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Edo guber poll: 1.7m voters decide Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu, 12 others’ fate as polling gets underway

More than 1.7 million registered voters are filing out in Edo State in today’s governorship poll to elect a new governor. The main...

COVID-19 threatens SDGs, says Buhari 

  President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that the coronavirus pandemic was threatening the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He spoke Friday at the...

Femi Fani-Kayode, ex-Minister, in spousal crisis, crashes his marriage a fourth time

      Controversial one-time Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lost his marriage, a fourth time, this time to his estranged spouse,...

Cheery news for governors: FG suspends deductions from their monthly allocations till April 2021

As part of efforts to stabilise the finances of the 36 states, the Federal Government said on Thursday that the suspension of deductions from their...

Buhari signs historic Nigeria Police Bill 2020 into law

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed a major piece of Police legislation into law that establishes an appropriate funding framework for...

Nigeria will defend, consolidate democracy in ECOWAS countries, says Buhari 

As one of the biggest democracy in Africa, Nigeria will do its best to consolidate democractic process in the West African sub-region. President Muhammadu...

Stop genocide against Christians in Nigeria, ex-US congressman, NFL star urge Trump

    A Former U.S NFL tight end and outspoken Christian, Benjamin Watson, is calling on Americans fighting for racial justice in the...

FG to create crime proceeds recovery agency

  The Federal Government has approved the Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Agency Bill. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of...

Osinbajo in Ghana, assures Nigerian traders of justice

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerian traders in Ghana of justice despite the delay in resolving stiff business regulations imposed on them...

Father of Microsoft’s co-founder, dies

    Williams Gates Sr., who stepped in when appeals for charity began to overwhelm his billionaire son and started what became the...

SERAP to FG: You have refused to obey 7 court judgments

  The Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP)  on Wednesday took on the Buhari administration on rule of law, accusing it of failing...

l borrowed in national interest, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has justified his administration’s borrowing to finance infrastructure, saying the  loans are in the interest of the country to solve the...

President Buhari adds to divisions in an unhappy country – Soyinka

  Nigerian’s are deeply unhappy about the state of their country — and Noble Laureate Wole Soyinka  thinks President Muhammadu Buhari is exacerbating...

Oil markets will remain fragile for the rest of 2020, IEA says

  Oil markets are set to remain “even more fragile” for the rest of the year as Covid-19 infections increase globally, the International...

FG reopens all airports to domestic flights

  The Federal Government on Monday announced the reopening of all the airports across the country for domestic flight.   The Minister of...