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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the public should disregard reports that it is recruiting.  In a statement issued on Sunday, Garba Deen Muhammad, group general manager, public affairs division, said the recruitment rumour is untrue. He said some blogs and social media accounts have made posts suggesting that the NNPC has begun its recruitment for […]

Health experts have cautioned Nigerians against the practice of tying the legs of victims of snakebite with a cloth to stop the movement of the snake venom. According to the experts, the practice and other crude management of snakebite are fuelling avoidable mortality and morbidity.  The call by the medical experts is coming after the […]

A light aircraft piloted by Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu crashed into an empty office building near Milan on Sunday, killing him, his wife and their son, and all five others aboard, Italian media reported. The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 had taken off from Milan’s Linate airport shortly after 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) headed for Olbia in […]

Suspected IPOB militants attacked the office of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Nnewi, Anambra State, on Sunday. They also attacked the office of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the area. While a source said two passersby were killed, another source said nobody was killed during the attacks on the DSS and […]

For 22 years, 22 top politicians have remained in government since the country returned to democracy in 1999, moving from one position to another – elective and appointive. Because they have remained in circulation, manning government positions for over two decades, they are being regarded as ‘’landlords of Nigeria.’’ Some of them started as governors, […]

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described his health condition as perfect. Tinubu made the declaration yesterday when he received members of the northern caucus of the House of Representatives in London. His personal statement followed months of speculations about his health condition, which his media aide and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the significant spike in the prices of food in Nigeria is caused by middlemen who have been buying and holding essential commodities. The president stated this Friday during a televised broadcast to commemorate the 61st anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. The president’s comments come as prices of major staple foods (legumes, […]

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Iweala, has denied reports linking her to plans to run for Nigeria’s presidential seat in 2023.  Okonjo-Iweala, who was Nigeria’s former finance minister, faulted the reports which also claimed she is set to resign from her WTO position as part of plans to contest for […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says there is no reason the masses in Nigeria are battling extreme poverty when the country is blessed with an abundance of resources. Atiku, in his Independence Day statement on Friday, said it was regrettable that despite the nation’s vast oil resources, extreme poverty and joblessness have remained persistent. “There […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, no government can beat the efforts of his administration in terms of putting Nigeria back on track. The president said this in his Independence Day broadcast on Friday. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo kick started the current democratic dispensation in 1999 and […]

The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has said teachers will begin to enjoy the new salary structure promised by President Muhammadu Buhari from January 2022. They will also enjoy elongated years of service from 35 to 40. Nwajiuba made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja at a symposium organised by the Ministry of Education. […]

Kaduna-based Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, says too much blood is flowing in Nigeria. Speaking at a peace conference organised by Center For the Advancement of Human Dignity and Value (CAHDV) in Kaduna on Thursday, the scholar wondered “why nothing is being done to stop the unnecessary flow of blood”. He said lack of religion, […]

The ex-wife of the Ooni of Ife, Queen Zaynab Otitis Obanor, has said divorcing her ex husband was not an easy thing to do. The former queen and the Ooni went their separate ways in August 2017. In an interview with Vogue Arabia, she said, “To be the first queen out of Africa to end […]

Abuja-based clergyman, Daniel Wiseman, was pictured riding his bicycle with six security men and a patrol van following him behind.  -LIB

President Muhammadu Buhari said this morning that Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary should not only serve as a reminder of the day the British handed over the reins of power to Nigerians, but a day that also unified the people from all ethnic groups, religions and regions. The president said this in his broadcast to the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the grieving families who lost their loved ones in the incident which led to the death of Dr Chike Akunyili that the perpetrators of the heinous act will face both the judgment of man and that of God. The President gave the assurance in a statement issued Wednesday by his […]