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US Deports Leading Iranian Cancer Researcher With Valid Visa

An Iranian cancer researcher who had been headed to a prominent Boston hospital to work as a scholar was sent back to his...

Senate Swears-in Ademola Adeleke

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]demola Adeleke was on Wednesday inaugurated as Senator representing Osun West. Senate President, Bukola Saraki performed the inauguration at the senate chamber. Adeleke made...

Buhari And Osinbajo Held “Very Good Meeting” in London-Presidency

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]cting President Yemi Osinbajo held  “a very good meeting” with ailing president Muhammadu Buhari in London on Tuesday said Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special...

Nigeria Senate Approves Mandatory Treatment of Gunshot Victims

[dropcap]N[/dropcap]igeria Senate Tuesday overwhelmingly passed the Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Bill, which seeks to compel hospitals to treat persons with gunshot...

Learn from the mistakes of existing political parties to take Nigeria out of the woods, IBB charges APDA leaders

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida on Tuesday charged the national leadership of the newly-registered political party, the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA)...

Paris Club Refund: The collusion and looting of Nigerian state

By Mofe O. Jeje [dropcap]G[/dropcap]iven the latest corruption drama emanating from the monumental looting and diversion of public funds meant to pay workers’ salaries...

NHIS: After Prof Yusuf’s Exit, More Heads To Roll

By Amos Dunia, Abuja – Following last week’s suspension of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf,...

Three Things The Lekki-VI Flood Says About Nigeria

By Abayomi G. Omotayo My good thoughts are with all the victims of flooding in Nigeria over the weekend. Sadly, lives were lost in...

FirstBank MD/CEO, Former President Obasanjo Courtesy Visit to Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma

Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, MD/CEO, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (middle) with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria (left) and President Ernest Bai...

South East, South South Governors’ Forum emerges

[dropcap]A [/dropcap]new group, South East and South Governors’ Forum, emerged on Sunday to politically work together and realign as a people that shared...

Photo: Another Truck Slides Off Apapa/Oshodi Expressway in Lagos

[dropcap] A[/dropcap] sand like material-laden truck fell in the Apapa, Oshodi expressway in Lagos, barely 24 hours after a container truck fell killing over...

All Eyes on Turkey As World Petroleum Congress kicks off in Istanbul

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC), the largest meeting of the oil and gas industry, opened in Istanbul on Sunday. Speaking at the...

Rooney Joins Everton For Free

Wayne Rooney has said he is “ecstatic” after sealing his increasingly-expected return to Everton. Rooney, 31, told the club’s official website that he...

‘Trump doesn’t speak for the rest of America’, U.S Governor Tells G-20

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]peaking to over 12,000 environmental activists in Hamburg, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) announced plans for a global environmental summit in San Francisco...

The Day In Pictures: Osinbajo Meets Chairman ECOWAS Electoral Commission

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, Chairman INEC Nigeria Professor Mahmood Yakubu and Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Benin Republic during a courtesy visit...