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Right of Reply to pendulum: Dele Momodu’s open letter to the VP – Laolu Akande

My dear Bob Dee! One could have easily made up his mind not to read or respond to anything you wrote after seeing...

Suspected white supremacist charged with murder after New Zealand mosque shootings

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday after 49 people were killed and dozens wounded...

Commonwealth Secretary-General Offers a Statement on the Attacks in New Zealand

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland Friday condemned the terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand. Forty people were killed in a shooting attack on the southern...

Liverpool to play FC Porto in the Champions League quarter-finals

Liverpool have been drawn against FC Porto in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with the Reds playing home in the first leg....

Inconclusive elections: Osinbajo meets Adamawa, Bauchi governors 

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, met with the governors of Adamawa and Bauchi states at the presidential villa, on Thursday in Abuja. Osinabjo...

May 29: FG sets up sub-committees ahead of Presidential Inauguration  

Ahead of the May 29 inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term in office, an Inauguration Committee has announced that subcommittees will be...

Nigerian wins Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019 award

  A Nigerian humanitarian worker, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, has been declared the winner of the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019 award, in...

No Nigerian Airline has Boeing 737 Max in its fleet, says Aviation Minister

Several Nigerian Airlines team stayed busy on Monday, with a constant stream of questions from passengers asking if the airlines operate Boeing 737...

Buhari meets APC governors in Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with some governors on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), at...

Voter turn out low in Aso Rock Villa

Voter turnout was low in polling units (PU) 021 and 022, located inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as voters made their way to...

Emefiele and the stakes at CBN

                    By Sufuyan Ojeifo  As the central bank and apex monetary authority of the country, the major regulatory objectives...

9 women, 6 children injured as explosion rocks Mpape

A total of Fifteen people; nine women and six children, have been reportedly injured by an explosion which took place in Mpape, a...

Governorship elections: Group raises alarm over deployment of special killer squad to South South

The Niger Delta Peace Movement (NDPM), has raised alarm over the deployment of a Special Killer Squad to the six States of the...

Financial crimes: CBN, EFCC to monitor politically exposed persons

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have disclosed that they are collaborating on anti-money  laundry...

Nigerian corn farmers begin N3bn CBN loan repayment, BOA chief says 

As Nigeria sought to import 300,000 tons of maize last month to meet its consumption demand of 11.3 million tons, the country’s maize...

German govt. donates €15m to education for conflict affected children in Nigeria

The German Government has announced a new contribution of 15 million euros to UNICEF Nigeria, to support the provision of quality and equitable...