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Chances of President Muhammadu Buhari returning home soon are very slim. GUARDIAN quotes a source very close to the President saying, “The man is alive, but not okay. He is very ill. He is probably not going home soon.” When told by the reporter that The Guardian was just hoping the...

Following the harassment that greeted the attempt of Nigeria's Guardian journalist, to interview President Buhari in London, the Editor of the Newspaper has spoken on the issue. On Monday morning on Channels' TV Sunrise Daily, Abraham Ogbodo, Editor of The Guardian said the visit of their...

Former World Cruiserweight boxing champion, Bash Alli, has accused Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung of assault and treat to his life. The accusation, office of the minister swiftly denied, saying Alli is seeking attention. Alli had in a text message to Guardian Newspaper alleged that the...

The federal government may revoke operational licenses of private universities that flout the proscription of the controversial written post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME), and covertly conduct the exercise Deputy Director, Press at the Federal Ministry of Education, Mr...

John Odigie-Oyegun, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, stated that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has successfully completed the Abuja-Kaduna railway project in just one year. Oyegun disclosed this when he and other members of the National Working...

Controversies have trailed the sudden disappearance of 71 trailers of rice and other grains allocated to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Adamawa State by the Federal Government to ameliorate the hardship faced by victims of insurgency in the state, Guardian reports. According to reports...

About thirty-two workers of The Guardian newspaper were on Tuesday sacked by the management due to dwindling income. The affected workers, it was learnt, received letters of termination of appointments on Tuesday. More workers are expected to receive their sack letters on Wednesday and later...

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Monday, 20 June, 2016 PUNCH Investors inject N760bn into stock market in three days Forgery case against Saraki, Ekweremadu, a coup –Senate Proposed pension, immunity for Saraki, Dogara provocative –Falana, SERAP Edo...

The Nigerian naira at interbank market has crashed to N285 to the dollar ahead of the release of modalities for the implementation of the adopted flexible exchange rate policy as announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This was sequel to increased perception that CBN has withdrawn from...

Prominent men are going bald in honour of the late Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa. Foremost human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, was one of the first persons to comply with the custom of men shaving their heads in honour of the late Oba. According to Guardian, former attorney general of the state...

The presidency yesterday said it was prepared to forward next year’s budget appropriation bill to the National Assembly for ratification in order to prevent a repeat of the delay in the passage. A top source in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning who pleaded anonymity confirmed to...

The Senate has instituted a probe into the activities of DSTV owned by the South African based Multichoice Africa, in Nigeria. At the plenary session yesterday, the Senators expressed dissatisfaction over the services of the company when Senator Isah Hamma Misau (APC, Bauchi Central) sponsored...

A native doctor in Kogi state, Mallam Ibrahim Muhammed Dabasabe, and self acclaimed Muslim cleric has discreetly murdered two brothers, Tanko Abubakar and Muhammed Kudu Abubakar, who both came for spiritual guidance. The two brothers from Niger State were killed by their host and their bodies...

Five factory workers were on Tuesday docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing their employer’s hides and skin (pomo) valued at N2.8 million. The accused are three security guards — Nathaniel Ojo, 33; Olokwu Daniel, 30; and Jude Thomas, 25. Others are Richard Daniel...

Fresh trouble is brewing for the cash-strapped Federal Government as the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC) yesterday declared that the presidency was wrong to have arrogated to itself the control of revenue generated by some 31 agencies. RMFAC is charged with...

Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello will tomorrow, at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja, the state capital, be sworn-in as Governor of Kogi State. Two motions for the interlocutory injunction to stop the inauguration were thrown out by the Kogi State governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in...

Sadik Ado-maje, a student of First Grade College in Kano, has stabbed his colleague, Usman Salisu, to death. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday that the incident happened around 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the witness, the incident happened during...