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Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo, says President Muhammadu Buhari is a man of God sent to save Nigeria from collapse. Okorocha said this in a statement issued on Sunday to congratulate Buhari on his 75th birthday. The governor said Buhari became president at a time when the country was on the verge “of being grounded”. […]

Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 75th birthday. In a statement issued by his media adviser, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze on Saturday, the ex-President described Buhari as a statesman whose unique experience of leading Nigeria at different times, has earned him a special place in history. The statement read: […]

Toronto billionaire and philanthropist Barry Sherman and his wife were found dead in their mansion Friday afternoon, CNN affiliate CTV reports. The Toronto Police Service is investigating the deaths as “suspicious.” During a press conference Friday, Constable David Hopkinson would not identify the two bodies. Hopkinson said police, fire units and ambulance responded to a […]

Four Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded Friday in the West Bank and Gaza during violent clashes between Israeli troops and protesters opposed to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Roughly 2,500 Palestinians rolled burning tires and hurled firebombs and rocks at police in several West Bank cities, and […]

Security experts have warned that Nigeria is sitting on a time bomb as the African Union alerted recently that over 6,000 Africans who fought for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq could soon be returning to the continent. According to the experts, the returning fighters pose a major security threat to the country, as […]

In percentage terms, more Nigerians had access to potable water in 1990 than in 2017, an official has said. The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said on Thursday that Nigerians who had access to pipe-borne water dropped from 32 per cent in 1990 to less than 7 per cent this year. The minister said […]

Former Lagos State governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said his endorsement of Professor Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu Buhari’s deputy remains unchanged. Reacting to a  report that president Buhari may pick him as running mate in the 2019 presidential election, if he contests, Tinubu said just […]

Russia will “do everything necessary” to facilitate an agreement between rival camps in Libya to end the country’s political crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. “We will assist in resolving all questions in negotiations between Tripoli and Tobruk, with whom we are regularly in contact,” Lavrov said at a press conference following […]

The first chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has said several money laundering frauds happen in Nigeria with the active connivance of banks and their workers. Mr. Ribadu who stated this in his keynote address at a book launch in Abuja on “Improving Anti-Money Laundering Compliance: Self-protecting Theory and Money […]