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No fewer than 127 aides are serving President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Of the 127 aides, four are a little bit above the rank of ministers; 18 are aides that are paid for by donor agencies; 56 are aides of varied ranks whose emoluments could not be determined while 49 are on the […]

The Progressive Governors Forum has honoured President Muhammadu Buhari for his steadfastness to All Progressives Congress (APC) and gestures to states to pay salaries. Eight APC state governors were also honoured for their faithfulness to the party since the merger in 2014. President Buhari was particularly singled out for the award for the bailout to […]

A 15-year-old boy, Ekele Franklin, from Imo has emerged the overall best candidate in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME), conducted between April 11 and April 15. Franklin, who made University of Lagos his first choice, scored 347 and may not be admitted because of his age. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admission […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized some houses belonging to Senate President Bukola Saraki, according to Punch.  The houses, which are located at 15a, 15b and 17 MacDonald Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, are said to belong to Saraki. However, the EFCC was said to be unsure of which of the properties that actually belong […]

A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari for not handing over power to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo when he travelled to London on a private visit two weeks ago. The case, with suit number FHC/L/CS/763/2019, was filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos. Also named as defendant in the suit […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will release the results of the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) this Saturday, 11th of May, 2019. The registrar of the board, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Friday. The registrar said the details of the results will be announced […]

The Naira on Thursday remained stable at the parallel market in Lagos, exchanging at N359.3 to the dollar. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N472 and N402, respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the naira was sold at N360 to the dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at […]

Arsenal will face Chelsea in another all-English final after both London clubs made it through to the Europa League final on Thursday. A day after Tottenham set up an all-English Champions League final against Liverpool, Arsenal overcame Valencia in Spain, while Chelsea held its nerve to defeat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 on penalties. It is the […]

Ibrahim Muhammad, acting chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), says no human being can influence the judgement of the supreme court. Speaking on Thursday when the management of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), led by Muiz Banire, its chairman, paid a courtesy visit to his office, Muhammad said the judges are only answerable to God […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emiefele, for a second and final term of five years. Mr Buhari’s letter seeking the Senate’s approval for his reappointment of Mr Emefiele was read out by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the close of plenary on Thursday. The president, in […]

Nigerians are groaning again in darkness after the national electricity grid suffered a major failure on Wednesday, seizing power supply to homes amidst scorching weather conditions. The collapse has seen Nigeria’s electricity output dwindle to a meagre 230 megawatts or less for a population exceeding 180 million. This was against 4,032 megawatts national average that […]

China’s medical authority said on Wednesday that 158 Internet hospitals had been built, to address congestion in large urban hospitals amid digital tide. Mao Qun’an, a director of the National Health Commission, said at the second Digital China Summit that 19 provinces, or over half of China’s provincial-level regions, had established provincial tele-medicine platforms. The […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that its decision to probe Senate President Bukola Saraki’s tenure as Kwara State governor was in the public interest. The agency asked Saraki not to fret over the investigation into his earnings as Kwara State governor and his stewardship in the Senate, “so long as he has […]

Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says the evil he feared in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been haunting him since he joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okorocha had defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), where he contested and won the 2011 governorship election. The outgoing governor […]

Amid the growing insecurity in the country, particularly banditry and kidnappings, President Buhari again promised on Tuesday to do his “best” for Nigeria. He told worshippers at the State House Mosque in Abuja that he was aware of the weight of the responsibilities he owed Nigerians. Buhari repeatedly expressed gratitude to Nigerians for supporting him […]

With shortage of funds, inadequate equipment and personnel, there is little or nothing the police can do to curb the rising waves of insecurity in the country, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, told senators, yesterday. The IGP, who was drilled for two and a half hours on the security situation in the […]

Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday in Abuja said Nigeria’s real problem was lack of leadership and not corruption as widely claimed. Dogara said this at a conference tagged, The Convergence 2.0: Leadership, Power and Politics for Democracy Renewal,” touted as “Nigeria’s largest gathering of elected young representatives,” organised by the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Movement. Dogara said […]

American media personality, Kimberly Noel Kardashian West, has helped to secure the release of 17 prisoners in the U.S. She has in the past 90 days helped to secure release of 19 prisoners, who were being detained for lesser crimes. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that a few months ago, Kardashian hinted that she […]