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After a three-day state visit to Spain, President Muhammadu Buhari has left Madrid for the journey back to Abuja. The President, who arrived on Tuesday, flew out of Madrid's Torrejon Airbase at 8 a.m. on Friday. Buhari visited both the Spanish President, Pedro Sanchez, and the monarch, His...

The Super Eagles were defeated 0-1 by Ecuador in their second consecutive international friendly on Thursday in New Jersey, the United States. According to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN), the Eagles barely lost their first encounter on Saturday. After captain William Troost-Ekong scored an own...

In Lagos, a woman named Christabel died as a result of a botched operation. The botched surgery was performed at Cynosure Aesthetics Plasticsurgery in Maryland, according to a young woman who claimed to be a friend of the deceased. According to a friend, Christabel died from excessive...

Super Eagles assistant coach Finidi George believes the team will do well under new head coach José Peseiro. Despite losing 2-1 to Mexico in Peseiro's first game, the three-time African champions received plenty of praise. The Super Eagles dominated the game in the second half and were...

Medical experts have warned that the country's cancer burden is getting worse and growing, citing statistics showing there are about 10,000 deaths from cancer each year, with 250,000 new cases, experts call on the federal government to include procedures in the national health insurance system...

At Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received another group of 166 stranded Nigerians returning from Libya. The returnees arrived at 3:30 p.m. on a charter flight, Al Buraq Air, registration 5ADMG Boeing 700787, at the...

Professor Christopher Ekong, one of the frontline gubernatorial candidates on the platform of Akwa Ibom state's All Progressive Congress (APC) who lost in the state's recently concluded primary, eventually conceded defeat. He urged other hopefuls who didn't go through the nomination process to...

The Hon. Moses Mkeenem, President of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Electoral Commission, South Benue, has raised the alarm over the intrusion of the Election Collection Center in Otukpo, Benue State. Thugs loyal to one of the hopefuls, according to Hon.Mkeenem, infiltrated the facility...

Leon Balogun will miss Nigeria's friendly against Mexico's El Tri owing to a calf injury. Balogun suffered the injury in Rangers' Scottish Cup final victory over Hearts last Sunday, according to camp sources. The 33-year-old, on the other hand, is anticipated to play in the Super Eagles' second...

On Tuesday, the leadership of the National Population Commission (NPC) met with the Nigerian Army. To ensure a credible census, the NPC sought the support of the military arm. Nasiru Isa Kwarra, Chairman, led senior officials on a visit to Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya, Chief of Army Staff (COAS)...

Aremu Afolayan, a Nollywood actor, has slammed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, calling him a pretender and not a man of God. Afolayan confronted Osinbajo after he exchanged 6500 Dirham in Dubai for N1 million, lamenting the nation's state. According to him, he expected Osinbajo to effect change...

Nigerians, particularly relatives of kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims, have been informed by the Federal Government that negotiations with bandits are ongoing to achieve their safe return. Mr. Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari's Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, stated...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South West would soon agree on a candidate for the primary election. On Friday in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, Osinbajo, who is also running for the APC presidential ticket, addressed an...

In a bid to strengthen the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) family ahead of the 2023 general elections, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 visited former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at his Maitama residence in Abuja. Governor Ortom served as Minister of State...

A gas cylinder, not a bomb, detonated in the Sabon Gari district of Kano on Tuesday, according to the Kano State Police Command. The explosion happened near the elementary school on Aba Road, according to Samaila Shuaibu Diko, Commissioner of Police. He stated four people died and others were...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Gwaram Local Government Area has suspended two-party executives for allegedly disobeying the party’s directives. Chairman of the party in Gwaram, Ayuba Umar Nasarawa, stated this after a meeting with the party’s executives. He said those suspended...

Rotimi Amaechi, an All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, has resigned as Minister of Transportation. Amaechi said he resigned from Buhari’s cabinet to focus on his presidential ambition. There has been speculation over Amaechi’s resignation, following Buhari’s directive to...

Korra Obidi, a popular Nigerian dancer, has admitted to cheating on her estranged husband, Justin Dean. The mother of two admitted to having an affair with her husband while she was in Nigeria before moving to America to be with him. During an Instagram live session with her sister, Nancy...

Senator Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna lawmaker, has warned that some of the 2023 presidential candidates are not serious. According to him, any contestant who has not consulted across the 36 states is not serious about his ambition. Most of the hopefuls acquiring nomination papers, according to...

The composer of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) hymn, Oluwole Adetiran, has died. He was 74. Adetiran's death was reported by the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) on Friday. He died after a protracted illness, according to Joseph Ogunremi, leader of the church's core choir. Details...