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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 ...

President Buhari has dissolved the board of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. The directive to dissolve the board was conveyed in a letter signed by the Head of Civil Service, Danladi Kifasi dated today June 26th.

The US Supreme Court today June 26th ruled that same-sex marriages must be recognized in all 50 states of the United States of America. Texas will probably appeal. From The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Friday delivered a historic victory for gay rights, ruling 5 to 4 that the ...

Two people identified as Abdul-Inyas and Hajiya Mairo have been sentenced to death by an Upper Sharia Court, Rijiyar Lemo, in Kano state for committing the act of blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed. A statement by the State Sharia Court of Appeal and signed by a man named Nasiru, stated that ...

Josephine Ugwu, the cleaner who returned N12 million found at Lagos Airport toilet on Feb. 16th, was today Thursday June 25th honoured by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Division. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Mr Haminu Makama, presented a plaque and a ...

During Wednesday, June 24, 2015 plenary proceedings in the senate, the senate took a motion on Fuel Tanker Tragedies on Nigeria’s highways. Senator Ashafa who moved the motion expressed serious concerns on the frequency and negative economic impact of the collapse and explosion of fuel-laden tankers on the nation’s highways. ...

See some of the photos from the robbery incident that occurred at the Ogolonto area of Ikorodu this morning. The armed robbers reportedly trailed a bullion van to one of the banks, attacked the bank, moved over to the next bank, robbed them and then burnt the vehicle that they ...

A group of �teen geniuses has just made history with the invention of a revolutionary condom�which changes colour when it comes into contact with sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Daanyaal Ali, 14, Muaz Nawaz, 13, and Chirag Shah, The revolutionary condom comes with a built-in indicator that transforms the condom into ...

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said that he inherited a �?virtually empty treasury” with debts running into hundreds of millions of Dollars and appealed to the media to explain the true position to Nigerians so that �they won’t match on us”. The President who spoke while meeting with members of the ...

President Buhari moved into Aso Rock Monday, June 21st. This will be his first time operating from the presidential office.

This is the official portrait of the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari…

North Korea has taken secrecy a step further by blacklisting Instagram,in a bid to stop embarrassing news leaking out of the country. Instagram users who attempted to open the photo sharing app were confronted with a message which reads �Warning! You can’t connect to this website because it’s in blacklist ...