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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Buhari has delivered on his pledge to leave behind a legacy of free, fair and credible elections through the conduct of 2023 polls. Mohammed stated this in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations. He added that Buhari lost […]

The candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has said the campaign he ran prior to the 2023 general election was not based on ethnicity or religion. Obi said this in a statement he signed on Tuesday in reaction to allegations attributed to the Minister of Information and Culture, […]

The Katsina State Police Command has dismissed as false and malicious, a viral video circulating in social media depicting the invasion of Katsina by unknown creatures (aliens). This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, and made available to newsmen on Monday in Katsina. “The attention of […]

Linc, the elder brother of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie, has reacted to the death of his nephew, Kambilichukwu. Kambilichukwu, Yul and May’s first son, died on Thursday after he suddenly developed a seizure while playing football with his schoolmates. Linc, in a video, said that Kambili’s untimely death was traumatic for the family. He revealed […]

Nigeria is still struggling to find buyers for its oil as strikes at French refineries and seasonal maintenance at plants elsewhere in Europe curb demand. Little Nigerian crude traded last week, with more than 20 shipments for April loading still hunting for buyers, according to traders specialising in the West African market. According to Bloomberg, […]

Donald Trump left Florida on Monday for New York where he will surrender to criminal charges, taking the United States into uncharted and potentially volatile territory. The 76-year-old Republican, the first American president ever to be criminally indicted, will be formally charged Tuesday over hush money paid to a porn star during the 2016 election […]

Federal Government’s borrowing from China has grown by 209.15 per cent under President Buhari administration. This is as total bilateral loans rose by 219.91 per cent from $1.58bn as of June 2015 to $5.07bn as of December 2022. Total borrowing from China rose from $1.39bn to $4.29bn in the period under review. Available data from […]

The founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, said yesterday that he never campaigned for any politician or spoke on their behalf in the build-up to the 2023 General Elections in the country. Oyedepo said this while speaking to the congregation at the church’s headquarters, Faith Tabernacle, Ota, Ogun State, in reaction to […]

Valentine Obienyem, media aide to Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has identified the person who allegedly leaked his principal’s conversation with David Oyedepo, founder of Winners Chapel. The audio clip released by online newspaper, Peoples Gazzete, has set social media on fire since Saturday. In the audio, Obi was heard begging […]

The Department of State Services has said the embattled self-acclaimed Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, Chief Fredrick Nwajagu, will be transferred to Abuja from the Lagos holding facility. A security source at the DSS Headquarters, Abuja, who craved anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, disclosed this to Sunday Punch. […]

A 28-year-old woman, Mrs Chidinma Amaechi, has given birth to a set of quintuplets after nine years of marriage. The quintuplets, consisting of three boys and two girls, were delivered through a caesarian section on Thursday at the Life International Hospital, Awka, Anambra State. The woman, who finished her National Youth Service Corps programme in […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a former Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, seeking to disqualify Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party as presidential candidates of their political parties. The apex court dropped the suit on the ground that it […]

Nigeria’s total public debt stock increased to N46.25 trillion or $103.11 billion as of December 2022, the Debt Management Office (DMO) disclosed on Thursday. According to the DMO, the new figure is made up of the domestic and external total debt stocks of the Federal Government and the sub-national governments (36 state governments and the […]

Popular Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, lost his first son, Kachichukwu, to the cold hands of death on Wednesday.It was gathered that the lad collapsed while playing football. A source close to the actor told Daily Trust, “It is true, his son is dead.”More so, It was gathered that the actor’s son was rushed to the hospital […]

Some key political players are plotting to foist an Interim Government in Nigeria, according to the Department of State Services (DSS). President-Elect Bola Tinubu is due for inauguration on May 29, but in a statement on Wednesday, Dr. Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesman, stated that some persons have weighed various options, which include foisting interim government […]

Prof. Nnenna Oti, Returning Officer for the Abia State governorship election, has confessed that she was offered bribe to manipulate the election. About a week ago, Alex Otti of Labour Party was declared winner of the governorship poll. According to the results announced at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) head office in Abia, Otti […]

The Justice Department of the United States has announced the final resolution of two civil cases seeking the forfeiture of various luxury assets that were the proceeds of foreign corruption offenses and were laundered in and through the United States. Documents from the Justice Department showed that the laundering cases involved former Minister of Petroleum […]

The United States has announced hikes in fees for certain Non-Immigrant Visa application processing fees. The increment, published in the Federal Register on March 28, 2023, will be effective from May 30, 2023. The US government  in the document said, “The fee for B-1/B-2 visitor visas, Border Crossing Cards for Mexican citizens aged 15 and […]