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As we gear up for the riveting second season set to premiere with a private screening on the 21st of June and…

Residents of the nation’s commercial nerve centre – Lagos State – have been alerted to coming downpours which will be…

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GENEVA, Switzerland, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Some 23,000 people affected by severe flooding in Kismayo, in southern…

Following the success of its inaugural National Convention in Abuja on Friday, which produced first executive governor of Edo State,…

Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustapha, has debunked speculations that he is set to part ways with his…

Trouble appears to be brewing in the All Progressives Congress, APC, as strong indications emerged that former governor of Borno…

Human rights activist and Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has advised the Federal Government not to play politics with…

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, on Saturday said the immunity clause for…

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State said the certificate with which the former Chairman, Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers,…

The US military may soon be deployed in the search of the over 200 secondary school girls abducted by Boko…

Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has fixed July 28 to commence hearing on the N20…

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members on Sunday reportedly killed 15 persons, mostly traders in a local market in…

Former Minister of Information and Communications, Dora Nkem Akunyili, will be buried on August 28, 2014, the family has announced.…

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), yesterday threatened to shut down health care system if the Federal Government fails to meet…

At least three National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives and three suspected drug peddlers were yesterday killed during a…

L-R: Wife of Special Adviser to Ekiti State Governor on Political Matters, Alhaja Fatimah Jinadu; President, Federation of Muslim Women’s…

L-R: Interim National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande; National Leader, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; and the Gubernatorial…

At least six persons, including two students of the Bells Secondary School, Ota, Ogun state on Saturday evening lost their…