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The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Friday urged Nigerians to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari in order to ensure national unity and security. According to him, Nigeria needs a president who will unite all parts of the country, respect national character, grow local businesses and support entrepreneurial skills. Speaking in Owerri, the Imo State […]

A nine-year-old Nigerian boy, Jayden Adetiba, has been signed to Arsenal Academy after five weeks on trial at the club’s academy in London. The Nigerian-born Adetiba, who relocated from England to South Africa 2 years ago, played for the SuperSport United Soccer School in Cape Town. Adetiba’s coach, Brent Sanders told KweséESPN that the boy […]

The federal government has appealed to Nigerians in the diaspora to return home and help build the Nigeria of everybody’s dream, assuring them that things are changing in the country. The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, made the appeal at a series of Town halls with Nigerians in the U.S., assuring that old […]

Paul Pogba has refused to rule out leaving Manchester United in the near future as the unsettled player continues to dominate transfer discussions. United are adamant that Pogba will not be sold but they are likely to face a mounting battle to keep their French World Cup winner, with the player understood to have set […]

Toyota is recalling about a million Prius hybrid vehicles from around the world due to a “fire risk” caused by a wiring issue that generates heat. Of the million cars, 192,000 of them are in the US. If you own a Prius manufactured between mid-2015 and May 2018, check with a Toyota dealer to see if your […]

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday lamented the growing division in Nigeria, warning that the country risks drifting into anarchy if nothing is done quickly to curtail the division. He said Nigeria has never been so divided as it is now and lamented that the nation is at the verge of collapse. Mr Saraki, a […]

Nigerians at home and abroad have taken to social media to lament their experiences at the hands of commercial banks, who they accuse of exploitation. Their concerns range from excessive deduction of bank charges for card maintenance and electronic payments to double deductions of stipulated charges. In a campaign that began on social media last […]

Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, was in Ekiti State on Tuesday to consult with Governor Ayo Fayose on his presidential ambition. Mr Abubakar is seeking the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party to contest next year’s presidential election. While speaking in Ado Ekiti during the meeting, Mr Abubakar said allegations of corruption against him […]

The presidency on Wednesday alerted members of the public that the son of the president, Yusuf Buhari, was being impersonated on Instagram by unscrupulous elements. Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, named the fake Instagram account as `@ymbuhari’. The presidential aide revealed that […]

For the N3 trillion Nigeria has received from China in the last four years, every Nigerian now owes China N15,000 in debt. That’s just N3,000 short of minimum wage. The debt comes from two huge tranches of aid from China: $3.1 billion in 2014 and $6 billion for infrastructure in the last three years, according to […]

A Psychologist, Dr Casmir Nnemeka, says Nigerians should undergo mental health evaluation every 90 days to ensure their mental well-being. Nnemeka, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Peace Centre, an NGO, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. He decried the poor attitude of the public toward their […]

A group has paid the N45 million required  by President Muhammadu Buhari to buy the presidential form of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), a presidential aide has said. The group’s action comes barely 24-hours after the formal announcement of dates for the APC primaries and fees for forms for various political positions by the […]

Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant has  said that he remains the best presidential choice for the South Easterners, saying he supported many Igbo businessmen to become billionaires. He also pledged to support any presidential aspirant in the party that wins the party primary election for the 2019 general elections. This […]

The All Progressives Congress will today (Wednesday) begin the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms to its aspirants for the 2019 elections. The APC, in a statement on Tuesday, said that during the sale of the forms, which would end on September 10, a presidential aspirant would pay N45m, as against N55m reportedly […]

The South African economy on Tuesday contracted into a technical recession, according to Bloomberg. Latest economic data by the country’s statistics agency showed second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) declined by about -0.7 per cent, driven by the poor performance in key sectors, including agriculture, transport and retail businesses. It is the first time since […]

Neymar would rather move to Arsenal or Chelsea rather than one of the Manchester giants, Express Sport has revealed. The PSG star got Manchester City fans excited in the summer when he reiterated his desire to play under Pep Guardiola. But Neymar is unlikely to ever swap Paris for Manchester – because he is in […]

Nigeria records 420 deaths daily from Tuberculosis even as the country has the second largest burden of TB in Africa and fourth in the world, it has been revealed. This emerged during the Public Private Mix (PPM) summit for Tuberculosis control in Nigeria held in Lagos on Monday. The summit was an appraisal of the […]

Lionel Messi has admitted he was surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo’s decision to leave Real Madrid and join Juventus. Messi also believes the transfer will leave Madrid worse off and says Juve are now among the clear favourites to win this season’s Champions League. Ronaldo swapped Spain for Italy in a deal worth 100 million euros […]