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Police in Enugu on Tuesday used tear gas on some INEC ad-hoc staff at the just concluded general elections who protested the non-payment of their allowances in the state. Newsmen, who were at the scene, reported that the tear gas affected passersby, school children and motorists who ran helter-skelter for …

An ongoing trial into the finances of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc has revealed how Senate President’s huge debt was written off in dubious circumstances contributing the bank’s crumbling. At a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, it was revealed how billions of Naira of loans were taken by the …

Three students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) were found dead in a hotel after allegedly taking a mixture of tramadol, codeine and vodka. One other student was still unconscious as at the time of filling this report. The bodies were found at the Sunshine Castle Hostel, Umuchima …

BY JENNIFER SINGLETON The events occurred recently at the Advocate Sherman Hospital, where a young woman, white and 24 years old, gave birth to a beautiful child who weighed 4.2 kg. Even though her husband is also white, the baby was born black . After delivery, already in the room, …

A dog owner, Sasha Smajic, 37, recently spent over £4000 ( N1, 872, 480) on giving her late dog, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Captain, a lavish funeral. Smajic said, Captain, who was eleven years old deserved the same respect as any family member. Captain died on Christmas Day after …

Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir Of Kano, says Nigeria may remain the poverty capital of the world till 2050 and beyond.        Speaking at his honorary induction into Sigma Club, at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan recently the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria  said based on current …

For the record …Reaffirms Commitment To Completing Ongoing Projects …Drums Support For Buhari, Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode recently assured Lagosians that the Government would deliver more life changing projects in 2019 for the greater benefit of all residents. Governor Ambode, who spoke in his New Year message …

Servant of God at INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Ejigbo Lagos State, Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele, has prophesied that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would not be able to unseat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election if certain terms sanctioned by God are not followed by him (Atiku). The …

BY BARRY RITHOLTZ Every year, the prognosticators come out of hiding. You have to wonder why they bother, given their record. This is the time of year for annual reckonings and predictions by strategists and analysts, illustrating little more than that they know what pleases their employers and that their …

BY ABIOLA RUFAI The Senator representing Lagos West at the National Assembly in Abuja, Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan popularly known as Yayi has again reassured the staff and students of the Federal Polytechnic in Ilaro of his readiness to make sure that the institution become a university of technology before …