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Kanayo O. Kanayo says he will run for a seat in the house of representatives in 2019. The actor declared his intention on Wednesday after President Muhammadu Buhari declared June 12 Democracy Day and conferred the title of GCFR.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2M4FRG8 Get More...

Meghan Markle’s freckles are in demand. The Duchess of Sussex has set a new trend: fake freckles. According to one tattoo artist, she’s been "crazy busy" with requests for Markle style freckles. "I think cosmetic tattooing or permanent makeup is really on the rise, and obviously with … Read...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the Central States of the country on Thursday with chances of localised thunderstorms over Lafia, Abuja, Lokoja and Makurdi in the morning hours. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2M386oZ Get More Nigeria...

A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna wednesday granted bail to the former Governor of Kaduna State, Ramalan Yero, and three others. The presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Shuaibu, granted each of the accused persons bail in the sum of N1million and two sureties in like … Read more via...

A community leader in Okirika, Rivers State, Mr. Dagogo Gilbert, has denied serving as a middle man who receives bribes for top military officers in the state to aid oil thieves and illegal oil refining in the area. Hundreds of youths from the Niger … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Global online searches for abortion pills have more than doubled over the last decade with Nigeria and Ghana being the two countries with the highest search interest in Misoprostol, according to the Google data. The findings also suggest that in … Read more via The Sun News –...

There was laughter on the floor of the Senate yesterday when the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki had barely mentioned the word “transmission” when the chamber erupted in laughter, which prompted the Senate President to cough, smile …...

President Muhammadu Buhari wednesday told the former Minister of Mines and Steel, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, that he (Buhari) and members of the cabinet would grace his swearing-in ceremony as the next governor of Ekiti State in October this year. Fayemi who is the governorship candidate of the All...

The presidency Wednesday ignored the threat issued by the National Assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday to take decisive steps on a series of resolutions passed by a joint session of the federal legislature, failing which it shall invoke its constitutional powers against him...

Chief Mascot Uzor kalu was the Chief of Staff to a former governor of Abia State. Presently, he is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. But he wants to represent Aba North/Aba South in the House of Representatives in … Read more via The Sun News –...

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has indicated plans to sell some of its assets in 2018, which it listed to include Arik Air, Aero Contractors, Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN), Delta Queen, among others. Owing to the planned sale of the assets, AMCON which recently released...

Last week, leaders of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Nigeria Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, International Oil Companies, IOCs, and other companies operating in Nigeria over alleged unfair practices. The union...

The Federal Government on Wednesday, disclosed it raked in over N30 billion from the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), a tax amnesty programme that ends on June 30. The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Tunde Fowler, who made … Read more via...

National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has disclosed that over 14.5 million farmers have, so far, benefited from quality seeds from 2012 till date, to boost agriculture. Director General of NASC, Dr Phillips Ojo, said the Federal Government will employ, at least, three persons from …...

US House Speaker, Paul Ryan, said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump should not pardon himself, becoming the second Republican leader in Congress to balk at the president’s assertion that he had “absolute” power to do so...... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2JCtlj7 Get more...

Nasarawa Amazons midfielder Amarachi Okoronkwo scored the only goal on Wednesday to help the Super Falcons secure an important 1-0 away victory over Gambia in the 2018 African Women’s Cup of Nations qualifier... read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2sD63Q4 Get More Nigeria Sports News

Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, on Wednesday officially handed over the leadership of the ministry to the Minister of State, Alhaji Abubakar Bwari. Kayode handed over documents in his custody in Abuja, to enable Bwari to execute the functions of the...

On Wednesday evening, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the cancellation of May 29 as the country’s annual Democracy Day, replacing it with June 12. His argument is that June 12 1993 — the date of the election popularly adjudged to be the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history — … Read...

Football fans have criticised Victor Moses on social media following Nigeria’s 1-0 loss to Czech Republic in their friendly match in Austria on Wednesday. According to some of the fans, Moses’ performance in the match was below average, saying the Chelsea star failed to create scoring chances...

A Ghanaian minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has asked petty traders in the Kumasi metropolis to venture into the sale of cocaine if they cannot withstand the economic hardship in the country. He said traders who are using economic hardship as an excuse to sell at unauthorized places must …...