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The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunmimbe Mamora, has debunked claims that the federal government would give free deoxyribonucleic acid tests popularly known as free DNA tests for Nigerians. Recall that some Nigerians took to the popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, with claims that the minister had said government hospitals and clinics would conduct free […]

 Pope Francis said on Wednesday that parents of gay children should not condemn them but offer them support. He spoke in unscripted comments at his weekly audience in reference to difficulties that parents can face in raising offspring. Those issues included “parents who see different sexual orientations in their children and how to handle this, […]

No fewer than 17, 363 persons were killed across Nigeria in violent incidents between 2020 and 2021.    This was contained in a  report compiled by SBM Intelligence, a geopolitical intelligence platform and the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) project, released, yesterday. The report attributed the deaths to attacks from Boko Haram, bandits, militia herdsmen, abductions […]

Nigeria has dropped by five places in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI), yesterday. It is Nigeria’s second consecutive year of decline in TI’s  rating. The CPI aggregates data from eight different sources that provide perceptions by country experts and business people on the level of corruption in the public sector.  The […]

Nigerian media personality, Bolanle Olukanni, has condemned ministers of God who continue heading their ministries after engaging in extra-marital affairs. The TV presenter made her comments via her Twitter page on Tuesday after popular Gospel artiste, Sammie Okposo publicly confessed to cheating on his wife. On his Instagram page, the singer disclosed that in late […]

President Buhari has pleaded with Nigerians not to write off the Super Eagles players and officials after they crashed out of the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations following a 1-0 defeat to Tunisia in the round of 16 in Garoua, Cameroon on Sunday. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba […]

The Federal Government, through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has suspended the planned petrol subsidy removal. Speaking during a meeting held at the National Assembly in Abuja on Monday, the Minister said the suspension is till further notice. The Minister stated that part of the reason why the Federal Government […]

Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a warrant of arrest against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the United Kingdom. Justice Olajuwon granted the request after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah, made an oral application. The court […]

The government of Kano has revoked operating licences of all private schools in the state. The government took the action amid the outrage over the killing of 5-year old Hanifa Abubukar by Abdulmalik Tanko, proprietor of Noble Kids Academy, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. The deceased child, who attended the school, was kidnapped […]

The Head Coach of the Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles, Mondher Kebaier, has said his players were determined to win the Round of 16 clash with Super Eagles regardless of the absence of some players due to COVID. He stated this during the press conference after the 1-0 victory over the Super Eagles. “As we said before, […]

The posters of former President Goodluck Jonathan are currently in some part of Lagos State and Abuja. According to the information on the posters, which have the inscription, “Please Run, Nigerians Are Calling Again”, a group known as Greater Nigeria Ambassadors (GRENA), are behind them. Although Jonathan is yet to throw his hat into the […]

Nigerian football legend, Austin ”Jay Jay” Okocha has said Tunisia outclassed Super Eagles with tactics. Tunisia shocked Nigeria on Sunday to set up an Africa Cup of Nations last-eight showdown. Veteran Youssef Msakni scored two minutes into the second half to give previously unimpressive Tunisia a 1-0 second-round triumph over 10-man Nigeria in Garoua. Okocha […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, declared that there is no going back on his decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and partisan politics. Obasanjo, who was twice elected president on PDP platform, renounced his membership of the party, when he fell out with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in the buildup to the 2015 […]

Lagos State has declared an end to the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered by the Omicron variant. Speaking to Channels Television, State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi said the government was now focused on getting more people to take the Covid vaccines. “We are now out of the fourth wave, we don’t […]

The Confederation of African Football has named Nigeria’s interim coach Augustine Eguavoen the best manager at the group stage of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. The 56-year-old led Nigeria to three straight victories against Egypt, Sudan, and Guinea Bissau in Group D. In doing so, Eguavoen who won the 1994 edition as a player, equalled his […]

Businessman and socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, kept to his promise as he has offered a letter of scholarship to Jeremiah Ekumah. A few days ago, Ekuma, a young hawker, was caught on camera in the Ajah area of Lagos, giving money to persons who were being transported to prison in a […]

The police in Kano State have arrested the abductors and killers of five-year old Hanifa Abubakar, a pupil of Noble Kids Academy in Kwanar Dakata, Nassarawa local government area of Kano State. The principal suspect, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, 30, who turns out to be the victim’s teacher, had initially demanded N6 million ransom for her […]

Former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, has disowned recent presidential campaign posters that flooded Aba and Umuahia, saying he had no more political ambition since he would quit politics after serving out his present term in 2023. He said he would not go back on his words and blamed fifth columnists and his political […]