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Former Vice President and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has called on Nigerians to emulate the virtues of love and sacrifice which characterised the life of Jesus Christ. In a message released by his media office in Abuja to mark the Easter celebrations, the...

A member of the House of Representatives, representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency, Hon. Umar Baba Jibril is dead. Jibril, 58, died after a protracted illness in Abuja, according to family sources. Click here to read more

With the 2019 elections barely a year away, high stakes politicking have taken centre stage at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), where President Muhammadu Buhari has aligned with the National Leader of the party, Chief Bola Tinubu, against most of the governors and other critical...

Says generators consume 300 million litres of diesel monthly • Commissions N59.6bn transformer facility to upgrade supply in Abuja Chineme Okafor in Abuja Nigeria’s electricity sector is losing N24 billion monthly to the diesel generator market, which consumers especially heavy electricity users...

Thirty-nine hoodlums including armed robbery syndicate, child traffickers and cultists have been apprehended by the Police in Akwa Ibom State Out of this number eighteen suspects within the age bracket of 18 and 35 were said to be members of a cult group “Klan Kulus … Read more via...

The news of the acquisition of Nigeria’s largest mall, Konga by Zinox Group, has been received with mixed feelings from industry watchers who believe that the development though promising, could threaten consumers’ choices and e-commerce business in the country. The deal basically meant good for...

In a seeming show of extreme crudity, some policemen in Igbogene, at the outskirts of Yenagoa, have brutalised a correspondent with the Guardian newspaper, Julius Osahon. It was gathered that one of the Police sergeants attached to the state security outfit, ‘DOO AKPO’ , operating around the...

The Minister of State, for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, Thursday said the total debts owed aviation agencies by Nigerian airlines were over N513 billion. The minister who seemed angry with the airlines for kicking against the Single Africa Air Transport Market (SAATM), said Nigerian airlines...

Chinese pay per view television, StarTimes, has announced that it now has about four million customers on the network. The figures were given by the Vice President of the company, Mrs. Guo Zi Qi, at the Chinese New Year and Animation Festival in Abuja. Guo said that the digital … Read more...

Hometruths by Adeola Akinremi: Email: [email protected] I grew up listening to pattern of strokes on drums. From a scared forest near our house, we heard constant drumbeat; from a palace of a deceased famous king we heard early morning beating of drums; and from the market square a...

Nike unveils Eagles World Cup jerseys in London Argentina Coach, Jorge Sampaoli, insisted wednesday that he expects Lionel Messi to be in ‘killer form’ for the World Cup as he would have been fully rested, which was not the case at Brazil 2014. And if that happens, Sampaoli said … read more...

Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, is presently playing host to his counterparts from Jigawa and Kano State, Governor Badaru Abubakar and Governor Umar Ganduje respectively as well as the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National...

Reinstatement won’t stop his probe by EFCC, says FG • PDP, labour union chide presidency Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja and Solomon Elusoji in Lagos with agency report The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, and acting Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Attahiru...

After practicing for 15 years uninterrupted, the long arms of the law finally caught up with one Chris Elisha, a fake lawyer. The lawyer aroused suspicion when he appeared at Ojo Magistrate court on behalf of an accused person, but found it difficult to move a motion … Read more via...

The long missing painting of an Ife princess that attained an almost mythical status after going decades unseen has been discovered in a north London flat, the London-based Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday. Ben Enwonwu’s 1973 painting of the Princess Adetutu Ademiluyi, known as Tutu, is a …...

The Zinox Group, an integrated Information Communication Technology (ICT) solutions conglomerate and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), has concluded the acquisition of e-commerce giant, Konga in a move that is expected to raise the profile of e-commerce in the country, THISDAY learnt...

The House of Representatives thursday directed its Committee on Finance to investigate the current value of the Excess Crude Account (ECA) and to among other things, determine if the federal government’s share had been tampered with following the recent approval of the National Executive Council...

MTN Group has described 2016 as the ‘most challenging year in its 22-year history,’ while attributing the challenge to two main factors that emanated from its Nigerian operation, which was established about 17 years ago. MTN rolled out its commercial services in Nigeria in August 2001, … via...

A Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria (FONGON) has accused former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, of lacking the moral credibility to criticise President Muhamadu Buhari over the happenings in the country. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Wole Badmus, who stated this...

The MTN Group, Africa’s biggest mobile-network operator by sales, said it returned to profit in 2017, recovering from a $1 billion fine it paid for its Nigerian business in the prior period. It expects to report a profit for the 12 months ended December 31, Bloomberg quoted the...