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Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has said that his team would have learnt lessons from their 2-0 loss to Serbia, in an international friendly on Tuesday night. Aleksandar Mitrovic scored twice at The Hive Stadium in London to condemn Rohr to his second defeat in charge of the former...

Milost Global Inc. ended talks to provide $1 billion to Nigeria’s Unity Bank Plc, saying it received threats that it will be run out of the country if the deal continues. The New York-based private-equity firm had agreed to provide debt and equity on the understanding that Unity would delist in...

In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Taraba State on Media and Publicity, Mr. Bala Abu, the Taraba State Government cited few instances that the Federal Government and the military were informed about security breach and soldiers’ misconduct, which were allegedly...

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central has reacted to the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari against tenure extension for the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman and other elected national and state officials of the party. Buhari on Monday told members of the National...

A chieftain of the APC in Nasarawa State, Aliyu Bala Ahmed Tafida and about 20, 000 people have defected to the PDP in the state. Tafida announced his defection at the weekend in the presence of the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the PDP, Senator Walid Jibrin; the Zonal Chairman...

Cell break in Lokoja as the two suspect that accused Senator Dino Melaye and Muhammed Audu of arming them escaped from the SARS cell in A.Division Lokoja,Kogi State. The jail break occurred at midnight and other high profile criminals in the cell also took the advantage according to our...

The governor of Benue State, Sam Ortom, says Nigerians should rise up to defend themselves against attackers without necessarily carrying arms. The governor said citizens could use sticks to disarm attackers, recalling that he disarmed robbers armed with seven AK47 in the past. According to...

There was pandemonium after a strange coffin was reported to have refused to be buried . According to reports, drama started when the body arrived at the local New Apostolic Church for service in the morning in Chilombo area of Kaoma District in Mangango constituency, Zambia. It was gathered...

If Amasa Aljanatu Firdaus is a Muslim fanatics for refusing to remove her hijab and risk being denied the call to the Prestigious Nugerian Bar then Leah Sharibu is a Christian fanatics for refusing to adorn hijab even at the risk of her life! Like Leah Sharibu, like Amasa Firdaus. Amasa...

All is set for the commissioning of the newly built world class Ikeja Bus Terminal by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode led administration. President Muhammadu Buhari will lead other top dignitaries on Thursday, March 29, 2018 to unveil the iconic infrastructure.

Bola Tinubu, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammadu Buhari has saved the ruling party from “serious legal turmoil”. Describing the extension of the tenure of the national working committee (NWC) of the party led by John Oyegun as illegal, Tinubu commended...

A Canadian teenager has the struck the jackpot after buying her first lottery ticket to mark her 18th birthday. Charlie Lagarde, from the province of Quebec, bought the scratch ticket along with a bottle of champagne to celebrate turning 18 on 14 March. She won, and had the choice between...

After days of speculation, China’s news agency confirms North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has visited China Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2Ge3FIv Get more World News

A surprise visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to China may indicate Pyongyang's need for support from its closest ally ahead of upcoming summits with South Korea and the US. Kim met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other high ranking officials in Beijing this week. Observers had said...

The future of the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was set in uncertainty yesterday after President Muhammadu Buhari raised constitutional queries on the tenure extension plot for the party’s executives. Read more via Vanguard...

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah has reportedly demanded that the federal government prosecute Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff (CAS) and ex-minister, Theophilus Danjuma, for what it called treasonable felony. The Cable reports that made the demand in reaction to Danjuma’s statement at the...

The governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on his pronouncement on tenure elongation for national officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okorocha said the president has scored “another beautiful goal” for Nigeria’s democracy. Read more...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s position rejecting the tenure extension party’s national working committee (NWC) led by its chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun has not changed anything within the party as the extension still stands, The Daily...

New Zealand has said it wants to join the chorus of voices against President Vladimir Putin by removing Russian spies but it can’t find any to kick out. As Russian officials prepare to be escorted to airports around the world in protest at the alleged Kremlin-backed nerve Read more via The...

NATO joined two dozen governments around the world yesterday in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack on ex-Russian spy, Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain, marking what London called a “turning point” in the West’s relations with Moscow. The United States-led...