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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has confirmed that, based on empirical indices, Nigeria attained 31 per cent broadband penetration. NCC management said in a statement on Sunday that this was contrary to insinuations in some {Read More}

The Police Command in Katsina State has killed a suspected armed robbery kingpin, Kane Mohammed, alias ‘Dan mai-keke’, 35, who has been on its wanted list. This is contained in a statement signed by its {Read More}

Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said that 90 per cent of roads rehabilitated in Cross River between 2016-2018 were carried out by the commission. Ndoma-Egba, a former Senate Leader {Read More}

An oil field operated by Conoil at the weekend exploded and went up in flames at Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. A group, which identified itself as the Koluama Seven Brothers (KSB), {Read More}

Gov. Amina Masari of Katsina State says Nigerians will not regret voting for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Feb. 16 and March 2 elections. Masari stated this in Matazu, Katsina State, on Sunday {Read More}

The South East Governors Forum has called on officers and men of the Nigerian Army to be professional in the execution of their duties under the Operation Python Dance III in the zone. Gov. David {Read More}

A father of four identified as Dickson Igbinoba, aged 42, has been killed while fighting another married man over a lover who has four children. The incident occurred at about 8pm on December 27, 2018 {Read More}

A former Minority Leader of the Nigeria Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has advised politicians to run decent campaigns and stop politicising tragedies, as the general elections approach. Akpabio, who is also a former governor of {Read More}

Fresh fact emerged at the weekend on the deal that transpired between Amina Mohammed (also known as “Amina Villa”) the alleged First Lady impersonator and Chicason Group of Companies. The Nation was reliably informed that {Read More}

UNITED Nations should act now to prevent humanitarian crisis in West Africa. Military operations are on in some regions in Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria. Niger, Chad, Cameroun and others. This is the time to avoid {Read More}

Wife of the president, Hajiya Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday launched the women and youth campaign for her husband in Kano. Speaking at the official launchof the 2019 general election campaign for women and youth at {Read More}

The unending crisis rocking the Social Democratic Party (SDP) over who should fly its presidential banner in the 2019 general elections is not over yet. Rather, the tussle for the ticket is getting messier as {Read More}

A former Manager of the defunct Nigeria Electricity Power Authority (NEPA) , Ebonyi State district has reportedly died in a hotel in Abakaliki during a marathon sex with his lover, a nursing mother. The nursing {Read More}

A couple of weeks back, the Coalition of aggrieved Support Groups numbering over 145, formally withdrew their support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and pledged their support and loyalty to {Read More}

Kano witnessed an epoch-making history and a medical breakthrough, when five neuro-surgeons within 48 hours performed the first brain surgery in the state. The feat was carried out at Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital, Giginyu, Kano, {Read More}

THE pilot of the Nigerian Air Force helicopter that crashed in combat against Boko Haram on Wednesday was only 25 days into his marriage when he lost his life defending Nigeria’s territorial integrity. The Bayelsa {Read More}

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church Pastor William Kumuyi has charged Nigerians to be wary of fake prophets and their prophecies in 2019. Kumuyi spoke at the church’s retreat at the Deeper {Read More}

The leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) yesterday dismissed as false an allegation by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that it received N150 million from the presidency. The National Public Relations {Read More}

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesil, wants the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mamoud Yakubu, to reverse the recent deployment of Mrs. Amina {Read More}

In Katsina state of northwestern Nigeria, insecurity has emerged as the major threat to next month’s general election. Unless something drastic is done to stem the growing tide of violent attacks across the state, the {Read More}

The Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial district, Chief Victor Umeh, yesterday described as untrue the impression that the Igbo were against President Muhammaudu Buhari’s presidency. He said the people of the region were rather pushing {Read More}

• Says stop talking about my hair Senator Shehu Sani is not happy with wife of Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai, Mrs Hadiza el-Rufai. Sani wants her to stop commenting about his (Sani’s) hair. The {Read More}

• Presidential candidate returns home to rejig campaign • Jonathan, Bayelsa gov clash over party’s candidates The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji  Atiku Abubakar, is facing fresh challenges in the Southsouth, thus slowing {Read More}

•Says she won’t be distracted by controversy over appointment NATIONAL Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hajiya Amina Zakari, yesterday joined in the controversy trailing her appointment as head of the election collation {Read More}

The Special Adviser to Borno State Governor on Communication and Strategy, Mr. Isa Gusau, has explained that his principal, Governor Kashim Shettima, has consistently and solely funded over 20,000 Civilian JTF fighters in Borno State {Read More}