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American ā€˜Nigerian prince’ scammer arrested

A man pretending to be a ā€œNigerian princeā€ to scam unsuspecting people has been arrested by the Slidell Police Department in Louisiana, US,Ā WJLA has reported. The Slidell police say Michael Neu sends emails informing people...

Dapo Abiodun, Alaibe, Oni, Tallen, other APC chieftains named in new board appointments

Agency ReportĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā President Muhammadu Buhari in one fell swoop on Friday night appointed 209 board chairmen and 1,258 members of government-owned agencies and parastatals, redeeming a part of the pledge he made...

Wike: $1 billion approved for fight against insurgency illegal, demands same amount for Ogoni...

Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, says the $1 billion approved by governors reportedly for the fight against insurgency is illegal – TheCable NG reported. He said this on Friday while speaking with state house correspondents...

Senate set to drill FG over unapproved subsidy payment

The Senate is set for a showdown with the Federal Government over the alleged payment of N26 per litre to subsidise the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, The Punch...
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Baru: Why we subsidise petrol

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, yesterday said the corporation was subsidising fuel because the government was not favourably disposed to having the pump price exceed...

Nigerian elite connived with foreign firms to defraud country-Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari says some Nigerian elite connived with foreign firms to defraud the country. Buhari said this on Friday when he received a delegation of All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kebbi state in the...

Apple apologizes for slowing iPhones, offers discounted batteries

Apple on Thursday apologised to its customers for slowing down performance of older iPhone models and said it would discount replacement batteries for some of its handsets. The move by Apple responded to an uproar...

I’m being persecuted because of my loyalty to Buhari -Oyegun

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), has confirmed that his loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari is not palatable to some party men. The loyalty has pitted him against some of the...

Fuel Scarcity: Labour threatens to embark on strike if…

Organised labour on Friday threatened to embark on strike if the ongoing fuel shortage ravaging the nation extends to next year. A press statement issued on Friday said it also hailed the President of the...

Ogun 2019: Stakeholders reject Ladi Adebutu as governorship candidate! …want younger brother, Segun as...

Urge Kensington Adebutu to replace Son, Ladi, with younger son, Segun This could spell war in lottery boss’ family – Pundits Resentment festers in political and social circuits of Ogun State againstĀ Kensington Adebutu’s son,...