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Nigeria is at a crossroads. Just over a year ago, people voted in a historic democratic election to end corruption and business as usual, opting instead to build an economy that delivers for all Nigerians. The old order was based on…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to arraign a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode; a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman; a firm, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited; and one Jimoh Yusuf for an…

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has issued a very important notice to ‘all 2016 batch ‘A’ stream 1 prospective Corps members that missed the orientation course’. In spite of several complains by the Muslim…

A group of lawyers under the aegis of the Legal Vanguard for Rules of Law and Democracy, have condemned comments credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing the person of Honourable Justice Muhammed Idris as a “silly, stupid…

A 32-year-old kidnapper Ifeanyi Obi, a native of Abia State has accused former Lagos State Governor and current Minister for Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola of pushing him into crime. Obi is one of the 3 members of a…

Contractors who executed federal government’s road projects over the past three years were not paid for their job, Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, has said. Speaking at the inaugural “Buharimeter” town hall…

The U.S. President, Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Obama made this known in a video he posted to Clinton’s website after she secured the Democratic Party’s nomination within the week. “I’m with her,…

The European Union has extended its ban on importation of dried beans from Nigeria by three years because it contains “high levels of pesticide”. Isegbe, the coordinating director of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service,…

The prices of Automated Gasoline Oil (AGO) or diesel and household Kerosene have skyrocketed across the country, Daily Trust Newspaper revealed. Diesel dealers told DailyTrust that scarcity of the product may be imminent because…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, on Wednesday confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari and three of his ministers are currently indisposed. Lawal disclosed this while saying the opening…

The White House said President Barack Obama will not attend Muhammad Ali's funeral, which coincides with his oldest daughter's graduation. "They will be attending Malia's high school graduation ceremony in Washington, DC," said…

Ravi Naik, a former minister in India, has asked his country’s authorities to impose a ban on Nigerians. According to The Times of India, Naik made this statement while speaking to reporters. “The Central government should ban…

The family of former Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has revealed that he died as a result of being hypertensive and broken-hearted. “Since the death of his wife, Kate, in December 2015, his life had changed dramatically,” a family…

A lecturer at the Department of English, University of  Ilorin, Dr Mohammed Idiagbon, has been removed as the head of the department for allegedly wooing one of the students of the institution. Sources at the university told our…

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the former president, says he is currently under investigation for corruption. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Jonathan said that he could not make comments about the investigations. “Of course,…

Seven factors were cited last night for the inability of the federal government to name the treasury looters from whom it said it had recovered N78billion, $185,119,584.61, 3,508,355.46 Pounds Sterling and 11, 250 Euros (Eleven…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Saturday assured prospective Corps members that the delayed 2016 Batch ‘A’ Stream 2 orientation course will soon commence. In a statement issued by the scheme’s Head of Press Unit, Mrs…

According to PREMIUM TIMES ,the president has an infection in his left ear, otherwise called Meniere Disease, a challenge which has drastically reduced his outings in the last one week. As a result of the infection, the president now…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday partially fulfilled his promise to publish specific details of funds traced to and recovered from corrupt former government officials as part of his war against endemic graft. The names of the…

There was a mild drama at the Senate's plenary Thursday when the Wife of a leader of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Senator Oluremi Tinubu accused the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, of demoting her. Tinubu, (APC, Lagos Central)…