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The Department of State Services (DSS) has asked Nigerians to be mindful of persons requesting money from them to get recruited into the Service. According to a statement from the Service, this is in reaction to reports that some fraudulent people were extorting job seekers with the assurance of securing an employment with the DSS. […]

President Donald Trump on Wednesday formally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The president also directed processes commence to formally move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. World leaders including the EU and Arab countries had cautioned against the move saying it could further worsen the crisis in the Middle East. The […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday weakened the Naira marginally, selling dollars at N307 each for the first time on the official interbank market, in what traders say could signal a gradual move to merge its multiple exchange rates. The bank has sold $500,000 almost on daily basis on the official spot market […]

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that despite being granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja where he is being prosecuted alongside others on charges of treasonable felony, he is still entitled to the $800m compensation for his alleged unlawful arrest and detention in 2015. This […]

Twenty more exotic cars imported for members of the House of Representatives have arrived at the National Assembly in Abuja, Punch learnt on Sunday. Findings showed that the additional 20 units brought the total number of cars delivered to 260. It implies that 100 units are still being awaited to make the vehicles go round all […]

Following the pool of reactions trailing the alleged slave market in Libya, the Libyan government has finally opened up, saying that there is a campaign of calumny against its government. The Charge d’Affaires/Ambassador-Designate of Libya to Nigeria, Dr Attia Alkhoder, who spoke with some select government-owned media in Abuja, said the press conference was coming “at […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has relocated its world administrative headquarters from London to Langenfeld, Germany. According to IPOB Media And Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, the office will be officially by the organisation’s, Deputy Leader, Uche Mefor and members of the ruling Directorate of State (DOS) nest Friday and Saturday. Powerful said the “ceremony will […]

A Manhattan babysitter was convicted of raping two children and recording the depravity, prosecutors said Tuesday. Milton Narvaez, 35, was found guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday. Narvaez molested a 6-year-old boy over a period of six years, beginning in February 2008, prosecutors said. His other victim, a little girl who was seen on […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said payment of high electricity tariffs is inevitable for Nigerian electricity users. Mr. Osinbajo said this while speaking at the Sixth Presidential Business Forum held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A statement signed by Laolu Akande, the vice president’s media aide, quoted Mr. Osinbajo […]

A court in Russia’s second city Saint Petersburg sentenced a man to two years in a penal colony Monday for insulting high-ranking state officials on social media. Vladimir Timoshenko, 43, was found guilty of writing a post on popular Russian social network Vkontakte that “contained text of humiliating and insulting nature towards high placed officials,” […]