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A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has explained why he parted ways with President Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku said this in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service in London, which was monitored by Daily Trust. The former vice president, who resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), returned to his former party, […]

Switzerland said it has returned all the money kept in the country by late Nigeria’s Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, with 1.5 million dollars interest. Amb. Pio Wennubst, Assistant Director-General and Head, Global Cooperation Department, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York. […]

Dino Melaye has landed in hospital after reportedly jumping out of a moving police vehicle in Abuja, according to Premium Times. Mr Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, submitted himself to the police earlier today. But he was being taken to Lokoja, the capital of his home state, where he is expected to be interrogated by the […]

Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has given more insights into his arrest and detention at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport when contacted by Punch correspondent on the telephone. He said, “‎My self and the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and others were to be on an official trip to Morocco but while […]

The Nigerian Community in South Africa has announced the killing of Clement Nwaogu, who was burnt alive by a mob in the latest xenophobia attack in that country. The Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Union in South Africa, Habib Miller, confirmed the killing from Pretoria in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt […]

The Presidency said an important motivation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s bid for second term is that the gains made from 2015 should not be frittered. According to the Presidency, Buhari “is not involved in corruption and is not desperate for the office.” The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba […]

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has told Arsene Wenger not to retire from management after the Frenchman announced his decision to step down from Arsenal. Arsenal sent shockwaves through English football this morning when the Gunners released a brief statement announcing that Wenger was to leave the club after 22 years at the end of […]

The Nigerian Army has announced the launch of a new operation to totally destroy the terror group, Boko Haram. According to a statement by David Ahmadu, the Chief of Training and Operations, the new operation‎ will last four months. “Operation LAST HOLD is expected to last for 4 months and it will entail deployment of […]

Germany’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank on Friday admitted to a massive erroneous transfer of €28bn ($34 billion) in a routine operation, more than the entire bank is worth. The unprecedented mistake happened on March 16 when Deutsche Bank carried out a transfer to an account at Deutsche Boerse’s Eurex clearing house, a spokesman told AFP. […]

Senator Shehu Sani has called on President Muhamadu Buhari to apologise to Nigerian youths over the comments credited to him that the Nigerian youths, “do nothing” and want everything for “free”. The senator representing Kaduna Central in a Facebook post on Friday also asked President Buhari to withdraw the statement. He added that the president […]