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Royal baby: Looking back at Meghan’s pregnancy
Buckingham Palace has confirmed the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first child – a boy. Their son will be behind...
Africa’s top shots: 3-9 May 2019
A selection of photos from across Africa this week: Image copyright MARCO LONGARI Image caption On Saturday we see a sea of blue...
Insecurity: Yoruba group tells Buhari what to do
A pressure group, Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to set up sociological inquiry as a way of tackling banditry...
2019 presidency: What Buhari’s victory has done to Obasanjo – Oba of Lagos
The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, on Wednesday said the election of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second-term in office was a...
Court refuses to sack lawmaker-elect after identifying authentic winner of Ondo APC primary
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, has declared Mr James Ololade-Gbegudu as winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, House of...
Fani-Kayode reacts to Buhari’s minister plea that EU stops migration of Nigerians
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of Aviation, has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s government over a statement appealing to the European Union to stop...
Gov Ikpeazu dissolves cabinet but retains six commissioners [See Names]
Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the Governor of Abia state, has dissolved the State Executive Council with the exception of the Commissioner for Works, Hon...
Faroe Islands ‘close down’ as tourists fly in to repair them
Image copyright Visit Faroe Islands/Tróndur Dalsgarð Image caption Closed for maintenance: a clever PR stunt or a way forward for sustainable tourism? In...
Bafta TV Awards 2019
Stars of the small screen have been honoured at the 2019 Bafta TV Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Here are...
Week in pictures: 4-10 May 2019
Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week. Image copyright Maxim Shemetov / Reuters Image...
Court stops EFCC, Police, DSS, CCT from probing Saraki
Federal High Court in Abuja has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and three others from...
Seun Kuti reacts as Akeredolu plans to grow Marijuana in Ondo
Seun, the son of Nigerian Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has reacted to a statement by the Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on the...
Ogun APC attacks Gov. Amosun over workers’ salaries
The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lambasted its outgoing governor, Ibikunle Amosun, for allegedly diverting state workers’ salary....
UI School hijab crisis: Court fixes June 25 for hearing of preliminary objection
Justice Ladiran Akintola of an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday fixed June 25 for hearing of preliminary objection in a...
Minimum wage: FG inaugurates committee to adjust workers’ salaries
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has inaugurate a committee to negotiate the consequential adjustment in salaries arising...
Killings: Security Chiefs can’t fight battle alone – Buhari’s Minister tells Nigerians
The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has called for more collaboration and cooperation to defeat the insurgents in the West African Sub-region....
