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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says whenever he wants to sack a public official who has been found to be corrupt, he gets many calls from religious and political leaders not to do so. Speaking on at 24th Nigerian Economic Summit plenary on corruption and rule of law, in Abuja on Monday, the vice-president said the Nigerian […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world’s longest sea crossing bridge, nine years after construction first began. Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. The bridge has cost about $20bn (£15.3bn) and seen several delays. Construction has […]

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has won a seventh term in office in polls marred by low turnout and voter intimidation, BBC reports. Biya, at 85 sub-Saharan Africa’s oldest leader, took 71.3% of the vote, according to official results. Opposition calls for a re-run of the presidential election were rejected by the Constitutional Council last week. Riot police […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said Nigerians who felt that they had another country outside Nigeria might choose to go. He said he and others who did not have another country would rather stay back and salvage it together. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, quoted the President […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has on Monday ordered the Nigerian Police Force to pay N50 million to Charles Oputa. According to Mr Oputa’s lawyer, Inihebe Effiong, Justice John Tsoho also asked the police to publish an apology in two national newspapers to his client. Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, accused the […]

A Prince from Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State is set to wed two women next Saturday. Prince Monday Obukeni from the family of His Royal Majesty Edward Obukeni 1 (Jp) Ovie Of Igbide Kingdom in Delta State, will marry Miss Ufuoma Ozoro and Miss Oghale Andrew on Saturday, October 27th. The traditional […]

The self-exiled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says he has returned fully and is “coming back with hell.” “I have returned full-time and I am coming home and I will bring hell with me,” Nnamdi Kanu said in his first public statement on a live broadcast on Radio Biafra which commenced 6 […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, believes the Federal Government deserves to be applauded by the Nigerian workers. According to him, the Muhammadu Buhari administration has been able to manage the welfare of workers in the country better than other administrations. “Many people will not remember very quickly,” the minister said in […]

Self-exiled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, will work to remove President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019, one of his associates, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said. Mr Fani-Kayode, a former minister and vocal critic of Mr Buhari, said this in a tweet on his Twitter handle @realFFK on Saturday. “I just received a […]

Amidst the growing rage for the upward review of the national minimum wage, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, says employees cannot dictate to their employers what they ought to earn but an agreement must be reached collectively. A statement by the Director (Press) at the Ministry, Samuel Olowookere, said the minister […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he doesn’t know the position Asiwaju Bola Tinubu currently holds in the ruling All Progressives Congress. Obasanjo said this during a programme titled, “The Talk,” which was aired on a YouTube Channel, “Voice of the People.” The former President had been asked to identify the designations of certain political figures […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has again praised his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, for peacefully handing over in 2015. Mr Buhari in 2015 became the first opposition candidate in Nigeria to win a presidential election after defeating Mr Jonathan. Since then, Mr Buhari has repeatedly commended Mr Jonathan for peacefully handing over. The president reiterated his stance Thursday […]

The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, on Friday gave reasons he believe Igbos should support their ticket. Mr Obi was recently named the running mate to ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar, who is the PDP presidential candidate. The former Anambra governor, spoke in Enugu when he was hosted by the […]

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says 76 percent of Nigerians are between ages 0 to 24, as the country’s population hits 195.9 million. In its UNFPA state of world population report, with the theme: “The power of choice: Reproductive rights and the demographic,” the UN agency revealed that 148.8 million Nigerians are under the […]

A former Nigerian pharmaceuticals executive who was implicated in a BBC investigation into the illegal sale of addictive opioids has been arrested. Chukwunonye Madubuike was detained west of Lagos, close to the border with Benin, police said. He went on the run in May after he was filmed illegally selling codeine syrup to an undercover […]

US President Donald Trump has threatened to use military force to completely close the US-Mexico border. The warning, via a series of tweets on Thursday, comes as a new caravan of more than 3,000 migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala heads north. Mr Trump has already threatened to cut all aid payments to the […]

The Zone Six Police Command with headquarters in Calabar, Cross River State, has arrested a fleeing operator of Swizz Gold Ponzi Scheme, Lizzy Efah, over alleged fraud. She was alleged to have collected over N1bn from unsuspecting ‘investors’ with the promise to pay back the capital with interest of between 50 and 80 per cent […]

Boxer Floyd Mayweather has told UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov to “come into my world” and make a bout happen that he believes will earn him more than his fight with Conor McGregor. The American, 41, beat McGregor in August 2017 in a fight that generated more than £450m and earned him £210m. Nurmagomedov, after defeating the Irishman on his […]