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Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that President Olusegun Obasanjo queried him in 1999 for proposing the privatisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has condemned the reported killing of some pro-Biafra activists on Monday during a clash with security operatives in some parts of Anambra and Delta States.

General Isreal Akpodoro, a former militant leader in the Niger Delta has revealed the reason behind the renewed militancy in the oil rich region.

The scarcity of tomatoes and hike in its price nationwide had been of great concern to many Nigerians this year.

Gunmen have killed Michael Olutoye Ogunlusi, the owner Alloizie Hotel on Ishawo Road, Owutu area of Ikorodu in Lagos State.

A former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, Monday, said he would soon open up on what actually killed his boss and the acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Bashorun MKO Abiola.

The Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani has reacted to Senator Ben Murray Bruce’s claim that he was prevented from exchanging pleasantries with President Buhari at the presidential dinner yesterday.

Civil Society Organisations in the Niger-Delta have called on agitators in the region to sheathe their swords and embrace peaceful resolutions of whatever grievance they may have.

The Nigerian Army has explained that its troops, alongside other security agencies, invoked the extant Rules of Engagement by acting in self-defence as well as in defence of lives and property when it shot dead about five members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday.

Last month rapper Ludacris was put on blast after the contents of his rider for a concert leaked online showing that the rapper who recently got married had requested, among other things, a box of condoms.

Saudi authorities have executed a Nigerian man after convicting him of murdering a police officer, AFP reports. It was the 95th execution of the year in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, which imposes the death penalty for offences including murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy.

A journalist who has spent over a decade documenting the criminal dealings of the mafia has named Britain the most corrupt country in the world. 36-year-old Roberto Saviano who wrote the best-selling exposés Gomorrah and ZeroZeroZero, made the comments at the Hay Literary Festival.

Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology says research is ongoing to produce cement for road construction in the country.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said it was untrue that the health of Dr. Waripamowei Dudafa, a former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, was failing in detention.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday described his first year in office as nasty. He recalled that some of his cabinet members lost weight because of the process.

A staff verification exercise in Plateau State has traced 1,832 ghost teachers to a single individual who is not even a teacher. According to Daily Trust, the state‎ governor, Simon Lalong disclosed this at a media parley at the Government House in Jos to mark his one year in office over the weekend.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has dared the Federal Government to carry out the alleged plot of preventing him from travelling out of the country, saying; “under the federal system of government, State governors are not appendages of the President and as a leading opposition figure in Nigeria, he cannot be cowed by President Mohammadu Buhari and his agents.”

Outgoing Manchester City coach, Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that the announcement of Pep Guardiola’s appointment had a negative impact on the team’s performances.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that his administration has stabilised the economy of the state through the strategic release of funds via payment of salaries and payment for key projects.

The Federal Government has set up an inter-agency committee on recovery of loans granted to commercial banks and corporate organizations by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

A 400-pound gorilla named Harambe was shot dead by Zoo officials just one day after his 17th birthday, when they tried to save a 4-year-old boy that had somehow climbed through a public barrier at Gorilla World at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and fell into the exhibit’s moat (read  here ) Twitter User @Sharlo_Xo decided to ask her mother what would happen if she and her brother fell in a Gorilla pen, and the response sent back to her via iMessage was so hilarious that it immediately went viral when she shared it on twitter. See the chat with her mum after the cut...

Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, (Tompolo), on Sunday restated his call on the Niger Delta Avengers, to ceasefire, expressing confidence that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government was ready to hold a dialogue with the group.

Nigerian singer/songwriter, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa aka Charly Boy, shared this open letter to the President, asking him to make sure his change agenda touches the lives of the youths whose future has been stolen away by fantastically corrupt leaders.

Some banks in the country have made real their threat to suspend international transactions on Naira and Dollar denominated ATM cards.

The Nigerian Army this weekend arrested and paraded 10 suspected members of the Militancy group, Niger Delta Avengers that have been attacking oil installations in the region in recent times. Photo of the 10 arrested suspected members above.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has allegedly recovered N900m from Mr. Waripamowei Dudafa, a former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.

There are a million ways to get in touch with someone we're dating. There are texts, phone calls, Facebook messages, Skype, Tweets, Gchats, emails...the list goes on. But not all of these modes of communication are created equal.

Ace comedian Ali Baba took to his Instagram page to pen his thoughts on President Buhari's score card after his first year of presidency. Read the post below:

On January 22, 2016, I tweeted a joke which went viral. I had said that at meetings of the Federal Executive Council, the minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, would address members and say 'turn to your neighbor and say, neighbor have you blamed Jonathan today'!

In the early hours of Sunday morning, troops of 343 Artillery Regiment of 2 Brigade, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, carried out patrol within the general area of Gulobokri and Eweleso, around Brass area in Bayelsa State.

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has frowned at comments by the Rivers state government where he linked the name of Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi to the comments by the Prime Minister of UK, David Cameron, that Nigeria is fantastically corrupt.

An Emirates flight EK 262 from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, made an emergency landing in Lagos due to the deteriorating health condition of a suspected cocaine trafficker who was onboard the plane yesterday May 28th.

Choosing a business partner is often compared to entering into a marriage. Cofounders of a small business need to be able to tolerate each other through sleepless nights and withstand  the extreme highs and lows that come with running a company.

The Nigerian Army has arrested 10 suspected members of the resurgent militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which had claimed responsibility for the destruction of oil and gas installations in the region.

The Nigerian Army on Sunday confirmed the killing of four persons after a tricycle stepped on an explosive in Biu, Borno.

The Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation into the various roles being played by stakeholders in Borno state in the operation of Boko Haram insurgency.

President Muhammadu Buhari has noted that some significant amount of assets have already been recovered from looters of public treasury, but said the Ministry of Information and Culture will make public the funds and assets recovered as well as provide periodic updates.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has disclosed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will soon commence the prosecution of the 43,000 persons so far discovered as ghost workers on the payroll of the Federal Government.

Anita, the former wife of the founder of the Christ Embassy, otherwise known as Believers’ Loveworld, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has denied the social media reports that she had reconciled with her estranged husband.

Th‎e Bayelsa Government on Saturday condemned the attack on ‎two crude trunk lines, operated by Aiteo and Agi‎p, by new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).

Comrade Waheed Odusile, the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to do the needful to improve the socio-economic wellbeing of Nigerians.

Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed he “had a vision”, he would score the winning penalty, as Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday.

Memories aren’t neat, self-contained wholes; summon up a specific incident from your past, and you’re really remembering a big jumble of sensory and narrative details at once. 

On Friday, more than 100 public health experts made a straightforward and cautionary warning, and it could have big implications ― let's just say this Rio Olympics update could be bad news for sports fans, but hugely important news for international public health.

Oluwatofunmi Fadesire a.k.a Olu-Heavy - Nigeria's strongest man is representing Nigeria at the Inaugural Arnold Classic Africa to be held this weekend from 27th - 29th May at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

OnuohaNollywood actress, Georgina Onuoha, has suggested the need for her colleagues and all Nigerians to speak up on issues at all time and not waiting till they got favours, deals or gigs from politicians.

The presidency has listed the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari as he clocks one year in office.