Dangote Tops List of Six Africans on The Ranking of The World’s 500 Richest People
Aliko Dangote’s $17 billion net worth makes the Nigerian the richest person in Africa and the only member of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index from one of the 60…
Election: NANS Sends Strong Warning to International Observers to Desist From Inciting Comments
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday warned international observers to desist from inciting comments concerning the just-concluded Presidential Elections. President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives…
2019 UTME: JAMB registers Over 1.8 million Candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has registered over 1.8 million candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Head, Media and Information of the…
Presidential Polls: INEC’s Performance Shambolic – SDP Rivers
The governorship candidate, Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Cross River, Mr Eyo Ekpo, said the performance of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Feb. 23 Presidential and National…
Election is not war, says Buhari; receives Certificate of Return
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that “election is not war, and should never be seen as a do or die affair”, adding, “I pray that we all accept this democratic…
Boy rapes sister to act out sex scene from video game
A twelve-year-old boy acted out a sex scene from Grand Theft Auto – by raping his six-year-old sister, a court heard. The boy raped his victim in the living room…
40,000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon return home
Cameroonian and Nigerian authorities have ordered 40,000 refugees in Cameroon to return to northeast Nigeria, aid agency Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of people fled…
Prepare For Life After Retirement – LASG Tells Serving Officers
Lagos State Government has advised its senior officers who are still in active service to start planning for their retirement and also familiarise themselves with all retirement benefits in…
Election: Violence, Vote Buying Mar Process in Anambra East/West Fed Constituencies — Observers
An election observer group, Forum for Civil Society Groups in Nigeria, says the Presidential and National Assembly elections in some parts of Anambra were marred by widespread violence and vote…
Presidential Poll: 2019 Tops With Voided Votes Compared to 2011, 2015
The just-concluded presidential election recorded 1,289,607 rejected votes nationwide, according to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…