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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Saturday in Lagos that Africa’s richest woman by Forbes reckoning, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, was among the 25 billionaires he made during his tenure as President. Obasanjo stated this at the…

A Lagos-based lawyer, Kabir Akingbolu, has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to perpetually restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from executing his proposed plan to sell some national assets as a measure to tackle the economic doldrums…

Lagos state Ministry of Transportation in conjunction with the Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, BCAN, plans to employ 1000 graduates as bus conductors in the state. President of BCAN, Comrade Israel Ade Adeshola said their…

Security agencies in Nigeria have arrested about 800 suspected violent herdsmen across the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo made this disclosure in Houston, Texas in the US on Friday at a Townhall…

The visitation panel jointly set up by the Oyo and Osun state governments, over the crisis at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), has begun sitting over the institution’s ownership tussle. The 21year-old tertiary…

Two loud explosions have rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in northeast Nigeria. The blast occurred around 7:10am on Saturday at the Bakassi area of Maiduguri. Unconfirmed sources say two female suicide bombers detonated…

A fire in Exeter has destroyed historic buildings including what is described as the oldest hotel in England. The fire began at around 05:00 BST in buildings on Cathedral Green in Devon and spread to the Royal Clarence Hotel, which…

The place, believed to be, where Jesus Christ was buried has been discovered and is being restored. The final resting place of Jesus Christ has been uncovered in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Christian Today…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday October 27, 2016, secured the conviction of one woman, Mrs. Chika Amsy Charles, who was convicted by Justice D.V Agishir of the Federal High Court Enugu, and sentenced to…

With its evening gowns, celebrity judges and tears of joy, the beauty pageant in Kenya’s capital was like others elsewhere, except for one thing – all 20 contestants who strutted, sashayed and swaggered down the catwalk had albinism.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday called its first prosecution witness before a Federal High Court in Abuja in the trial of an aide of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, who is being…

here was a breach of the peace at the Isale-Oyo Community High School, Oyo Town, after some pupils of the school reportedly set ablaze some classrooms over mass failure in their examinations. It was learnt that the aggrieved students…

The Edo State Government on Thursday said it has suspended the Onojie of Uromi, His Royal Highness Anselm O Aidenojie, from office for seven days over alleged assault. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor,…

The CBN has also instructed four banks: Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic IBTC, Diamond Bank, and Citi Bank, to suspend MTN's dividend payout from Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered that all dividends directed…

The Presidency on Wednesday expressed delight at the latest World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 ranking report released on Tuesday which ranked Nigeria 169 out of 189 countries in the overall Ease of Doing Business rank. The…

The Peoples Democratic Party, has called on Nigerians to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from borrowing $29.960b for the execution of key programmes and infrastructural projects across the country. It also asked the National Assembly…

Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, the Chief of Air Staff, disclosed this at the opening of 8th Air Force Games in Katsina on Monday. He said that the Air Force base would be established in Katsina and Daura. Abubakar said the force had…

There is an unfolding drama at the Federal High Court in Lagos, following the hearing of a case bothering on fundamental human rights filed by Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan against the Economic and…

Activists say more than 20 people, mostly children, have been killed in air strikes on a rebel-held village in north-western Syria. A school complex was reportedly among several locations targeted in the village of Haas, in Idlib…

The immediate past President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday stated that it was not possible for the National Security Adviser (NSA) during his administration, Sambo Dasuki, to have stolen $2.2 billion as claimed by the…