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President Muhammadu Buhari recently presented the country's 2018 budget at the National Assembly. It was Nigeria's biggest budget in terms of size. Yet, it was "meagre" when compared with the budget of other major countries in Africa. Nigeria- $23 billion South Africa - $116 billion Angola -...

President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman, Femi Adesina, was recently spotted sleeping during the 2018 budget presentation at the National Assembly.

Lai Mohammed, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, believes Nigerians will retain APC as the ruling party in the 2019 presidential elections. “As to whether we are afraid of whether we are afraid of the PDP staging a comeback, I can confidently tell you that we are not even...

The corpse of 26 dead Nigerian women were recently found refrigerated aboard a Spanish warship in the Italian coast city of Salerno. There are suspicions that they may have been sexually abused and murdered as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean. Reacting to this development, the Senior...

The chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has stated that the anti-graft agency will start going after human traffickers. According to him, the EFCC had jurisdiction over human trafficking, which he said, was an offshoot of corruption. “We are prepared to...

Several prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oyo state on Saturday were stoned by angry thugs during a meeting. Ex Speakers of Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Kehinde Ayoola and Hon. Moruff Atilola, a former council chairman, Hon. Fatai Obabi and other PDP stalwarts in...

The former senate leader, Senator Ali Ndume, has accused senate president Bukola Saraki of betraying him. Ndume was removed from his position and suspended six months ago after he called attention to media reports of Dino Melaye's educational qualifications and vendetta between the Saraki and...

The monkeypox virus, which had been detected in Bayelsa state, has spread to three other states in the country. The states are: Akwa Ibom (2 cases) Abuja (1 case) Enugu (1 case) The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Friday. He called for calm among...

The father of Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, Elder Olutayo Soyode, has stated that he hardly goes to Aso Rock for a visit in spite of his daughter’s position and the exalted office of her husband. In an interview with Punch, he said: "I don’t go there often. Going there is like going to jail, as far as...

Governor Ayodele Fayose on Tuesday escaped death narrowly as he was involved in a car accident in Lagos state. According to reports, fire consumed his Mercedes-Benz G-Class on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. Fayose merely jumped from the car into another vehicle in his convoy and moved on. A...

The All Progressive Congress, APC, has stated that it will consult its constitution in determine its flag-bearer in the 2019 presidential elections. This is according to Bauchi state's Governor Mohammed Abubakar. He spoke after an expanded meeting of the party’s National Working Committee with...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of the pensions of retired Biafran police officers. These are police officers who served in the defunct Biafran Police during the 30-month civil war ages ago. Those who were granted presidential pardon in year 2000 will now be receiving their...

The English football association has reportedly contacted the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to arrange a friendly game in preparation for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. According to FCNaija, contact was made shortly after the Super Eagles sealed progress to the World Cup with a 1-0 win over...

Nigerian governors have asked the federal government to pay them the rest of the funds from the Paris Club loan refund. Led by chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, and governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari, the governors asked President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the balance of 50...

Nigeria's former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, believes the absence of anti-corruption institutions and systems and reliance on cash are the main reasons corruption in rampant in Nigeria and other corruption-infested nations. Speaking at an International Monetary Fund, IMF, panel...

Most Reverend (Dr) Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, the Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Oyo, , has condemned Christians crying foul about the purported attempt to islamize Nigeria. According to him, Muslims have a right to Islamise Nigeria because one of them is in power. “I’ve always shared the view...

Workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Tuesday protested at the Muritala Muhammed Airport, Lagos over proposed concession plan of Lagos and Abuja international airports by the Federal Government. The workers were led by the National a Union of Air Transport Employees...

The Nigerian Army says it will go ahead with its planned military operation in the South-east. The army, in a statement issued at about 12:42 a.m on Friday, advised Nigerians to disregard the statement by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu which gave the impression that it was withdrawing its troops from...

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has backed out of the mediation between his group and the South-East Governors. Kanu stated this in a press statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday over continuous alleged invasion of his house by Nigerian military. It read...

‎Nigerian Naira on Tuesday appreciated marginally against the dollar at the parallel market. This is coming as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected another $250m into various segments of the inter-bank foreign exchange market o Tuesday. The currency gained N1 to exchange at N364 to the...