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A Russian travel blogger identified as Alexander Lapshin, was on Thursday sentenced by a Court in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, to three years in prison.. Lapshin, who was detained in Belarus in 2016 and extradited to…

New reports reaching us says President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Buhari will return to Nigeria on the 27th of this month. According to Sahara Reporters, the President, who left the country to the United Kingdom on the…

IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu has revealed what he was offered while in Kuje Prison. During a courtesy visit paid to him by the leaders of Igbo Civil Society Coalition led by Obasi Igwe, he said that he was offered Biafra with only five…

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has reiterated the decision of the FG that any programme meant for Nigerians must be produced in Nigeria. He further said he was not appointed Minister to develop the economy of…

A Saudi model who posted a video of herself wearing a miniskirt and crop top in public has been arrested by the country’s religious police. The young woman, reportedly called Khulood, posted the short clip on Snapchat showing…

Etisalat Nigeria has officially changed its name to 9Mobile following exit from the Nigerian market. The name change was announced on their official twitter account and via text messages sent to their numerous customers.…

LAGOS, July 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank has extended guarantees to Skye Bank for another year while it considers the bank's recapitalisation proposal, the mid-tier lender said in a statement. The central bank shored up…

The Abia State Police Command has disclosed it has arrested and detained two policemen and DSS officer for shooting operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Aba. In case you missed it, the FRSC officials were shots…

The national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has finally parted his lips on the state of President Muhammadu Buhari's health. Tinubu, who spoke on Sunday in Kano, during a condolence visit…

Some policemen on Saturday allegedly shot officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps on patrol on the orders of the Abia State House of Assembly Speaker, Chikwendu Kalu. The Policemen attached to the speaker of the Abia state house…

The Federal Government says it has taken steps to amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to discourage the production of Nigerian movies and music outside the shore of the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai…

Acting president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has let his wife, Oludolapo Osinbajo, and indeed the world know how much she is loved as he didn’t hold back in celebrating her as she turned a year older. Taking to Twitter, Osinbajo…

The Nigerian government has revealed its plans to tax every Nigerian as it stated that no one would be left out in the campaign to enlarge the tax revenue. Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, made this known in Lagos at a…

A whistleblower Abubakar Sani-Chindo has been remanded in prison by the Kaduna State High Court for allegedly providing false information, Punch reports. Abubakar had reportedly provided the false information that led to the…

A repairman has been rescued after he got stuck inside the room that houses an ATM while changing out the lock. A contractor who got trapped behind an ATM was finally freed after sliding desperate ‘help me’ notes through the…

Former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the visit of former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair to Kaduna on Thursday. According to FFK as he is popularly called, the British Government is planning to make…

Finacial Times of London says President Muhammadu Buhari has practically done nothing to grow Nigeria’s economy, stating that the country has let a crisis go to waste. In an article written by David Pilling, its Africa editor, the…

The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that President Buhari is recuperating fast and would soon be back in the country. He made the statement while addressing the press ahead of today's Federal Executive Council (FEC)…

The Anglican Chaplain for Uganda’s Parliament, Rev Canon Christine Shimanya, recently adviced Christians who give their regular offering in shillings (the local currency) to use dollars and pounds as well According to Daily Monitor…

Telecoms group Etisalat has terminated a management agreement with its Nigerian arm .. According to the chief executive of Etisalat International, who spoke with Reuters on Monday, Nigerian regulators intervened last week to save…