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The Department of State Services has confirmed the arrest of one Kabiru Mohammed the alleged mastermind of the phantom marriage between the President Muhammadu Buhari  and the Minister of Humanitarian Services, Sadiya Umar Farouq. Mohammed, who hails from Kano State was arrested after several months of painstaking investigations by DSS...

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on Friday, explained why President Trump ordered the killing of Iranian commander, Qasem Soleimani, saying the action was to disrupt an “imminent attack” that could have cost American lives in the Middle East region. “I can’t talk too much about the nature of...

The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday sustained a positive trend, crossing to N13 trillion mark on the second trading day of 2020. Specifically, the market capitalisation rose by N49 billion to close at N13. 019 trillion against N12. 970 trillion on Thursday. Similarly, the NSE...

  By Emmanuel Bello Have you met the Honourable Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman? I have and nothing has made me more confident that President Muhammadu Buhari has got his Man Friday in the power sector at last like the encounter. Tall, regal and soft-spoken, you see the wheels...

The Federal Government on Friday began demolition of illegal fences under some bridges in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who monitored the exercise reports that the demolition exercise began with a fence of about 250 metres built under the descent of the Apongbon Bridge...

The President of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) Mr Eddie Efekoha, says insurance professionals need to embrace creativity and work harder than ever before this year for the future of the industry. Efekoha said this in his New Year message, a copy which was made available to the News...

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured residents and motorists that the Agege Pen Cinema flyover bridge will be completed and commissioned for use by June ending or early July 2020. The governor, who toured the project site on Friday in company of his cabinet members, said the bridge has reached...

United States President Donald Trump has advised all Americans to flee Iraq immediately after he ordered a drone strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. The president retweeted a warning from the State Department on Friday morning that advised Americans to leave the Middle East nation. “Due to heightened tensions...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered security agents to fish out the attackers of Tawari community of the state where about 19 persons were reportedly killed. The governor declared that there must be justice for the victims of the attack. The position of the governor was made known...

A new report by the United Nations World Food Programme has revealed that Nigeria is one of the global hotspots where conflict, political instability, and climate disasters are threatening the food security of millions of people. Others are Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Haiti, Central Sahel (Mali, Burkina and Western Niger), Democratic...