Sweden rejects appeals to reopen probe into premier’s 1986 murder

A Swedish chief prosecutor on Wednesday said there were no grounds to reopen the preliminary investigation into the 1986 murder of Sweddish prime minister Olof Palme. Lennart Gune had considered…

Osun Governor’s Deputy Chief Of Staff, Binuyo, Charged With $120,000 Fraud

The Inspector-General of Police has dragged the Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, Abdullahi Binuyo, to a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,…

Oct 1 Sit-at-Home: No one can stop us – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said that there is no going back on the sit at home order it had declared to hold Thursday , October 1, 2020.…

PIB scales first reading in Senate

…The Bill must be distributed to all the Senators by Tuesday, Lawan Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB 2020( SB.510) was read the first time in the Senate on Wednesday. With the…

First Person Cured Of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, Dies

The first person cured of HIV – Timothy Ray Brown – has died from cancer. Brown, who was also known as “the Berlin patient”, was given a bone marrow transplant…

Biden faces down raging Trump in chaotic debate

opening debate that turned almost immediately into a shouting match weeks ahead of the most tense US election in recent memory. The debate in Cleveland, Ohio, was as bad-tempered as…

PTF Excited Over Discovery Of 30-Minute Rapid Test Tools

THE Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has expressed excitement at the impending rollout of 120 million rapid test tools. Chairman of the PTF and Secretary…

BREAKING: FG lifts ban on Emirates Airlines

…UAE to begin visa issuance to Nigerians The federal government has lifted the ban on Emirates Airline flights into the country. Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, announced on Tuesday…

Fraud: Ex-banker jailed 98 years, to return N49m, $368,000

A former staff of an old generation bank, Oreoluwa Adesakin, was handed a cumulative 98 years in prison by Justice Muniru Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court for fraud.…

N2.67bn School Feeding Fund: SERAP Queries Minister, Asks Her to Publish Names

Following the N2.67 billion school feeding money the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it uncovered in private bank accounts, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project…

Southern, Middle Belt Leaders Tackle Buhari Over Lopsided Recruitment By SSS

*Accuse agency of recruiting 535 northerners, 93 southerners Southern and Middle Belt Leaders have condemned the latest recruitment exercise carried out by the Director General of the Department of State…

The Issue Of ASUU Will Soon Come To An End — Minister of Labour and Employment

The Federal Government says the issue of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would soon be resolved. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this on…

N94trn Unremitted To Federation Account’ — Falana-Led Coalition Writes Buhari

The interim Coordinating Committee of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, debunking the claim that fuel subsidy was removed because…

CAN urges government to overhaul country’s security system

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Enugu State chapter, has called on government at all level to overhaul the country’s security system to guarantee the protection of lives and properties…

NSCDC officer, 2 others burnt to death in Badagry motorcycles accident

An official of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) and two others were on Tuesday burnt beyond recognition following the crash of two motorcycles along Badagry-Seme expressway. A witness…