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#EndSARS sanction threat: FG begins talks with UK Government 

    Following the United Kingdom Parliament’s move to impose sanctions on some officials over their roles in attacking and shooting #EndSARS protesters,...

Buhari may reopen land borders soon

    An indication emerged on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon receive a report of a Presidential Committee on the reopening...

Interior Minister, Aregbesola, declared persona non grata in Osun

  A former Osun State Gov. and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has been declared persona non grata in the state which ruled...

Just in : Ex-VP Atiku’s security aide’s wife, son abducted in Adamawa

    Gunmen have again struck in Adamawa, abducting the wife and son of  former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s security detail. The kidnappers had...

Excitement, gamboling in Africa as U.S. President-Elect Biden nominates Linda Thomas Greenfield, a lover of Africa, as UN Ambassador

      By Femi Soneye     Just as the US President-elect Joe Biden has begun to name his cabinet choices ahead...

Recession Blues By Reuben Abati 

      “My brother, how you dey?” “What can we do?”  “E ku recession”  “Excuse me?”  “I said er ku recession…” “Are you Yoruba...

#EndSARS protest: UK lawmakers mull sanctions against Nigerian govt, security officials

  The United Kingdom Parliament on Monday took a swipe at the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the attack and clampdown on...

Joe Biden’s cabinet picks you need to know

  Meet US president-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks. Appointments   National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan Mr Sullivan was Mr Biden’s national security adviser...

Trump finally agrees transition of power to Joe Biden can begin

  US President Donald Trump has agreed that the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden can begin. The head of the General...

COVID-19: PTF asks schools to send home any child with respiratory symptoms

    The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has directed school authorities to send away any child with respiratory symptoms to reduce the...

Lai Mohammed reacts to Twitter setting up the HQ in Ghana.

#EndSARS Lekki shooting: FG writes CNN, threatens legal action

  Peeved at its #EndSARS Lekki shooting, the Federal Government has lodged a complaint with the headquarters of Cable News Network (CNN), demanding...

Breaking: Senator Ndume remanded in prison for failing to produce Maina in court

  Senator Ali Ndume being led out of the courtroom by an official of the Nigerian Correctional Service, after he was remanded in...

Corruption charges: FIFA slams 5-year ban on CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad

    By Boye Ajayi   The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), says it has suspended the President of  Confederation of African...

Hours after kidnap, APC Chairman in Nasarawa found dead, body dumped near his house

  The wave of banditry appears to have heightened across the country as the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasarawa chapter...

Recession: SERAP to Buhari: Cut cost of governance, jumbo salaries of senators, others

  Following the sliding of Nigerian economy into the worst recession ever, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu...

Nigeria suffering worst recession in living memory

  Nigeria’s economy shrank by by -2.48 percent in the third quarter of 2020, marking the biggest quarterly drop on record and plunging...