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The Akwa Ibom government has attributed the high rate of HIV/AIDS in the state to the influx of visitors. The Nigerian HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) shows that Akwa Ibom has the highest prevalence rate of HIV in the country. About 5.5 per cent of the people living with HIV in Nigeria are in […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accused PDP’s presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, of manufacturing results of the last presidential election to prove his case at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. The electoral umpire filed its response on Thursday at the tribunal in Abuja. It distanced itself from an electronic sheet […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has told parents of the schoolgirls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State who were abducted five years ago that there is hope for their return. Mr Buhari said he has not forgotten their daughters, who were kidnapped from their dormitory five years ago (April 14, 2014). Mr Buhari promised the parents […]

Nigerians will soon be able to ascertain their HIV status from the comfort of their homes, the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has said. Mr Adewole, on Friday in Abuja, approved a new HIV self-testing kit called Alere HIV Combo (AHC) Rapid Test Kit, which can be used by an individual in the comfort of […]

The All Progressives Congress has said that Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, is not a citizen of Nigeria by birth and ought not to have even been allowed in the first place to contest the election. APC said this in response to the election petition filed before the Presidential […]

The police in Kenya have arrested 33 Nigerian for allegedly staying in the country illegally. The men were arrested yesterday morning at Kasarani, a residential area in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, where they had been reportedly staying after arriving on different dates. Speaking to journalists, Peter Kimani, officer commanding police division in charge of sub-counties in Kasanrani, […]

A self-acclaimed professor, identified only as Jide, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, after he was caught assisting his daughter during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in the Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board confirmed Jide’s arrest on Thursday, which […]

The Federal Government has said the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has the right to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election in court. It, however, called on the former Vice-President to allow the court to determine the merits or otherwise of his petition against the […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently held general elections, Atiku Abubakar has denied spending the sum of $30, 000 to hire a US lobby group to persuade the US Congress to stop the second term inauguration of President Muhmadu Buhari on May 29, 2019. Atiku, a former vice president, […]

Business tycoon, Femi Otedola took to his instagram handle yesterday to celebrate with billionaire Aliko Dangote as he marks his 62nd birthday. Otedola did not only wish Dangote a happy birthday, he described him as `the greatest man that has come out of Africa.’ “Happy birthday to my brother, mentor, and best friend. Greatest man […]

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says the bench warrant issued against him is “merely academic.” Kanu, who is facing trial alongside other Biafran activists for alleged treason, had gone into hiding months after his bail only to reappear in Israel after one year. Following his continued absence in court, Binta […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that he doesn’t care about those who call him ‘Baba go slow’ According to him, he doesn’t want to make the mistake he did as a military Head of State when he was so much in hurry. The President who recalled how he sent President Shehu Shagari and other […]

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday insisted there was no casualty in the fire incident which happened at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri on Monday. The incident touched parts of the arrival and departure sections of the aircraft, but it was swiftly put out by the Aerodrome and Fire-Fighting Department of […]

Declaring “our country is full,” Donald Trump insisted the US immigration system was overburdened and illegal crossings must be stopped as he inspected a refurbished section of fencing at the Mexican border. Tweeting on Monday, President Trump said, ‘more apprehensions (captures) at the Southern Border than in many years. Border Patrol amazing! Country is FULL! […]

The death toll of Nigerians killed in South Africa has continued to rise with another two becoming the latest victims of xenophobic attacks in that country. The latest victims were stabbed to death in Johannesburg and Cape Town on Friday and Saturday respectively. The Assistant Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Union in South Africa, Odefa Ikele, […]