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Founder, Odua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has asked the nation’s service chiefs to resign honourably for “competent hands” to mount the saddle. According to him, that was the noble thing to do as “they have failed in their duties to secure the lives and property of the...

Nigeria Stock Exchange, Lagos Following price losses suffered by most blue chip stocks, transactions on the equity sector of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), re-opened on a downward note in July. Specifically, at the close of transactions yesterday, the All-share index … Read more via The...

President Mohammadu Buhari Thursday refuted allegations that he interfered in the affairs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) or matters.... Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2KSO0MJ Get More Nigeria Political News

Super Eagles attacker, Henry Onyekuru, is disappointed with Belgian club, Anderlecht, in the wake of his omission from Nigeria’s preliminary 30-man World Cup roster..... Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2L54mTt Get More Nigeria Sports News

The Senate Committee on Appropriation has increased the 2018 budget from N8.612 trillion to N9.120 trillion. The Chairman of the committee, Danjuma Goje, laid the report before the Senate, yesterday, amid expectations that the budget bill might be considered and passed … Read more via The...

The House of Representatives yesterday quizzed the managing director of the Stanbic IBTC bank, Mr Demola Sogunle as to why operated an Hyprep account of over N1 billion belonging to the Federal ministry of Environment Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2KsIS1w...

Looking through the human theatre of notable accomplishments, it’s impossible not to notice that some successes are so awe-inspiring that they become hard to describe. This is the only way to explain Robert Nesta Marley’s triumphant Read more via The Guardian Newspaper –...

Akpata is an ancient town. The founder was Olu Lagedu, who hailed from Ile Ife. He was a great hunter and warrior, who through the oracle, was led to where we..... Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2IhN8QX Get More Nigeria Metro News

Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, yesterday, condemned the resurgence of a cult war in the Idi-Oro and Ayeye areas of Ibadan North West Local Government, which allegedly claimed the life.... Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2wzCzHn Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Federal Government may soon review the embargo it placed on the use of dynamites by construction companies handling major road projects in the country. The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, stated this in Maiduguri... Read more via The Guardian...

Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has said his successor will outperform him. Aregbesola will handover to another democratically elected governor on November 27, 2018, after completing the constitutional two terms of four years in office. … Read more via The Guardian Newspaper –...

Nigeria’s north knows it has a big problem on its hands concerning the 2019 Presidency, yet it is not prepared for public admission of that fact. It is easy to predict the political behaviour of the north by reading the lips … Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2jRcyKk...

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday, distanced themselves from the party’s local government congress held across the 44 councils of the state. The congress, which witnessed early turnout of party delegates, was … Read more...

An employee of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Mr Uchenna Okagwu, on Friday told an Ikeja High Court how he paid 232,000 Euros (about N99.76 million) to alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans...... Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2KSOEdW Get More...

The Senate on Tuesday, called for enforcement of age limit in the acquisition of driver’s licence to check reckless driving. The Red Chamber also called for mandatory short term courses for prospective drivers across the country. It mandated the Committee on … Read more via The Guardian...

Mozambique's veteran rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama, who mixed guerrilla warfare with opposition politics, has died aged 65, party sources said Thursday. Several sources in Dhlakama's Renamo party.... Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2HLMwXs Get more World News

The World Bank has said that since Nigeria emerged from recession, its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2018 is expected to be a little over two per cent, and largely oil sector driven. According to its bi-annual … Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2rcVdzK Get...

The Federal Government will expedite action to ensure that a new minimum wage is ready by the second quarter of the year, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has promised. At the 2018 May Day celebration in Abuja..... Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2JKRoIS Get More...

The threat by Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State to pull down the building housing the campaign office of President Muhammadu Buhari is the latest in his series of acts of animosity and intolerance against … Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2IcVSe2 Get More...

Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City say their presence at the geographical heart of their faith is under threat from intimidation and aggressive property acquisition by hardline Jewish settlers. According to church leaders, priests are being verbally abused and spat at, and property vandalised...