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Withdraw NBC ‘insult code’ in 7 days, SERAP urges Buhari

  Irked by the new National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Code and memo threatening to sanction any broadcast that denigrates, disrespects, insults, and abuses...

FG commences operation on new Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line mid-September

  With effect from mid-September this  year, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it will commence skeletal operations on the new Lagos-Ibadan Standard...

President Trump’s brother Robert Trump dies in New York hospital at 72

  Robert S. Trump, the younger brother of President Trump, died on Saturday night at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. He was 72. The...

How my immigrant parents shaped my politics – Kamala Harris

    Rolling out her historic candidacy as America’s first Indian American African vice presidential candidate, Kamala Harris has revealed that her immigrant...

Tinubu extols Carrington, says he fought repressive government in Nigeria

  All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the late former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, as a...

Jurgen Klopp named Premier League’s manager of the season

Liverpool football club manager Juergen Klopp was named the Premier League’s manager of the season on Saturday after leading the club to their...

PDP to Embattled Lagos Speaker: Show your law degree certificate to authenticate claim as lawyer

  The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has been asked to show proof of his qualification as...

Digital ID card to replace plastic National Identity card, says FG

After about 17 years the plastic national identity cards printed by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) was introduced ,  the Federal Government...

Amendment of NB Code By Lai Mohammed is illegal – NBC Board declares

  The Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has raised the red flag over the purported amendment to the 6th edition of...

Another unrepentant paedophile bags  25 years in Nigerian jail for deflowering underage

    …You are guilty as charged, judge tells convict For deflowering an 11-year-old girl, a paedophile, a 36-year-old Ugochukwu Obiakor, was on Wednesday sent to...

FG approves N8.49bn for COVID-19 items to strengthen NCDC testing and diagnostic capacities

  The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N8.49 billion for the procurement of 12 items to enhance the testing and diaégnostic capacities of...

Joe Biden Names Kamala Harris as VP pick

  Former  U.S Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris of California to join him on the Democratic ticket, fulfilling his...

Stepfather, friend, gang-rape 15-year-old stepdaughter, cool their feet in prison

A 50-year-old man and stepfather, Paul Nnadi, and his friend, Ayobamidele Olaiya, are to spend the next 37 days in prison pending legal advice for their...

COVID-19: No tests, no reported cases in 85 council areas in 20 states yet — PTF

  Apprehensive of imminent danger, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic has disclosed that 85 local government areas in 20 states have...

Insurgency: Buhari says state governments, people should appreciate troops sacrifices

  In spite of the inability of the military to win the nearly 10-year-old insurgency war in the Northern part of the country,...

Kashamu’s interment: Mass of people violate COVID-19 protocols to pay last respect

    A concourse had on Sunday massed at the late former Senator Buruju Kashamu’s Ijebu-Igbo country home in Ogun State to pay...