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Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says he will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor said this on Monday when he hosted some political stakeholders at the state government house in Owerri. They had visited him to endorse Uche Nwosu, his chief of staff and son-in-law, as the next governor of the state. Okorocha said […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised individuals who think they are heading for depression to talk to someone they trust or seek professional help. According to the organisation’s Twitter handle @WHOAFRO, depression is not a sign of weakness but something that could happen to anybody. WHO said that the life changes that came with […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that given the condition his administration met the country, without savings and the economy badly vandalized, he has “not done too badly.” Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina quoted Buhari as saying this in London Sunday while receiving the Buhari Diaspora Support Organization led by Charles Efe Sylvester. President Buhari said wicked […]

Aisha Buhari said on Saturday that she criticised her husband and threatened to withdraw her support for his re-election bid because of her “sense of justice.” She didn’t intend to confront or disrespect the president, she said in her acceptance letter to Vanguard Newspaper which made her its person of the year this week. Mrs […]

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s treatment of women. Bakare, who was Buhari’s running mate during the 2011 presidential election, said the President’s claim that his wife, Aisha, was only fit for his living room, kitchen and the ‘other room’, was an insult to all […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he ordered a strike on Syria in response to last weekend’s chemical weapons attack. Mr Trump, while addressing the nation on Friday night, said the joint strike with France and the United Kingdom was currently underway. “A short time ago, I ordered the United States Armed Forces to […]

Uganda plans to impose a daily tax on social media users from July in a bid to raise revenue, Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has said. The move has been criticised by rights activist Rosebell Kagumire who said: “It’s part of a wider attempt to curtail freedoms of expression.” Earlier this month, President Yoweri Museveni – […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday rejected an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to seize the funds in 15 bank accounts linked to Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The funds, which the EFCC sought to seize include a total of $8,435,788.84 and over N7.35bn. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun rejected the ex parte […]

The U. S. embassy in Cambodia has fired 32 people after they were allegedly caught sharing pornographic material in a non-official chat group, several sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Four sources told Reuters that pornographic videos and photographs, including some featuring people under the ageof 18, were shared in a Facebook Messenger […]

The Senate was thrown into a rowdy session on Thursday after a Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as ‘incompetent.’ Mr Abaribe had come under order 43 to discuss the issue of insecurity in Nigeria but his submission threw the chamber into chaos. The senator in March criticised President Buhari for constantly […]

The police in Kaduna have identified a serving Nigerian senator as a person of interest in an ongoing homicide investigation. Consequently, Austin Iwar, the police commissioner in the state has written to the senator asking him to appear on April 30 at the Command Headquarters in Kaduna for questioning. “This is in connection with a […]

A widow got the shock of her life when she was told that her millionaire husband of 42 years left her nothing in his will. Joan Thompson, 79, had lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, with her husband Wynford Hodge for 42 years before his death in 2017. He was worth $2.1m, but he opted to […]

Private medical institutions operating in Nigeria have been urged to review their high services charges so that most Nigerians can afford them. The appeal was made by the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari during a courtesy visit paid her by officials of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria at the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday publicly blamed former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who was killed seven years ago for the ongoing killings across central Nigeria. The killings have long been linked to herdsmen, and some herders of the Fulani ethnic stock have claimed responsibility for some attacks. But the president said Mr Gaddafi, a dictator […]

No fewer than 257 people, including Western Sahara refugees, were killed when a military plane crashed near Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, with witnesses saying they saw a wing catch fire shortly after the plane took off. Dozens of firefighters, rescue workers and military officials worked around the blackened fuselage of the aircraft, which had been […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he decided to seek re-election in 2019 because majority of Nigerians were appreciative of his efforts to reposition the country. He said he decided to declare his intention on Monday during the National Executive Committee meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress because of the anxiety among Nigerians on […]

Photos below show four suspected fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo-yahoo’ boys arrested by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday. Reports have it that they were arrested by the EFCC Lagos office in the Lekki area of the state for their alleged involvement in cybercrime and money laundering activities. The Suspects are; Ale Daniel, […]