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An “exciting” pill can make human blood poisonous to mosquitoes and kill them, a research has suggested. A group of scientists discovered that disease-carrying flies died after feeding on human blood which contains ivermectin. This discovery will be a cheering news in Nigeria where millions of people have died as a result of malaria caused […]

Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, South African hero, has died aged 81. Zodwa Zwane‚ her personal assistant, confirmed this on Monday afternoon. “It is with profound sadness that we inform the public that Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passed away at the Netcare Milpark Hospital‚ Johannesburg‚ South Africa on Monday, April 2‚ 2018,” he said […]

A former governor, Donald Duke of Cross River State, has emphasized that the Coalition for Nigeria Movement being championed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is not a political party. He said he remained a member of the PDP, adding that the Obasanjo coalition had members cutting across many political parties. Duke spoke in Lagos during […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has released some names of officials of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it said looted the treasury while the party was in power. The government was responding to a challenge by the spokesperson of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, in response to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who said the […]

“There is no hell where the souls of sinners suffer in eternity”, Pope Francis was quoted as saying in a Thursday interview with Italian daily La Repubblica. Pope reportedly said: “After death, the souls of people who repent are pardoned by God and join in his contemplation, but those who do not repent, and therefore cannot be pardoned, […]

The police on Wednesday declared Dino Melaye, a senator from Kogi State, wanted. The lawmaker was declared wanted alongside Mohammed Audu, son of a former governor of the state, Abubakar Audu. Police said the duo have also been placed on Interpol watch list for allegedly providing false information to the police in relation to an […]

The governor of Benue State, Sam Ortom, says Nigerians should rise up to defend themselves against attackers without necessarily carrying arms. The governor said citizens could use sticks to disarm attackers, recalling that he disarmed robbers armed with seven AK47 in the past. According to him, security matters are not just left in the hands […]

A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday formally declared his intention to run for president at the 2019 general elections. He made the declaration in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, a report monitored on Channels Television said. Mr. Abubakar was vice president between 1999 and 2007 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). […]

The 371,800 figure often quoted as the number of members of the Nigeria Police Force in the country included no fewer than 80,115 ‘ghost officers’, data obtained from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation by Premium Times have uncovered. The data revealed that following the full integration of payrolls of the country’s 42 […]

A former President, Goodluck Jonathan, said on Sunday that some individuals are making frantic efforts to malign his personality, insisting that his democratic ideals remain strong as ever. “It has been brought to my attention that while I am away promoting democracy in Sierra Leone, a campaign will be unleashed against me to falsely impugn […]

The presidency Sunday night said that there was evidence that the nation’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN got specific instruction to ensure billions were moved from the bank directly to the residence of the former president Goodluck Jonathan. This new discovery is coming few days after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo described grand […]

The Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has denied fleeing Nigeria over his recent travails. Mr Melaye said he had no reason to flee the country, accusing Sahara Reporters which published the report, of spearheading a blackmail against him. Relying on sources, SaharaReporters on Saturday reported that the lawmaker had fled Nigeria, and is prepared not […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday described the leadership of the opposition People’s Democratic Party as drowning men who wouldn’t mind clutching at any straw for political survival. Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the PDP’s decision to drag the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral […]

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Saturday said it would declare Senator Dino Malaye wanted if he fails to appear before a Federal High Court in Lokoja Kogi State on 28th March 2018. A statement from Police Spokesman ACP Jimoh Moshood said working on intelligence, the Kogi State Police Command personnel and operatives of the […]

Victor Moses got the only goal for Nigeria on Friday as the Super Eagles secured a lone goal victory over the Polish national team in an international friendly played at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw. Friday’s meeting was the first ever between both teams and it was quite keenly contested with the Poles creating more of the chances […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of “plumbing the depths of infamy” for saying the adoption and release of the Dapchi schoolgirls were stage-managed. About 110 girls were kidnapped from their secondary school in Dapchi town of Yobe State by Boko Haram insurgents on February 18. About 104 […]