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The Peoples Democratic Party Vice Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, on Thursday said his two graduate children did not own cars. He said the children must make money by themselves to buy their own cars and not relying on him. Obi, who spoke to his kinsmen in Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appreciated the confidence reposed in him by Nigerians vowing that he will not disappoint them. The president spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja, as he was decorated Grand Patron of the Nigerian Media Merit Award (NMMA) by the Board of Trustees of the media awards organisation. He described the investiture as […]

A group of addiction experts, chemists, forensic scientists, and pharmacologists, headed up by Professor David Nutt, analysed the addictive qualities of different drugs to have a go at, ranking them in terms of how addictive they are. The researchers averaged out three factors: pleasure given by use, psychological dependence, and physical dependence. They then gave […]

Former Nigerian leaders including ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and their Chiefs of Staff are to receive N2.3bn as benefits in 2019. The sum of N4.5bn was also proposed in the 2019 budget as severance benefits for retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries while former heads of government agencies and parastatals would receive N1bn […]

Pope Francis on Wednesday criticised hypocrites in the Catholic Church during his general audience in the Vatican. “How often do we see the scandal of these people who go to church and are there every day, and then they lead a life in which they hate others or talk badly about other people. “Better not […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has pledged commitment to workers welfare while appealing to the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly. Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, made the appeal in a New Year message on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, 2018 remains one of […]

The US embassy in Nigeria says its offices in Abuja and Lagos are open for all consular business, including visa interviews. The embassy said this in a tweet on Tuesday. “U.S. Embassy Abuja and Consulate General Lagos remain open for for all consular business, including visa interviews. Please attend your regularly scheduled interview,” the tweet […]

Tennis greats Roger Federer and Serena Williams will meet on court for the first time when Switzerland face the USA in the Hopman Cup on Tuesday. They will play in men’s and women’s singles rubbers before meeting in the mixed doubles alongside partners Belinda Bencic and Frances Tiafoe. Federer and Williams, both 37, have won […]

Floyd Mayweather needed just 140 seconds to beat Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition boxing bout worth a reported $9m. Former five-weight world champion Mayweather, 41, was smiling during the short-lived contest in Tokyo as he floored the 20-year-old three times. The fight, scheduled for three-minute rounds, ended with Nasukawa in tears as his […]

The Nigerian Government budgeted N1,001,318,171 for President Muhammadu Buhari’s local and international travels in the proposed 2019 budget. The budget proposes N250,021,595 for the President’s local trips and N751,296,576 for him to travel internationally. Meanwhile, N83,974,710 was budgeted for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s local travel, while N217,060,883 was proposed for his international trips. Under foodstuff/catering materials […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has estimated that 25,685 babies would be born in Nigeria on New Year Day. Pernille Ironside, UNICEF Nigeria’s Acting Representative, revealed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He said the figure placed the country’s babies as making up […]

The Federal Government says it will in due course institute a suitable memorial to immortalize the country’s first Executive President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who passed away on Dec. 28. This promise was made in Sokoto on Sunday by President Muhammadu Buhari, while paying a condolence visit to the Shagari family. The remains of the former […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reassured Nigerians that the joint ticket of Abubakar Atiku and Peter Obi as Presidential candidate of the PDP and Vice Presidential candidate would take Nigeria to the Promised Land. He gave the assurance in Ukpor Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, where he was invited to unveil the […]