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Commotion at House Committee Public Hearing As Acting NDDC MD, Prof. Pondei, collapses

    The Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof Daniel Pondei, on Monday afternoon caused a stir at the...

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Strident attacks, editorials: Buhari Presidency will not stamp down dissent — Garba

  In spite of strident baseless criticisms and attacks on the government, the Presidency says it will not stamp down entrenched culture of...

Air Conditioning May Be Spreading COVID-19

  By Brenda Goodman   As COVID-19 cases rise rapidly across the globe, some scientists believe there could be an important, but overlooked...

23 soldiers killed in Katsina bandits ambush – Report

      In one of the deadliest attacks against Nigeria’s military in recent times, twenty three soldiers were killed on Saturday, according...

FG approves House of Reps Deputy Chief Whip’s project, awards it to contractor

  Lawmaker lauds Pres. Buhari for project   The Federal Government has awarded a gully erosion and flood control project at Oghoghe/Urualla Ohukabi...

Oye Owolewa is Washington, DC’s Democratic Nominee for U.S. House of Representative.

    Oye Owolewa is the the Democratic Party nominee for House of Representative in the U.S Capital. The US House on June...

Imam tests positive for COVID-19, UK mosque shuts

  A mosque in northern England has been closed after around 250 people attended a funeral there and its imam tested positive for...

Oshiomhole rips apart Obaseki, calls him a ‘snake’

The immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),  Adams Oshiomhole, has said the recent move by Gov.Obaseki is a sign of...

Nigeria Air Force rules out foul play in Tolulope Arotile’s death 

    cautions against misguided ethnic, religious agenda on her death Contrary to insinuations of foul play in some quarters, the Nigerian Air Force...

Lebanese accused of laundering drug money for Hezbollah extradited to United States

A Lebanese national accused of laundering drug money for Hezbollah has been extradited from Cyprus to the United States to face a range...

Foreign Affairs Minister, Onyeama, contracts Covid-19

  Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama,  said Sunday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first minister in the...

NDDC N81.5bn fraud: Suspend Akpabio now, probe commission, SERAP tells Buhari

  Worried by the humongous corruption at the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu...

China orders Christians to take down crosses, images of Jesus; worship communist leaders not God

  Amid the coronavirus outbreak, poor Christian villagers in China have been ordered to renounce their faith and replace displays of Jesus with...

Thousands of Israelis Stage Socially Distanced Protest Against Netanyahu’s Policies

  Thousands took part in protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government’s response to the coronavirus around Israel Saturday evening, including...

Man beheads friend over N13m remitted to his account by sibling 

  A 29-year-old has beheaded his colleague in Auchi, Edo State following the disclosure of N13 million transferred to his account by his...

Double tragedy ! Hours after ex-Edo Speaker died, wife kidnapped on her way to burial 

Less than eight hours after a former Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly died, his wife who was returning from Abuja to Auchi for his burial,...