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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...

COVID-19 stimulus for media: FG awaiting NPAN’s submission, says Lai Mohammed

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government is awaiting the submission of the Newspapers Proprietors...

Addressing poverty, suffering and insecurity can heal an increasingly divided Nigeria – Jega

      A prominent Nigerian and former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, says a high percent of...

Plot to kill US Ambassador to South Africa uncovered

  Iran is plotting to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa as it seeks to further avenge the killing of top Iranian...

2021 Presidency’s budget: Finance Ministry, EFCC, BPE, others deliberate on N10bn expenditure ceiling

          Agencies of government in the nation’s seat of power, the Presidency held a virtual budget consultations for the...

SERAP wants court to compel NASS to publish details of corruption probes, public hearings since 1999

The National Assembly has been sued over its failure to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly...

Nigeria teetering on the brink of collapse, disunited, alerts Obasanjo

  After several months of reticence, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has opened up on the state of the nation and concluded that Nigeria...

Fayose’s spoiler’s game in Southwest PDP, Tinubu is mastermind, group alleges

A group known as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Potent Force says it is spoiling for a showdown with former Ekiti Governor, Ayodele...

Edo Elections: No Voting Without a Face Mask – INEC Chairman

    The Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that they will deny voting to voter not wearing...

United Airlines to Commence Direct Flights From Washington, DC to Lagos

  United Airlines is set to commence non-stop round-trip flights to Lagos, Nigeria (LOS) three times per week in March, 2021. Passengers on...

Rape: Osinbajo prescribes stiffer penalty for offenders

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has advocated stricter punishments for rape offenders especially in situations involving lecturers and their female students in the...