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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured U.S. President Donald Trump that his administration is stabilising the attacks by herdsmen across the country. Buhari, who gave the assurance during his meeting with Trump at the White House, said Nigerians were concerned about the resort to arms by some herdsmen. The Nigerian president described the situation as alien […]

Nigeria has a massive corruption problem, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday while receiving President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House. But the U.S. will continue to offer its support for Nigeria to proffer a lasting solution to the menace. “Nigeria has massive reputation for corruption,” Mr Trump said while standing by Mr Buhari. […]

President Donald Trump of the United States has told President Muhammau Buhari that his country will not accept the killing of Christians. The American leader said this while playing host to his Nigerian counterpart at the White House on Monday. “We have had very serious problems with Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria, we […]

Pope Francis on Sunday decried an attack on a church in Nigeria during which two priests and other worshippers were killed. Associated Press reports that the pontiff spoke on Nigeria during his remarks to the public in St. Peter’s Square. “The pontiff prayed that Nigeria’s Christian community find harmony and peace,” AP reported. The pope’s […]

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Sunday said the Nigerian youths have capacities to match their counterparts in other parts of the world if given the opportunity. Saraki said this at Yikpata, Kwara state orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) where he added that “most of you will shine if we […]

The presidency on Sunday said Nigeria did not receive required support from the former President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama, in the fight against terrorism. The assertion was made Sunday in Washington DC by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in an interview with journalists. […]

Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon has expressed dismay over the incessant insecurity challenges in Nigeria, saying that his heart bleeds over the activities of Boko Haram, herdsmen, and other armed militants, whose actions he described as man’s inhumanity to man. General Gowon spoke when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Rochas Okorocha […]

A heartbroken man left the court in tears as he deposed that he didn’t want his wife, Hilda Mleya, 30, anymore because she was too beautiful. The incident took place at Chief Chireya’s court in Gokwe, Zimbabwe. Arnold Masuka, 40, the complainant made his sensational claims before Chief Chireya. It is reported that Masuka was […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally reacted to a widely circulated letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, criticising his leadership style and urging him not to run for another term in office. Mr Obasanjo in a letter he wrote in January advised Mr Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019 but stay on the sideline […]

The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has advised the nation’s youths to be more serious about having representatives at the seat of power in the next political dispensation by participating in the election and ensuring that the youths are well represented in the government. Soyinka said the ruling old politicians had failed the country as […]

Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has called on Nigerians across religious divides to rise in unison against growing cases of religious intolerance in Nigeria. Speaking while inaugurating the over 40,000 capacity new headquarters building and church auditorium of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Gbagada, Lagos, Osinbajo said the federal government is doing everything in its […]

Founder of Microsoft and one time world’s wealthiest man, Bill Gates said that he is more scared of Mosquitoes than Sharks. Gates wrote on ‘Gates Notes’ that a bug bite scares him more than a shark attack‎. “I really hate mosquitoes. The diseases they spread kill more than half a million people every year. But […]

Nigerians on social media have expressed their displeasure that senators cancelled the Wednesday plenary to visit Senator Dino Melaye at the National Hospital, Abuja. Melaye on Tuesday had escaped from police custody while being taken to Lokoja, Kogi State, and in the process sustained injuries from his scuffle with the officers. He was thereafter conveyed in […]

A federal court in Lagos has remanded Peter Nwaoboshi, a Peoples Democratic Party senator representing Delta North, in Ikoyi prison. Mohammed Idris, the judge, ruled that Mr. Nwaoboshi be remanded till Friday pending the hearing of the senator’s bail application. Mr. Nwaoboshi was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a two-count charge […]