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The Federal Executive Council ( FEC ) on Wednesday approved the creation of a new six private universities in the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, briefed State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi...

An overnight fire has killed a family of four, simply identified as Eze’s family, at No. 13, Buraimoh street, Bariga area of Lagos. The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has postponed its 43rd convocation consequent upon the ongoing national strike by the non-teaching staff unions of universities. Contrarily, the convocation was scheduled to hold from December 13 to 16, 201 The...

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has lifted an order made on May 30, freezing 16 bank accounts linked to wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Justice Nyako in a ruling yesterday ordered the lifting of the freezing...

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Kano on Wednesday for a two-day official visit to the state. Report said Buhari was received at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, members of the State Executive Council, Emir of Kano,...

A serving school head teacher, Mr. Cosmas Nwaiwu, has been reportedly killed by irate youths from Nneoche Umuoma Nzerem in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. The 57-year-old, who was said to have been killed on Wednesday, November, 29,...

A towering angry and despairing voices across the Middle East and the world have implored Donald Trump not to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at a planned speech on Wednesday, warning him that any such announcement would destroy the peace...

The Oyo State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday endorsed a former governor of the state, Sen. Rashidi Ladoja, as its candidate among those jostling for the seat of the National Chairman at the party’s national convention slated...

Despite the purported battle of supremacy between his father and Messi,Cristiano Ronaldo Jr has posted an incredible message to his father's biggest rival, Lionel Messi. The Real Madrid star's son met his hero at the Fifa best awards in October, when...

The Nigeria Football Federation is presently planning to secure a warm-up match for the Super Eagles squad against England ahead of the 2018 World Cup tournament in Russia. The general secretary of the (NFF), Mohammed Sanusi made this known in a statement....

A disturbing video has been released by Chechen Muslim rebels associated with ISIS. The video shows them beating a Muslim woman because they think she's been flirting with a Russian soldier. The woman, who was covered from head to toe in a Burkha, was...

A resident of Kano state was so happy that President Buhari was coming to his state that last night, he picked up his broom and began to sweep the streets in his area. Knowing that he wasn't one of the street sweepers, his neighbors asked him why he was...

Justice O.A Faji of a Federal High Court sitting in the Asaba Judicial Division has sentenced a father and son to 14 and 10 years imprisonment respectively over possession, production, sale and manufacture of local gin popularly known as Ogogoro and storage...

Six staff of the College of Health Technology in Ijero-Ekiti were on Tuesday arraigned in an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over the theft of N1.17 million as well as N500,000 scratch cards belonging to the institution. The defendants, Ibrahim Ganiyu, 40;...

Victor Moses has said Argentina will be scared to take on Nigeria at the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia. Moses who missed November’s friendly win against Jorge Sampaoli's side is optimistic about the Super Eagles' chance when both sides meet in the last...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged politicians who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to other parties to return. He said there “is no other political party” in the country apart from the PDP. Although Atiku while leaving the PDP then...

Neymar has revealed that he his 'happy' Brazil avoided all five African teams, especially Nigeria in the Russia 2018 World Cup group stages. The Selecao will contend with Serbia, Costa Rica and Switzerland in Group E of the global showpiece as they aim...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has sworn in 28 new commissioners and 27 Transition Committee Chairmen for the 27 local government councils in the state. He charged them to prove their worth in the service of the state and her people. One of the...

Russia’s justice ministry on Tuesday named nine US media outlets including Voice of America as “foreign agents” after President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing international media to be slapped with the controversial label. The ministry said that...

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Russia have been banned from competing as a team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed. IOC president Thomas Bach confirmed the ban on Tuesday evening in Lausanne and said Russian athletes will only be eligible...

If Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice on Wednesday at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, he would not only achieve this new record but he could also overtakeLionel Messi 's goalscoring tally for the group stage of the competition, since the Argentine didn't score...

One of the world's top forwards has a new record in his sights with one game left in the Champions League group stages, after after he had scored in each of the first five matchdays. If the Real Madrid ace scores against Borussia Dortmund, he would become...

Non-academic staff members of the University of Ilorin, ( UNILORIN ) have joined the nationwide strike called to protest unfair deals from the federal government by their national body. The decision to join the strike, it was gathered was taken at a congress...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has envisaged sunny and hazy weather conditions over Central States of the country on Tuesday with partly cloudy conditions over Lokoja, Makurdi and Ilorin. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office...