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A woman in China refused to smash the window of her BMW to rescue her trapped toddler son from the stifling heat � because she didn’t want to damage the luxury car. According to CCTV, the crowd gathered around the car after hearing the cries of the helpless three-year-old infant ...

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday morning ordered his vehicle to stop on Osborne Road, Ikoyi, while on his way to the office. Reason? He had just witnessed an accident on the road and stopped his vehicle in order to assist in the rescue of the victim. Accoding ...

Former Super Eagles skipper Sunday Oliseh will sign a contract with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the country’s new head coach on Wednesday. The 40-year-old will succeed Stephen Keshi, who was dismissed from the job for what the federation has described as a breach of trust. The contract signing ...

President Buhari Monday in Abuja assured investors that his administration will implement far-reaching reforms to boost accountability and transparency in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Speaking at a meeting with senior officials of Chevron led by the company’s President for Africa and Latin America, Mr. Ali Moshiri, President Buhari declared ...

President Muhammadu Buhari along with Vice �President, Yemi Osinbajo will only get receive 50 per cent of his salary. Facts emerged about the pay cut emerged in a memo from the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Mr. Nebolisa Emodi, to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of ...

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 ...