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President Muhammadu Buhari, has turned down an offer by the Federal Government to procure five new armoured Mercedes Benz S-600 (V222) cars for his use. The cars which total cost is put at about N400m were planned to be purchased by the State House. A Presidency source told journalists on ...

A 4-storey building said to be under construction collapsed in the Sabo area of Lagos this afternoon. Not sure if there were people in the building at the time of the collapse. See More Photos Below:-

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday disclosed that the current administration under President Muhammud Buhari has been able to increase Nigeria’s foreign reserve from $29 billion to $31.89 billion one month. Former President Goodluck Jonathan left $29 billion in Nigeria’s foreign�reserve. Emefiele, who paid ...

The speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Hon Mudashiru Obasa yesterday July 5th paid a visit to the Agege, Lagos home of Mrs Ruth Uche, the woman whose husband, Mr Citizen Emeka Uche, fled their home after learning they were expecting their third set of twins. The speaker ...

A Malaysian court has ordered the detention of five Nigerian students in Malysia for their alleged involvement in a N125.2m (RM2.4 million) internet fraud in Selangor & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to local media reports, the 5 Nigerian students who are between the ages of 20 and 30 are undergraduates ...

Prof. Attahiru Jega, former INEC Chairman reporting yesterday at the Dept of Political Science, Bayero University, Kano.

Four members of the robbery gang, which unleashed terror on two commercial banks in the Ipakodo, Ikorodu area of Lagos two weeks ago, have been arrested by the police. According to Punch, the suspected robbers were arrested from Okitipupa, Ondo State, and Ikorodu, Lagos State, while three Sport Utility Vehicles ...

On Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari fired his Chief Security Officer, Abdulrahman Mani, and requested the State Security Service to redeploy him out of the presidential villa, sources in the presidential villa and the State Security Service reported. �It was learnt that�Mr. Mani has since been replaced by Bashir Abubakar, who, ...

Mr Tumba Freeman, the Taraba Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps, on Friday said that three 2014 Batch `B’ Corps Members (names withheld) would repeat their service year for misconduct. Freeman made this known at a news conference in Jalingo, saying that the culprits were punished for absenteeism at their places ...

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Friday, disclosed�in an interview with the BBC, that the Federal Government has said that it is open to negotiations with the Boko Haram sect in order to find a lasting solution to the security crisis in ...

The police yesterday arraigned three farmers in a senior magistrates’ court in Katsina for raping a 10-year-old girl. The accused are Yahuza Musa, 20; Tasiu Abubakar, 20; and Sadiq Isyaku, 20. The trio, who reside at Dakiya village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, appeared before Senior Magistrate ...

Lagos state governor,Akinwumi Ambode has responded to the plight of Mrs. Ruth Uche, the mother of three set of twins whose husband absconded from their home in Agege, Lagos.The governor directed the deputy Governor, Dr. Mrs. Oluranti Adebule to effect the immediate rehabilitation and provision of welfare assistance for her ...

Aisha Buhari, wife of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked for support for her husband. This she did while speaking at�the traditional breaking of Ramadan fast she organised for the less privileged inside the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Read what she said below. �I want ...

President Buhari has told APC lawmakers to accept the party’s supremacy in the interest of peace. He has finally waded into the crises rocking the party. According to Vanguard, he said this In his opening remarks at the ongoing meeting of National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC ...

A canoe conveying fourteen school children capsized today in Irawe area of Ojo , Lagos,resulting in the death of six students while eight of them including the driver were rescued. The rescued children , some of whom were said to be primary school pupils and secondary school students who were ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the registration of Bank Accounts to October 31st, 2015. This comes as a result of the crowded banks and huge number of Nigerians who have still not been able to get their BVN.

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s pace within 30 days of his administration has� outpaced the six years achievements of former President Goodluck Jonathan. He said ��It’s been about one month now since President Buhari assumed office, ...

The decomposed body of the former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof. Albert Ilemobade, who was said to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen last week, has been found in a store in his Ijapo Estate residence in Akure, Ondo State capital. The former University ...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), on Friday, urged the public to ignore radio Biafra transmission. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs of the commission, Alhaji Awwalu Salihu, made available to newsmen in Abuja. The statement said the commission had become aware of a pirate ...

A�female student of Delta State University, Abraka, Evelyn Mogekwe, aged 26, allegedly jilted by her�partner of seven years, committed suicide. Sources said she was in�a very good and cheerful mood�in her hostel but her mood changed dramatically after�man called her�over the�phone to end their long term relationship. She was said ...