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  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that no Nigerian should go to sleep hungry considering the enormous resources the nation is blessed with. Obasanjo who said this while addressing newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Tuesday was of the opinion that Nigerian leaders, not God, should be...

  SOKAPU says calls for Bishop's arrest senseless   As a fallout of threat and intimidation against the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah over his Christmas Message, General Secretary, Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Rev. Yunusa Sabo Nmadu Jnr has warned that nothing negative must happen...

  The Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community, Lagos State, Tunde Bakare, has dared a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and the spokesperson for Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin, to expose his "supposed ugly past and feel free to publish it". Bakare on Tuesday for the...

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has cancelled crossover service in its churches nationwide and has ordered members to connect with the virtual service of the church. This latest instruction supersedes previous instructions mandating church members to carry out crossover service in line with individual state guidelines on COVID-19....

  Mrs Lola Adetona, immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE) Lagos Chapter, has said that the country might experience more building collapse in 2021 if efforts were not made to address the negative impact of the rising cost of cement and other construction materials. Adetona,...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration will keep a keen eye on food inflation in the New Year. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Buhari gave the assurance at the fifth regular meeting with the Presidential...

 The Nigerian Stock Exchange reopened trading on Tuesday after the  holidays to mark Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations with the All-Share Index crossing 39,000 mark. Specifically, the All-Share Index which opened at 38,800.01 inched higher by 310.16 points or 0.80 per cent to close at 39,110.17. Also, the market capitalisation...

Alleged certificate forgery: Court adjourns APC’s suit against Obaseki until Dec. 30   The Federal High Court Abuja, has adjourned the alleged certificate forgery case of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo until Dec. 30. At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, the APC through its...

  The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),Oyo State Command, on Tuesday, reunited a trafficking victim, Khadijat Barugu, to her family in Benin Republic after 14 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NIS Comptroller in the state, Babangida Usman, handed over the victim to an official from Benin...

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has rated Nigeria as the best economy in Africa using the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as yardstick In its 2020 World Economic Outlook, the IMF also ranked Nigeria as one of the world’s 26 top economies with an average GDP of $442,976 million. The...