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A former Minister of Industry, Chief (Mrs) Nike Akande, has urged Nigerians to be patient and expect more improvement in the nation’s economy. She made the plea on Friday in Lagos. Click here to read more

When I wrote my essay titled “5 Useful Idiots and the Spirit of the Accursed Slave” (Parts 1, 2 and 3) I touched on the little monkey that is known as Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi and revealed to the world what he was up to and what drove and motivated him. Click here to read more

The police have revealed identities of 12 suspects involved in the last Thursday’s robbery in Offa, Kwara State. DAILY POST reports that armed robbers had stormed the community onApril 5, killing at least 17 people during a raid on five banks. Eight police officers at Owode Division, Offa were...

Earlier today, a video of actress, Genevieve Nnaji showing off her shaku shaku dance moves went viral. In a new video, she is seen dancing alongside her friend, Oluchi Orlandi and we want to know who has the best shaku-shaku moves between the two of them. Watch the video and drop your comment...

Kano – Four people have been confirmed dead and 19 others sustained various degrees of injury in a multiple accident on Bauchi Road by Dogon Danmarke in Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State. The spokesman of the state Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, who confirmed the crash, in Kano...

A bomb blast killed at least five spectators during a football match in southern Somalia, police and a lawmaker said on Friday, the first time an explosion has targeted a stadium. Click here to read more

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, says the Consumer Price Index, CPI, which measures inflation level in the economy, has again slowed – this time by 0.99 per cent points which is the biggest drop in 11 months stretching between March 2017 to March 2018. Click here to read more

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has said that the corporation was committed to supporting local investors towards growing the engineering profession, even as he noted that this would in turn ensure technological advancement of the...

The Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja dismissed an application filed by Mr Friday Nwosu, praying the court to disqualify Mr Okezie Ikpeazu as democratically elected governor of Abia. Click here to read more

Police in the central German city of Fulda said they shot dead a young Afghan refugee who went on a violent rampage in a bakery early Friday. The 19-year-old allegedly attacked the driver of a delivery truck at the bakery at 4:20am (0220 GMT), before smashing the shop's windows, local police...

Big Brother Naija 2018 housemates were on Friday thrilled when Biggie surprised them with a visit to the house by Pepsi ambassadors Dj Spinall and Dj Obi. The Pepsi ambassadors taught housemates the act, using the Amplifier and other equipment. Click here to read more

In a recent interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1, Nicki congratulated Cardi B on her success and also revealed that Cardi hurt her feelings really bad after she (Cardi) did an interview immediately Motorsports came out. Click here to read more

An All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, SKC Ogbonnia, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a debate ahead of the party’s primaries. Ogbonnia said this while reacting to President Buhari’s decision to seek re-election in 2019. Click here to read more

Following months of denials, Uganda said Friday it was "positively considering" a proposal from Israel to accept hundreds of Africans the country wishes to deport. Uganda's junior refugees minister, Musa Ecweru, said Israel had requested that Uganda accept about 500 Eritrean and Sudanese...

List of nominees for the 2018 Headies Awards has been released. According to the organisers, the year in review for the award is July 2016 to December 2017. Click here to read more

Ibanga Etang, an aide to Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC). A few months ago, the governor’s Special Assistant on Electoral Matters, Chris Okorie, had also dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for APC. Click here to read more

Evicted Big Brother Naija housemate, Teddy A has since his eviction from the house, continued to remain a trending topic online as he continues to give fans something to talk about. Click here to read more

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested 8 Boko Haram kingpins who fled Borno. A statement signed by NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Okeh, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said the Corps had also arrested over...

The social media is currently abuzz with the circulation of images wherein the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, were seen discussing and embracing each other at a public function where they recently...

Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi on Friday gave out a 20 year-old physically-challenged spinster, Hauwa Muazu, in marriage to Mr Shehu Idris, a staff of the Specialists’ Hospital, Bauchi. The governor and his wife, Mrs Hadiza Mohammed, served as the father and mother of the bride, who grew up...