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The duo of Abia Uchenna and Eboh Chinedu students of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) who were arrested in November and detained in Bosnia-Herzegovina Border Camp has returned back to Nigeria. The students who were away in Croatia for the International University Table Tennis Tournament were arrested while on a walkout in the […]

Carlo Ancelotti has been sacked by Napoli despite taking the Serie A side to the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 4-0 win over Genk. “Napoli has decided to relieve Carlo Ancelotti of his role as first team coach,” the Italian side said in a statement. Tuesday’s win over Genk, which saw Napoli finish second […]

Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has said that opponents of the Hate Speech Bill are ignorant of the dangers that loom if the bill is not passed into law. In a signed statement on Sunday, Senator Abdullahi said the opponents are only pretending to protect ‘Freedom of Speech’ by misinforming […]

Three retired senior Police, Navy and DSS officers have been arrested alongside a security guard over the illegal possession of a lion in a residential building on 229, Muri Okunola Street in Victoria Island, Lagos. The two-year-old lion named ‘Kiara’ believed to be owned by a yet-to-be-identified Indian man was discovered and taken to a […]

The House of Representatives has refused to consider the 2020 budget estimates of Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Insurance, Jaha Ahmed, stated this on Tuesday at a meeting with a delegation from the NDIC in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He accused the Managing Director of the Corporation, Umaru […]

The Supreme Court has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is ‘eminently qualified to contest for the 2019 Presidential Elections. The Apex court which set today as the date to explain reasons for the dismissal of the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said that the Appellant failed to prove […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr (Mrs) Sarah Omotunde Alade, as Special Adviser to the President on Finance and the Economy, domiciled in the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning. The President stated this on Tuesday in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. Dr. […]

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has called on religious leaders who are very active on social media not to allow it to become an instrument of war. He urged them to use the social platform to promote peace and kindness. “I want to say in particular about social media that we absolutely need to be careful […]

Human Rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana, has asked the Federal Government to open the borders, thereby asking them to urgently dialogue with neighbouring countries to fight the menace of smuggling which necessitated the country’s border to be closed. Falana said the Federal Government should ignore the endorsement of border closure […]