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National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, Thursday, advised Nigerians not to accept the apologies tendered by the People‘s Democratic Party (PDP) for its mistakes while in power. Mr Tinubu made the statement while speaking at a colloquium organised to mark his 66th birthday in Lagos. According to News Agency of Nigeria […]

As Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari arrived the Eko Convention Center, venue of the Bola Tinubu Colloquium. The colloquium is scheduled as part of activities to mark the 66th birthday of the former Lagos state governor. See more photos below: Photo: LIB

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday commissioned the Ikeja Bus Terminal. Ikeja Bus Terminal is among projects embarked upon by Lagos state government to be commissioned by the President in the course of his two-day working visit to the state. Present at the commissioning were Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode, Minister of Information and Culture, […]

Following President Buhari’s scheduled visit to Lagos state Thursday, some roads have been blocked and this has caused traffic gridlock in most part of the state. This is in direct contradiction of what the Lagos State Police Command said in their press release that all roads are open to traffic. Many of the state residents have resorted […]

The Lagos state police command says no road in the state is blocked from Human and Vehicular traffic. Read the press statement released this morning by the command’s spokesperson, SP Chike Oti below: “The Lagos State Police Command wishes to advise members of the public to go about their lawful business as all routes are […]

Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, was on a lockdown Thursday, as President Muhammadu Buhari makes his first official visit to the city of 22 million inhabitants since coming to power in 2015. The president rarely travels outside of Abuja, home to the government seat, and has only visited a few of Nigeria’s 36 states over the […]

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has spoken about the award purportedly given by Martin Luther King’s family to President Muhammadu Buhari. The children of Martin Luther King and the King Centre had, although, dismissed granting any award to President Muhammadu Buhari a few days ago. Recall that some members of the African […]

People and students from Ekiti State under the umbrella of Nigerian Youths Coalition (NYC) on Wednesday stormed the Ibadan regional Head office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to protest what they described as “financial misappropriation” at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), in Ekiti State. The coalition’s representatives, led by the Coordinator and […]

The Parish Priest of St Christopher Catholic Church, Oke Odo, Lagos, Rev. Fr.  Anthony Okoro, has faulted the planned visit of President Buhari to Lagos state on Thursday, noting that the timing was wrong. “Holy Thursday and Good Friday are special days for Christians to reflect the Paschal mysteries. The organizers didn’t take into account the nature […]

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command, in a painstaking investigation on the whereabouts of one Alhaji Tasiu Shittu of Kontagora, who left home since 25th February, 2018 and never returned, trailed and arrested one Ma’aruf Sarki, of Sokoto State. The 34-year-old suspect confessed to have robbed the deceased of the sum of N1,700,000 and […]

The United Nations (UN) has allocated 11 million dollars (about N4 billion) to help 60,000 internally displaced people in Borno and other humanitarian operations in North-East Nigeria. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 9 billion dollars (about N3.2 billion) would be used to provide life-saving aid for some 60,000 people […]

Nigerian man who is set to wed his fiancee early next month has revealed how long it took him to get her. According to the sports journalist and chief media officer at a sports club, he tried to be her friend in 2011 but she refused him. Now, after seven years, she is set to […]

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, Ali Janga. The removal comes few hours after the two suspected assassins said to have been linked to Senator Dino Melaye, reportedly escaped from police custody early Wednesday morning.

Clarissa Slade, a student at Winchester University, was found dead by her housemate at her student accommodation. Miss Slade made history when she was elected as a Conservative councillor for Mid Devon District Council just two months after her 18th birthday. The politician, who also served on Tiverton Town Council, is the daughter of Colin […]

A Nigerian lady burns survivor, identified as Magdalene Edet Ekanem, has made a bold move by showing off her burn scars. The scars are mostly situated in her tummy region, and Ekanem rocked crop tops to show them off. She said she isn’t ashamed of her scars because they are the reminder that she’s alive. […]

Nigerian beauty and lady of songs, Tiwa Savage continues to soar as she received another award to her name and this time, the diva’s efforts in the entertainment industry was recognized by the US Embassy. Tiwa Savage has just been celebrated by the American Embassy in Nigeria. She was shortlisted amongst several other influential Nigerian […]

Facebook said Wednesday it would overhaul its privacy setting tools to put users “more in control” of their information on the social media website. “We’ve heard loud and clear that privacy settings and other important tools are too hard to find and that we must do more to keep people informed,” Chief Privacy Officer Erin […]

The Nigeria Police, Kogi state command, has declared the Senator representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye wanted. The Police on Wednesday also confirmed the escape from custody of two suspects arrested and paraded last week for allegedly working for the senator and the son of a former governor of Kogi State, Mohammed Audu. Details coming….

Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has asked the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on genocide to investigate what it called alleged ethnic cleansing by herdsmen in Nigeria. The call followed the lamentation of a former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General TY Danjuma (retd) who had at the weekend told Nigerians to defend themselves against killings […]

If Vice President Yemi Osinbajo expected a public outrage at his latest revelation that the whopping sums of N100bn and $289m were embezzled by the Goodluck Jonathan administration weeks to the 2015 elections, he must be disappointed by now. Up till now, nobody is exactly asking for Jonathan’s head on a spike. Osinbajo has confirmed […]