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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he is prepared to go to the United States if the country’s diplomatic authorities approve his application for visa. Mr Abubakar, vice president from 1999-2007, has not been able to travel to the U.S. since he left office. “If America says come today, I will board the flight […]

Money looted by Nigeria’s former military ruler Sani Abacha is to be distributed to poor families, the government says. The distribution is to start next month after more than $300m (£228m) was returned by the Swiss authorities. The money, stolen by Abacha in the 1990s, is due to be given to around 300,000 households, with […]

The World football governing body, FIFA, will pay the Super Eagles of Nigeria and other nations that crashed out from the group stages of the 2018 World Cup tournament £6.1m each. According to reports, Nigeria would have received £9.1 million if they had progressed to the round of 16 stage. This is because any team eliminated from the round of […]

Diego Maradona will no longer be paid as an ambassador of world soccer governing body, FIFA. This is following the Argentina legend’s failure to control his emotions during their 2-1 win over Nigeria in the World Cup last Group D game on Tuesday. The football icon celebrated Marcos Rojo’s winning goal for Argentina by raising […]

Switzerland has repatriated over $1billion Abacha loot to Nigeria, its Ambassador Eric Mayoraz aid yesterday in Abuja. He added that his country is collaborating with the federal government to trace and repatriate looted funds stashed in foreign lands. Mayoraz said “All fund hidden in Swiss banks by Abacha was fully repatriated and so we don’t […]

At least five people have been killed after several shots were fired at a newspaper in the United States. The incident occurred at the office of Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, northeastern U.S. on Thursday afternoon (Thursday night in Nigeria) The police confirmed five killed and several injured while giving live updates to media outlets […]

Former Ivory Coast striker, Didier Drogba has said bad officiating led to Nigeria’s ouster against Argentina at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia on Tuesday. The former Chelsea striker who spoke on BBC One said the referee favoured Argentina unjustly with the decision not to award the second penalty. He said, “I think it’s […]

Lionel Messi, the Argentine ace player, who scored the opening goal against Nigeria in the last group D match of the FIFA World Cup in Russia has referred to the encounter as `a difficult one’. Speaking at post match conference shortly after his team beat Nigeria 2-1 at St. Petersburg Stadium on Tuesday, Messi who […]

Emeka Ogah, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), has confirmed the death of one its consultants, Canice Ebirim, on Tuesday during the Super Eagles and Argentina match. Mr Ogah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that reports reaching him suggested that Mr Ebirim died within the period of […]

Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel could not hide his disappointment after Nigeria were knocked out of the 2018 World Cup following their 2-1 loss to Argentina yesterday evening. Lionel Messi opened the scoring, shooting past Francis Uzoho in the 15th minute after a pass from Banega, Victor Moses restored parity from the spot four […]

The National Assembly will make law to regulate what Nigerians do on social media, the Chairman Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime, AbdulFatai Buhari has said. Senator Buhari, who disclosed this on the sideline of the 2018 Cybersecurity Conference in Abuja on Tuesday, said social media should be regulated because many Nigerians are misusing it. […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Trump’s controversial travel ban affecting several mostly Muslim countries, offering a limited endorsement of the president’s executive authority on immigration in one of the hardest-fought battles of this term. The 5-4 ruling marks the first major high court decision on a Trump administration policy. It upholds the selective […]

Nigeria has now taken over as the nation with the highest number of extremely poor people, a report by Brookings Institution has shown. Before now, India used to hold the position with a population of 1.324 billion people as against Nigeria’s 200 million. According to the report, the number of Nigerians in extreme poverty increases […]

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Monday remanded a 48-year-old female lawyer, Udeme Otike-Odibi, at Kirikiri prison for reportedly killing her 52-year-old husband, Symphorosa Otike-Odibi. She also allegedly chopped off his penis. Mrs Udeme, 47, was arraigned by the Lagos State Government on a two-count charge of murder and misconduct with regard to a […]

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to direct his security chiefs to immediately produce quick-response measures aimed at tackling the spate of killings in Nigeria. Saraki, while responding to the killings in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area in which scores of people were murdered in attacks on some villages, according […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged all universities in the country to stamp out all forms of academic and financial corruption, social vices and sexual harassment which continue to tarnish the reputation of Nigeria’s citadels of learning. The president said this in a message delivered at the 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremony of University of […]