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Lebanon PM Hariri resigns over concern for safety, Iranian meddling

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday, saying he believed there was an assassination plot against him and accusing Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of sowing strife in the...

Appointments: South West most favoured by Buhari

Agency Report South West Nigeria took the lion share of the appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari since he took office on 29 May 2015. According to a list of 157 appointments provided by...
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Maina reveals 7th Senate aiding pension thieves

Embattled ex-Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, has accused the 7th Senate, led by David Mark, of aiding pension thieves. The accusation letter he wrote the Senate on June...

Nigerians lost Nmillions, weep as MMM officially fizzles out

Agency Report Popular ponzi scheme MMM has officially announced a “RESTART” of the system, leaving many Nigerian participants wailing with thousands and millions of Naira trapped in the scheme. In a message posted on the home...

DEBT CRISIS! Benny Peters plans to sell Shell OML29 to offset GTBank huge loan

  The trading firm, facing high financial exposure, is rallying round to quickly find partners on its OML 29. Nigerian oil firm Aiteo’s 2014 purchase of Shell/Total and ENI’s 45% stake in the prolific OML 29...

Wole Soyinka goes to Trump’s America; Says, ‘I’ll go in as an alien from...

Professor Wole Soyinka is going back to  Donald Trump’s America, less than a year after he tore his Green Card following the election of Donald Trump as the president. He will be delivering from 14-16 ...

PDP Chairmanship: Gbenga Daniel will succeed ―Sultan

  The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III has declared that a front-runner in the National Chairmanship race of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otunba Gbenga Daniel, will succeed in his bid for...

‘Executive Governor is illegal title!’- New SGF, Boss Mustapha

The new Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha says the title “Executive Governor” is illegal. According to reports, Boss who wants to be simply addressed as SGF and not Excellency, stated ‘’I...

Finally, Apple’s iPhone X hits stores

  Apple’s flagship iPhone X hit stores around the world Friday, as the company predicted bumper sales despite the handset’s eye-watering price tag and celebrated a surge in profits. Apple enthusiasts around the globe were lining...

Zimbabwean police arrests U.S. citizen for ‘insulting’ Mugabe

Zimbabwean police detained a U.S. citizen and seized her laptop on Friday on suspicion of calling President Robert Mugabe a “Goblin” on Twitter, the first arrest since the creation of a Ministry of Cyber...