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An American Airlines pilot has been arrested on suspicion of being drunk a few minutes before he was scheduled to take off from the UK’s Manchester Airport. Officers were called shortly before 11 a.m. on Thursday after receiving a report that a pilot “may have been under the influence of alcohol,” according to a statement […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has, Friday, taken the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to God, saying only God can punish the PDP for looting the nation’s treasury. President Buhari made the statement when he received some members of his support groups at the presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the PDP abused the people’s trust on a large […]

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, has tasked the government and people of Nigeria to ensure a peaceful and credible general elections because “the world is interested and watching.” Mr Symington stated this on Friday in Lafia, after meeting with Labaran Maku, the Nasarawa State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance […]

The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria on Thursday demanded that its former presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili, return all the money generated during her short stay in the party or risk legal action. The national Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima, said the party rejected the defence made by Ezekwesili, who had accused the leadership […]

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as its consensus candidate for the February 16 presidential election. The party made the decision on Thursday during its national executive council meeting in Abuja. Buhari is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). SDP NEC, however, explained that the adoption does not herald a […]

The body of missing footballer Emiliano Sala has been identified, Dorset Police have confirmed. In a statement, Dorset police said “the body brought to Portland Port today … has been formally identified by HM Coroner for Dorset as that of professional footballer Emiliano Sala.” The statement continued “the families of Mr. Sala and the pilot, David Ibbotson, […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday suspended its three-month strike following an agreement it reached with the Federal Government. It, however, warned that “this is a suspension, not an outright call-off. If government reneges on our memorandum of agreement, we will embark on another industrial action with full force.” According to reports, lecturers […]

The Lagos State Government has announced it would restrict traffic in 18 major roads across the state following President Muhammadu Buhari’s mega-rally at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos on Saturday. Mr Buhari is expected to attend the All Progressives Congress rally for his re-election bid. Following the President’s visit, the Lagos State Transport Committee […]

The Presidency said on Wednesday night that Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State spoke in defence of national interest when he warned the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union against interfering with the internal affairs of Nigeria. Referring specifically to the February 16 polls, the Presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would […]

Pope Francis admitted Tuesday that priests and bishops in the Catholic Church had sexually abused nuns. “There are some priests and also bishops who have done it,” the pontiff said in response to a journalist’s question on the abuse of nuns, speaking on the return flight from his trip to the United Arab Emirates. The […]

A court in Zimbabwe has convicted a popular self-styled prophet of fraud and fined him $700 (£540) for falsely claiming he had a herbal cure for HIV and Aids. Walter Magaya earlier pleaded guilty to contravening the Medicines Control Act by selling an unapproved drug. Police arrested him in November, and seized a herbal drug […]

In a veiled attack on former president Olusegun Obasanjo, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, said that he is only seeking a second term in office and not a third term as did “some people.” Speaking with Ondo State Council of Obas in Akure, he said, “We have just finished one term and are seeking a second one. […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, said he hated mentioning the name of the ruling party from which the Buhari administration took over because doing so gives him a headache. He accused the Peoples Democratic Party of neglecting Nigerians’ social welfare during its 16 years of governance at the federal level. Osinbajo, who spoke at the […]

A small plane crashed into a home in California on Sunday, killing the pilot and four others, US officials say. The twin-engine plane came apart and caught fire mid-flight, witnesses told local media, before crashing in Yorba Linda, a suburb of Los Angeles. The flight went awry just minutes after taking off from a local […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has narrated how the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Enoch Adeboye prayed for him before his accident on Saturday. The helicopter conveying Mr Osinbajo and his team to a campaign rally in Kogi crash-landed on Saturday. No one was hurt in the incident. In a Thanksgiving […]

The World Health Organisation says an estimated 116,000 new cases of cancer and 41,000 cancer-related deaths were recorded in Nigeria in 2018. The WHO Official In Charge of Nigeria, Clement Peter, disclosed this on Monday while speaking with journalists in Abuja at an event held in commemoration of the World Cancer Day. Mr Peter blamed […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) that they cannot rig the February 16 presidential election. The main opposition party reminded the President and his party that Nigeria is bigger than them and that there is no way Nigerians will allow them to rig the 2019 […]

Senator Joseph Kennedy Waku is dead. According to a family Source Senator Waku died yesterday evening at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness. Born on June 12, 1946, Senator Waku was elected Senator representing Benue North-west district at the National Assembly in 1999, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). […]