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  Veteran actor, Emeka Ike, has alleged that some leaders of Nollywood and officials of the Bank of Industry squandered the N3 billion provided by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2013 for the Nigerian movie industry. In March 2013, former President Goodluck Jonathan at a presidential dinner ...

  Some residents of areas close to the 2 Division Nigeria Army at Odogbo in Ibadan are living in fear following the constant shelling of their buildings by soldiers during shooting exercises. Residents who took journalists around the area on Thursday showed damage done to their buildings and vehicles by ...

  …Says Minister Cannot Claim Ignorance Of A Policy Approved By FEC The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed on Thursday faulted the opposition of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami on the five per cent increase on data calls. Zainab made her ...

  The Police Service Commission (PSC) is presently considering promoting more officers in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) but is looking at gallant and well-behaved personnel. The Assistant Inspector General of Police for zone six Calabar, Kola Kamaldeen made this known Thursday when he decorated six newly promoted officers in ...

  A leaked memo written by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, and exclusively obtained by THE WHISTLER has revealed how the Minister attempted to undermine the regulatory power of the National Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission in the $1.28bn Seplat deal with ExxonMobil. The memo, dated August ...

  A Tanzania-based show promoter, Steven has claimed that Kizz Daniel’s missing gold chain was not the reason he refused to perform. Steven said this during an interview with Daddy Freeze and Kizz Daniel’s brother Tolu. He said that certain technical issues stopped the ‘Buga’ Crooner from performing. Steven also ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday appointed a former Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office, Dr. Habiba Muda Lawal, as Special Adviser to the President, Policy and Coordination. Her appointment is contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. ...

  At least seven passengers abducted during the Kaduna-Abuja train attack have been released on Wednesday. The development came eight days after five victims were freed by the terrorists, taking the total number of released person to at least 42.  

The Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Ambassador, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (Rtd), on Tuesday expressed confidence that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration will surmount the new security challenges facing the country and called on Nigerians to exercise patience.   Besides subsiding terrorists attacks in the North East, ...

  Timawus Mathias, a Veteran broadcaster at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Yola, Adamawa State, has regained consciousness after five weeks of being in coma. He broke the news on Monday evening on Facebook. The 73-year-old who retired as a manager before going into private practice, stated: “This has miraculously ...