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For crushing five school pupils, truck driver, conductor lynched 

  A water tanker driver and his assistant have been dispatched to the Great Beyond for crushing five school children in Ebonyi State. The children, who...

FG, Transcorp sign deal for 966 megawatts Afam Power Plant

The Federal  Government and the Transcorp Power Consortium have signed a share sale and purchase agreement of Afam Power Plc and Afam III Fast...

US forces free American hostage in Nigeria

U.S forces rescued a US hostage from northern Nigeria on Saturday, the Pentagon said. “This American citizen is safe and is now in...

Breaking: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala elected World Trade Organization DG

  Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, has emerged the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Okonjo-Iweala polled 104 votes from 164 member-countries...

#EndSARS: Tinubu to FG: Exercise restraint, the world is watching us

      As calm, law and order are being restored after the #EndSARS national protests, the National Leader of the ruling All...

Lekki Toll Gate shooting: Buhari to speak after investigation 

  In a bid to halt rage of hoodlums across the country with looting of some homes, businesses and COVID-19 palliative warehouses, President Muhammadu Buhari...

Over 375 Nigerians deported from the U.S. in 2020

  At least 375 Nigerian immigrants were deported from the U.S. in 2019 through September 2020 according to data gathered by Per Second...

Just in: Buhari, Gowon, Obasanjo, other ex-Nigerian leaders in crucial meeting

  Nigeria’s past leaders except Gen. Ibrahim Babangida are meeting with  President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over the state of...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Remdesivir for Treatment of Coronavirus

  The US FDA granted full approval to the antiviral drug Remdesivir as a treatment for patients hospitalized with Covid-19.   As an antiviral drug,...

#Endpolicebrutality: Again, RCCG’s Pastor Adeboye insists Nigeria must restructure or break up

        As the #Endpolicebrutality campaign rages across Nigeria, revered Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church...

Falana swipes Pres. Buhari for nominating his aide, Onochie, as INEC National Commissioner

        Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has picked holes in the appointment of the Presidential Assistant on Social...

SARS winding up: IGP orders personnel to report in Abuja for debriefing, psychological, medical exam

    As a follow up to their disbandment, all personnel of the defunct SARS have been directed to report at the Force...

A second Trump term would be disastrous, says Palestinian Prime Minister

  The Palestinian prime minister Tuesday said it would be disastrous for his people and the world if Donald Trump wins re-election next...

#EndSARS protests: Government bows to demands of protesters

  The federal government of Nigeria announced it has okayed the five point demand of EndSARS protesters. According to the Presidential Panel on...

14 Borno farmers killed in Boko Haram irrigation field ambush: reports

    In Borno state, calamitous Boko Haram militants have carried out a string of deadly attacks on farmers, members of a government-backed militia...

Breaking: World-class literary icon, Prof. Pepper Clark, passes on

Nigeria’s literary icon and playwright, Prof. John Pepper Clark, is dead. JP Clark died on Tuesday morning at a hospital in Lagos where...