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The University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka, Enugu state, will host a conference on witchcraft between November 26 and November 27. The conference, which has the theme “Witchcraft: Meaning, factors and practices”, is convened by the Professor B.I.C Ijomah Centre for Policy and Research in UNN. A notice of the event seen by TheCable listed David […]

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on Monday organised a special prayer session for the nation. The State House event had in attendance the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari; Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola; Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu; a former Governor of Nasarawa State, Mr Tanko Almakura; senators […]

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, on Sunday announced a donation of N100 million to Save the Children Foundation, the 100-year United Kingdom-based charity, to support its intervention in the North-east. While announcing his donation, Dangote said that the country needs more Nigerians with a big heart to give back to the needy, saying the government […]

Femi Otedola, billionaire entrepreneur, has donated N5 billion to Save the Children Foundation, the 100-year United Kingdom-based charity, to support its intervention in the North-east. This is arguably the largest individual donation to charity in Nigeria’s history. “My father, Mr. Femi Otedola, has been at the forefront of supporting worthy causes,” she said. “It is […]

Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned Sunday amid growing opposition after an international audit found the results of last month’s election could not be validated because of “serious irregularities.” Morales said he was stepping down “for the good of the country,” which has been roiled by protests in the days following the October 20 election. Three […]

The Nigeria police said they have arrested one of their officers who was caught on camera collecting bribe from a motorist. The video went viral on Saturday after it was posted on Instagram and Twitter. The officer has been identified as Onuh Makedomu, a non-commissioned officer, with Force No.431625, according to a statement issued on […]

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola over the weekend said he was misquoted on the claim that federal roads were not as deplorable as the public portrayed them. He maintained that he did not use the word ‘exaggeration’. The minister made the clarification in Ilara- Mokin,Ifedore local government area of Ondo state while […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund says Nigeria has the second-largest number of child brides in the world, with 23 million girls and women married out as children in the country, thereby ending their educational strive. Mr Bhanu Pathak, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, stated this in Bauchi State on Saturday at […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated his influential nephew, Mamman Daura, as he clocked 80 on Saturday. Mr Daura, the son of the president’s late sister, is known to be one of the closest individuals to Mr Buhari, having a relationship dating to their childhood days, according to both families. He has been long rumoured as […]

The Finance Act (amendment) Bill seeking  incremental changes to Nigeria’s tax and fiscal law, which passed second reading on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, may not be plain  sailing  to become a law as some senators have vowed to shoot down the bill. Specifically, they  said  they would mobilise stakeholders to reject the […]

The Yoruba Council of Elders has advised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo against resigning his position because of the alleged war against him by a cabal in the Presidency. The Yoruba elders also advised President Muhammadu Buhari to remember Osinbajo’s loyalty to him and refuse to be used by some power against his Vice President. The […]

The presidency has maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari is in control of the government and that there cannot be anyone too powerful for him to control. This was part of the statement made by the official spokesperson to the President, Garba Shehu in a series of tweets on his twitter page @Garshehu, in response to […]

The views are spectacular from the highest Central Park-facing hotel suite in New York City. And the price of the Park Hyatt’s new Manhattan Sky Suite is in line with its sky-grazing 59th floor perch. A week’s stay will run deep-pocketed guests a cool $350,000. The suite is $50,000 a night with a seven-night minimum. The three-bedroom […]

The world’s richest people became a little less well off last year, according to a report by UBS and PwC, as geopolitical turmoil and volatile equity markets reduced the wealth of billionaires for the first time in a decade. Billionaires’ wealth fell by 388 billion dollars globally to 8.539 trillion dollars, the UBS and PwC […]

The Presidency has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari laid off some aides to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as part of the ongoing overhauling of the seat of government. “The exercise, which has been ordered by the President, is to streamline decision-making, cut down multiple authorities and reduce the cost of administration. “It is also an appropriate […]