President Buhari and ex-President Obasanjo held a bilateral meeting with former British PM, Gordon Brown in the US yesterday. Buhari also met with Bill Clinton & Bill Gates. More pictures below... …
Two Justices of the Court of Appeal are among the hundreds of pilgrims who died in the stampede in Saudi Arabia. They are Justices Abdulkadir Abubakar Jega and Musa Hassan Alkali. Justice Jega was the presiding Justice of Abuja division, while Justi…
Abdulkadir Jega, The brother of the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, has been confirmed as one of the dead in the Hajj stampede. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed…
President Muhammadu Buhari and his delegation were not present at a United Nation’s meeting to discuss and proffer solution to the problems of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The United Nations, Chad, Niger and Cameroon appealed on Friday for h…
The Presidency has issued a statement responding to reports that the Nigerian delegation to the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly missed a meeting on help for displaced persons. In the statement by the Senior Special Assistant to t…
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has finally tied the knot with his rumoured heartthrob, Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa, the daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo-Musdafa, Premium Times reports The 18-year old becomes the emir’s fou…
The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given reasons the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) was opposed to the execution of the airport project in the state, saying the APC was only ashamed that a PDP government wa…
Sokoto State Government has announced that nine pilgrims from the state were among those who lost the lives in the stampede that occurred on Wednesday in Mina, Saudi Arabia. In a statement in Sokoto on Saturday, the government said that its officia…
Chairman of the 2014 National Conference Convocation Committee, Senator Femi Okunrounmu, said on Saturday that more than 90 per cent of politicians in the country are guilty of false declaration of assets. Okunrounmu stated this while interacting wi…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has expressed regret on the death of more than 747 Muslims on September 17 in a stampede during pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A statement issued in Abuja by the Head of Media to Atiku, Mr. Pul Ibe, described…
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed Friday’s announcement by the World Health Organisation that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria. The President’s reaction to the development was contained in a statement on Saturday by his Special Adviser on…
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, on Saturday described as an offence against God the disruption of the Eid-el-Kabir prayer at the Ilorin Eid ground on Thursday. Sulu-Gambari, who is the Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, spoke …
Lionel Messi will be out for up to eight weeks after suffering knee ligament damage in Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Las Palmas on Saturday, the Catalan giants confirmed. “Tests have confirmed that Leo Messi suffered a torn internal collateral knee ligam…
The last unbeaten record of the Premier League season fell on Saturday as Arsenal came away from the King Power Stadium with a 5-2 victory over Leicester City, Alexis Sanchez roaring back into form with a hat-trick. Claudio Ranieri's side took the l…
Wayne Rooney ended his Premier League goal drought as Manchester United moved to the top of the table with a 3-0 win over Sunderland at Old Trafford on Saturday. The England captain's first league strike for 1,000 minutes was sandwiched by efforts f…
A late comeback spared Jose Mourinho's blushes as Chelsea denied Steve McClaren his first Premier League win in charge of Newcastle United after coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-2. Goals from Ramires and Willian earned the champions a share of the spo…
The Taraba State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, has confirmed the death of the state’s Amirul Hajj for the 2015 pilgrimage, Alhaji Abbas Ibrahim, the First Class ruler of Zing. The chairman of the board, Alhaji Hamman-Adama Tukur, confirmed the inci…
Presidency has assured that the September 30 promise by President Mohammadu Buhari as deadline for the appointment of Ministers would be met. The presidency spoke against the backdro of a growing apprehension in the polity on the fact that it is onl…
Tottenham Hotspur came from behind to thrash English Premier League leaders, Manchester City 4-1 at White Hart Lane thanks to goals from Eric Dier, Toby Alderweireld, Harry Kane and Erik Lamela. City was in the driving seat 25 minutes into the match…
Five pilgrims from Gombe State have been declared missing in Saudi Arabia. The Executive Secretary, Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Usman Gurama told newsmen in Mina, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday that the pilgrims could not be located…
A riot policeman and three other persons were said to have been killed in Lokoja, Kogi State, following the invasion of the state headquarters of the Department of State Services. It was gathered on Saturday that a band of gunmen, armed with with so…
Sao Paulo (AFP) – A Brazilian court on Friday froze $47 million in assets belonging to football superstar Neymar over tax evasion allegations surrounding the Barcelona striker. Judge Carlos Muta wrote in a ruling that Neymar — who is facing fraud cl…
Governor Lalong promises to become ‘part-time teacher’ to boost education in Plateau State and has compelled his deputy, Prof. Sonni Tyoden to start teaching as well. Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau, on Saturday, pledged to create time and teach for at …
Saudi Arabia’s top religious leader has said that the Hajj stampede which killed 717 pilgrims was beyond human control, official media reported on the final day of this year’s pilgrimage. The stampede was the worst disaster in a quarter-century to s…
The South African government on Friday denied reports that it has denied entry of American business icon Bill Gates because he failed to abide by the country’s visa regulations. There was no record of Gates having entered the country in the past few…
Pope Francis has capped a packed tour of New York by celebrating mass at Madison Square Garden (MSG), after greeting crowds in Central Park and praying for world peace at the 9/11 Memorial. About 20,000 people packed into MSG, the home of the Knicks…
Just few days after dropping the hot new single, 'DODO' Davido has dropped the visuals to the widely accepted new single off his forthcoming album B.A.D.D.E.S.T. Amazing video directed by Adasa Cookey; very creative and humorous. Davido’s new album …
Saudi authorities have yet to provide a breakdown of the nationalities of the 717 pilgrims killed in Thursday’s hajj stampede, but several foreign countries have announced the deaths of nationals. Here is the toll given by foreign officials and medi…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, has warned Nigerians against corrupt practices, saying that if it was not timely stopped, the poor citizens would revolt violently. Lamorde, who spoke through his rep…
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome you to this important event. Let me express Nigeria's sincere appreciation to UN-AIDS for the support and collaboration in organizing this event. 2. We are on the threshold of history as world leaders ad…
A Nigerian pilgrim from Sokoto, Alhaji Muhamadu Ilela, who was at the scene of the stampede that killed over 700 people in Saudi Arabia, has revealed that the deaths occurred because the Saudi police blocked one of the gates leading to the Jamrat ar…
The World Health Organisation, WHO on Friday announced that polio is no longer endemic in the country. “This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted transmission of wild poliovirus, bringing the country and the African region closer than ever…
Suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram terrorists invaded three communities of Sabon Gari, Kafin Hausa and Bakin Dutse of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, leaving scores of people mostly returning farmers and herdsmen dead after set…
Girls in a remote Caribbean village are becoming boys when they hit puberty due to a rare genetic disorder. One in 90 children born in Salinas in the Dominican Republic grow a penis in a natural transformation from female to male. Known as the gueve…
Governor of Osun state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has sent heartfelt condolence to the families of those who lost their lives in Saudi Arabia as a result of stampede during the performance of hajj rites on Thursday. Aregbesola, in a statement by the Direc…
About 717 people were killed and 863 injured at the Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. According to the Saudi Civil Defence Service, the stampede broke out during the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual. Several Nigerians are believed to …
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