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Where is $500 million recovered from the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s family? This is the question the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is battling to answer. The cash was recovered from the family of the late Head of State during ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. It was...

2nd term: Pro-Buhari, Osinbajo group opens South West office tomorrow — 19th January 2018 •Ex-Abia gov, Kalu, is guest lecturer A campaign group in support of a second term for President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will, tomorrow, officially … via The Sun News –...

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Victor Umeh, on Thursday took oath of office as senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District. The oath of office was administered on him by the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, in Abuja. The senatorial...

The Adamawa Commissioner for Livestock Production, Isah Salihu, on Thursday said the state government has already registered 64 grazing reserves and gazetted 30 of them across the state. Mr. Salihu, in an interview with journalists in Yola said that the development was to complement the efforts...

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Former Super Eagles captain Nwankwo Kanu has alerted to plans to take over his Hardley Suites on Victoria Island, Lagos. He said although the matter is in court, an agency is about to “forcibly seize” the property. A statement yesterday by Kanu, the initiator of the Kanu Heart Foundation, …...

20-year-old Ghanaian actor, Stephen Atanga popularly known as Don little, says the size of his manhood has caused him to lose a lot of women. In a recent interview with Ghanaian TV, Don Little said Women reject me because of my manhood. They claim it is too short and does not … via Linda...

A mobile phone worker who called himself ‘Captain the illiterate’ and planned a suicide bomb attack was in the country illegally after the Home Office shut down his bogus college, a court has heard. Mohammed Kamal Hussain, 28, was attending a college in Whitechapel, East London, when it …...

Kim Kardashian is getting very candid. Kim and husband Kanye West have talked openly about the troubles surrounding Kim getting pregnant for a third time, which led to them using a surrogate to carry their third baby. While the couple hasn’t officially released a name yet, Kim … via E...

•Ortom, Police disagree over militia in Benue Suspected armed robbers have shot dead a policeman attached to WAPA Shopping Mall in Katsina State, and carted away an undisclosed amount of money. Efforts to get the reaction of the state police command were unsuccessful as the spokesman, Isa Gambo...

Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said his administration will support the federal government in ensuring success of exploration activities in the Sokoto Basin. According to him, the Governors of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Katsina States are willing to partner relevant...

All is not well with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, as the Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, came under heavy attack thursday. His sin? The effrontery to write a petition to the presidency, party organs and its national leader, Bola Tinubu, that …...

Former Governor of Jigwa State and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of exhibiting so much hatred and pursuing vendetta against his political opponents. Lamido who spoke at the 15th Daily Trust...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and some serving federal ministers over their silence on the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to visit Benue State over the killings of scores of citizens in the state by suspected Fulani...

By Esther Onyegbulam LAGOS—THE Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP, Police, Edgal Imohimi, yesterday vowed to clamp down on perpetrators of “one chance “ and traffic robbery in the state. Edgal Imohimi This came as the CP urged residents of the state to shun ethnic sentiments and avoid ethnic...

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to set up an ad-hoc committee to among other things investigate the operation of Production Sharing Contract (PSC) between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the International Oil Companies (IOCs) to determine the reasons...

Justice Binta Murtala Nyarko of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has restrained the National Assembly from further investigating Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, the former boss of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT). According to a document exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, Justice Nyarko’s order...

Umar Muhammed, Lafia The Principal of Government Science Secondary School, Nassarawa-Eggon, and three other officials have been suspended for one month for meting out corporal punishment to some students. The state Commissioner of Education, Mr. Tijjani Ahmed, who confirmed this to Northern City...

Members of the Nigerian Senate at a plenary. PHOTO: TWITTER/ NIGERIAN SENATE • Laments poor funding of AGF’s office • Defers national summit on security • Saraki swears in Umeh as senator The Senate revealed yesterday that the presidency failed to make its … via The Guardian Nigeria...

The bestselling exposé Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by journalist Michael Wolff is about to hit the small screen. According to Hollywood Reporter, Mr Wolff has sold television rights for seven figures. President Trump has condemned the book, which depicts a chaotic administration...