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Falana tackles Malami: Your claim is false… I bought no property from EFCC
Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, says he never bought a property in Maitama District, Abuja, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The property, said to have been recovered by the presidential task force on pension reform,
Read MoreTrump caught in own ‘fake news’ scandal
US President Donald Trump has been caught in the middle of accusations of spreading what he despises the most: fake news On Friday, Trump said he turned down being named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’. Writing via his Twitter handle,
Read More‘Your heart is my home’ — Osinbajo writes romantic note to wife on 28th wedding anniversary
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has again shown he stands the chance of being crowned one of the most romantic and caring husbands in the country. He has one more time come out in the open to shower praises on his wife,
Read MoreLibyan Navy rescues 200 migrants, retrieves 31 corpses
More than 30 migrants died and 200 others were rescued on Saturday when their boats foundered off Libya’s western coast, the Libyan navy said. The coastguard conducted two rescue operations off the city of Garabulli, 60 kilometres (40 miles) east
Read More‘Ekiti needs home-bred gov to succeed’
A former Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada, Dare Bejide, has said Ekiti State has not witnessed commensurate progress because it has not produced a home-bred governor since its creation in 1996. According to him, it is difficult for anyone that
Read MoreWoman kills step-son with rat poison
The Katsina Police Command have arrested a housewife for allegedly killing her 40-day-old stepson. The 28-year-old suspect resides in Majoji Village in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bensen Gwana, paraded the suspect before
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Nigeria’s borders open to foreigh investors – Immigration boss
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it is promoting the policy of selective migration that opens the country’s borders to genuine investors across the world. The NIS Comptroller-General, CGI Muhammad Babandede, said this on Friday in Uyo while fielding questions
Read MoreFormer President Jonathan describes Fayose a trailblazer
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, as a trail-blazer and somebody who has set new standards in innovative governance. According to a press statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Idowu
Read MoreBorno PDP elects new exco
Alhaji Zanna Gaddama has been elected as new Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno, with Alhaji Baba Mustapha as the Secretary. Alhaji Sabo Garba, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee in the state, announced the result in Gombe
Read MorePolice rescue village head, 3 others in Niger
The police in Niger on Saturday said they rescued Malam Haruna Gizo, the village head of Unguwan Gizo of Kagara Local Government Area of the state and three others from their abductors. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state,
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