presidential election. While speaking in Ado Ekiti during the meeting, Mr Abubakar said allegations of corruption against him […]

The presidency on Wednesday alerted members of the public that the son of the president, Yusuf Buhari, was being impersonated on Instagram by unscrupulous elements. Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, named the fake Instagram account as `@ymbuhari’. The presidential aide revealed that […]

Nigeria records 420 deaths daily from Tuberculosis even as the country has the second largest burden of TB in Africa and fourth in the world, it has been revealed. This emerged during the Public Private Mix (PPM) summit for Tuberculosis control in Nigeria held in Lagos on Monday. The summit was an appraisal of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Boko Haram insurgents no longer control any part of the country. He said this on Sunday, in Beijing, China, while stating some of the successes of his administration, as he addressed some Nigerians residing in the country. The President attributed the successes to operations of security agencies deployed to […]

Boko Haram insurgents in camouflage military uniform attacked a Nigerian Army camp in Borno State on Thursday, killing at least one officer and 30 soldiers while two officers and 17 soldiers were seriously wounded. Scores of Boko Haram fighters carried out the attack on the military unit in Zari, a small community north of Maiduguri […]