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The Global Fire Power (GFP), an institution which ranks the military of different countries, has rated the Nigerian military as the 43rd best in the world, in its 2018 survey. This places Nigeria above 18 European countries namely: Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Bulgaria, Austria, Ireland, Macedonia, Finland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, Serbia, Albania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Bosnia […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Boko Haram insurgents no longer control any part of the country. He said this on Sunday, in Beijing, China, while stating some of the successes of his administration, as he addressed some Nigerians residing in the country. The President attributed the successes to operations of security agencies deployed to […]

Donald Duke, former governor of Cross River state, has issued a statement to clarify his position on same sex relationships. Duke, a presidential aspirant, had received backlash for a comment he made during a show anchored by Folarin Falana (Falz) and Laila Johnson-Salami. Explaining his stance on same sex relationships, Duke had said that he […]

The Presidency, on Saturday, boasted that world leaders were queuing up to meet President Muhammadu Buhari. This, it said, was contrary to what happened in the past when world leaders did not want anything to do with Nigerian leaders. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in […]

A man jailed for armed robbery in 1999 is seeking nearly $1million in compensation after police found his criminal lookalike. Metro UK reports that Richard Jones, from Kansas City, was released last year after a judge called into question his original conviction. He had spent 17 years in prison because an eyewitness said he was the […]

Boko Haram insurgents in camouflage military uniform attacked a Nigerian Army camp in Borno State on Thursday, killing at least one officer and 30 soldiers while two officers and 17 soldiers were seriously wounded. Scores of Boko Haram fighters carried out the attack on the military unit in Zari, a small community north of Maiduguri […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned Nigerians who continue to migrate from the country through illegal routes, despite the inherent dangers, that they are on their own. The president said this in Abuja when he played host to Angela Merkel, prime minister of Germany on Friday. He said those who get stuck in the journey […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday departed for China accompanied by his wife, Aisha Buhari and one of his daughters. Also in the delegation were nine governors, four senators and some presidential aides. While in China, Buhari is expected to attend the 7th summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation scheduled to hold from September 3 to September […]

A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday wept while speaking to some of his supporters. Mr Abubakar was responding to the supporters who had purchased a Peoples Democratic Party presidential nomination form for him. Support groups of the former vice president purchased and presented the nomination and expression of interest forms to Mr Abubakar, […]

The president of world football ruling body (FIFA), Mr. Gianni Infantino, has commended Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Coach Gernot Rohr, the backroom staff, officials and Nigerian football fans for their efforts at the just-concluded 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia. In a letter addressed to NFF President Amaju Pinnick on Thursday, Infantino stated: “I would […]

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for apparently saying his government is willing to violate the law for national security. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference last Sunday, Mr Buhari claimed it was a settled law that national security should always trump the rule of law. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday depart for China to participate in the 7th Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) scheduled to hold September 3 – 4, 2018 in Beijing. The president’s first engagement in Beijing will be an interactive session with the Nigerian Community in China at the Nigerian Embassy. Before the formal […]

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that churches that specialise in prosperity preaching through which they acquire stupendous wealth may be slammed with tax. Akufo-Addo made the declaration as he delivered stinging criticisms about some churches which he accused of being everything but what a church should be, . The Ghanaian president, speaking at a […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, of his commitment to conduct free, fair and credible elections in 2019. “I assure you that I’m all out for free, fair and credible elections,” President Buhari told visiting May during a bilateral meeting at the State House, even as he welcomed UK’s support […]

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, on Wednesday said any society that failed to feed its people should be considered a failed society. Symington said this at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan during the presentation of a group of young entrepreneurs under the platform of Enable Youth Agriculture programme. IITA is […]

Porn star, Stormy Daniels, who has been having a running battle with the United States President Donald Trump, has said that the president is not much of a good lover and that he lasted only two minutes in bed. The controversial sex worker also claims that President Trump is a “good conversationalist,” and that in the […]

A research team has identified the genes responsible for inherited breast cancer in Nigerian women. Breast cancer forms in the cells of the breasts, mainly affecting women and on rare occasions, men. “This is the first study to use high-throughput genomic analysis of African women,” said study author Olufunmilayo Olopade, director of the Center for […]

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on Tuesday said 87 million Nigerians live on less than $1.90 a day, making the country home to more very poor people than any other nation in the world. The statement is coming a day ahead of her scheduled visit to the Nigeria on Wednesday. The British PM will […]