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Human rights activist and parliamentarian, Senator Shehu Sani, (Kaduna Central) is the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). In this interview with ONWUKA NZESHi, he speaks on the consequences of President Muhammadu Buhari not signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018 into law and other issues...

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday denied media report that he was on the list of Nigerians barred from traveling out of the country on the request of the Special Presidential Investigative Panel on the Recovery of Public Property. According to a statement by...

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has refused to rule out replacing Jose Mourinho at Manchester United. Pochettino is believed to be United’s top choice to succeed Mourinho following his sacking on Tuesday. The Argentine signed a new five-year contract with Tottenham in May and has …...

The Lagos APC governorship Candidate Babajide Sanwo-olu on Tuesday provided free access through the Lekki toll gate. In a tweet shared via his official twitter handle, the Governorship hopeful said: “As part of my electorate engagement plan, my team made provision for motorists on the Lekki...

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN) was yesterday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N1.4 billion fraud. Usoro was docked before Justice Muslim Sule Hassan on a … Read more via...

A British couple have been jailed for more than 10 years combined after naming their child Adolf Hitler and being members of a banned neo-Nazi group. Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, were sentenced to six-and-a-half and five years respectively at Birmingham Crown Court … Read more...

Tinder has fired its VP of marketing and communications, Rosette Pambakian, and a "number" of other employees who participated in a $2 billion lawsuit against the dating app’s owners, according to a report by The Verge . Tinder employees involved in the lawsuit, including … Read more via...

After more than 150 years, Germany’s last black coal mine will close in the Ruhr region, posing a gigantic geological and environmental challenge to the former industrial heartland. The Prosper-Haniel mine’s galleries were painstakingly excavated over decades by workers with pickaxes and later...

Pictures of the scene where Alex Badeh, was assassinated has emerged. The former Nigeria’s defence chief was shot dead by assailants along Abuja-Keffi Road. Badeh was assassinated along Abuja-Keffi road this evening in what seems to be a marked execution. A lot of Nigerians have … Read more...

Common Goal is an in initiative where players pledge 1% of their wages to a collective fund. Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun has joined Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata in his initiative to donate 1% of his salary to charity Common Goal. Balogun who … read more via Pulse Ghana...

Retired military officer, Alex Badeh has died. The former Chief of Defence staff was killed alongside his driver yesterday Tuesday the 18th of December 2018 … Read More Get More Nigeria Metro News

Today is World AIDS day. A day set to remind people about Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness..... Read...

It’s fair to say Paul Pogba and Jose Mourinho have never quite seen eye to eye, so Manchester United’s decision to sack their manager probably went down well in the player’s household. It didn’t take long for Pogba to take to social media, posting a picture with a mischievous … read more...