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There were strong indications yesterday that highly-priced jewellery valued at £28 million seized from the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, might be forfeited to the Federal Government. Read more via TODAY.NG –...

Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has revealed why people of the South-East should support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid. The SGF said supporting Buhari’s second term bid was the “shortest way” to Igbo presidency. Mustapha said this while...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has denied controversy surrounding the repatriated funds looted by the late former military Head of State, General Sanni Abacha. Mrs Adeosun said this in a statement by her Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Oluyinka Akintunde, on Tuesday in...

A political group, Atiku Abubakar Grassroots Ambassadors of Nigeria, has said there is nothing strange about President Mohammadu Buhari’s decision to run for a second term in office. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2Hooezb -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, has fired back at Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu for saying erstwhile Heads of State, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida were not God. Shittu, had told newsmen on Tuesday that Obasanjo and other ex-military leaders cannot hinder...

Nollywood Veteran actress,Patience Ozokwor and evangelist popularly known as Mama Gee is in a happy mood right now as she welcomes 16th grandchild yesterday. The Veteran actress took to her Instagram page to share a photo of her grandchild with caption saying.. Come and join me sing...

The National Population Commission (NPC) has put Nigeria’s current population at 198 million people, with urban population growing at an average annual growth rate of about 6.5 per cent Chairman of NPC, Mr Eze Duruiheoma, stated this in New York while delivering Nigeria’s statement on...

Since I am traveling today, a quick airport graphic, below. I love the original headline to this — “New York’s JFK Booted Out of World’s Top 20 Busiest Airports” — like the rest of the airports took a vote, it went against J, and it was up to his buddy O’Hare to break it to him: “Bad news...