The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 116 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Libya by International Organisation of Migration (IOM). The returnees who had tried to proceed to Europe enroute Libya, were received by the Acting Coordinator, NEMA South West Zone, Mr Segun Afolayan at 12:40am today on board an Al Buraq […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared its support for the ongoing global efforts to check the proliferation of fake news, particularly as the country gears up for campaigns ahead of the 2019 general elections. The party`s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lanre Issa-Onilu, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that […]

Ben Nwabueze, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says he will live to witness Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), become the president of Nigeria. Nwabueze said this on Wednesday when Abubakar paid him a visit in Enugu. Segun Showunmi, spokesman of the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign organisation,  and Jonathan ex-aide, […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says it is ready to negotiate with government toward ending its one-week old industrial action. Its President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who was guest on TVC News Breakfast show on Tuesday, also advised government to establish an education bank for proper funding of universities. He regretted the attitude of […]

The Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, has resigned his position. Sokoto reportedly tendered his resignation letter from the post to the state house of assembly  over alleged threats of impeachment. Sokoto is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 election. His resignation may not be unrelated […]

The Senate has adjourned plenary till November 20, 2018 after it failed to form a quorum on Tuesday. No more than 20 senators were present at Tuesday’s sitting, which lasted for 10 minutes. Section 54 (1) of Part 1 of Chapter 5 of the Constitution stipulates that a quorum of the Senate shall be one-third […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has dismissed as “deliberate and unnecessary insult” to the people a resolution by the State House of Assembly, criticising the recent postings of Commissioners of Police to the state. The party said in a statement on Wednesday in Yenagoa that the resolution, which came a few days […]

A catastrophe that would have thrown Nigeria into deep mourning was averted, Tuesday, as troops of the Nigerian Army arrested an alleged female bomber in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Announcing the arrest via its twitter handle, the Army said the young lady, Shaidatu Adamu, 19, was nabbed at the Gonikalachari area of Borno State […]

In its latest round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, injected the sum of $210 million in the inter-bank foreign exchange market. Figures obtained from the CBN indicate that the authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the market received the sum of $100 million while the Small […]

A man simply identified as Obi Nwoda, 65, has met his untimely death while having sex with a 34 year old lover, Ifeoma Ayinka in an hotel. According to the police, Ayinke, who approached Desires and Leisure Hotel, in Agu Awka in Aniocha Local Governmenbt Area, with her man friend was intercepted by the hotel […]