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A 25-year-old housemaid, Dominion Okoro, on Tuesday in Benin revealed that she killed Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, 85, the mother of a former governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion. Narrating how she carried out the nefarious act on December 2, Okoro, who was arrested in her hometown, Calabar, said …

Top fashionista, Abiodun Odukoya and his upscale fashion house A.B Rollings Clothiers, is a fashion lovers dream come true, because of ABR’s ability to uniquely combine fast and slow fashion together, under thesame umbrella and with great ease and precision. The fashion house whose vision is always constant – to …

Mele Kyari, GMD, NNPC The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Monday announced that NNPC was currently increasing the supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, in a bid to force down its price. Kyari, who announced this at the inauguration …

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, revealed the salaries and emoluments of members of the National Assembly to the public in Abuja. Lawan also said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had surpassed his predecessors on assent to bills. He stated this in a paper presented …

Airline to now land in Dubai airport In what appears as a move to avert a diplomatic row, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday conceded seven slots to Air Peace. According to a report by The Nation, the UAE has also granted the Nigerian carrier the permit to fly …

  The Inspector-general of police, (IGP) Alkali Baba is preparing his officers for the security situation that may develop in the country by 2022. Baba, who spoke during the end of the year meeting with the commissioners of police on Monday, urged officers to be at alert always and watch …

  Airtel has lost out in the bidding for the 3.5GHz Spectrum for Fifth Generation Network Deployment in Nigeria. After eight hours of bidding, Mafab Communications Ltd and MTN Nigeria Plc emerged the two successful winners of the 3.5 gigahertz Spectrum. The bidding which lasted for 11 rounds was conducted …

In a bid to meet high demand amid poor production capacity of wheat, the Central Bank of Nigeria earmarked a whopping sum of N41billion, which is being disbursed by Heritage Bank Plc to farmers across multiple States for the expansion of wheat production project. The disbursed fund is to consummate …

Oba Oniru of Iruland, His Royal Majesty, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal, Abisogun II, has reassured the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Victoria Island Local Chapter of his impacting and progressive partnership in support of helping the needy and giving back to society. Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan speaking at the JCI Victoria Island …

  The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday further adjourned the N29b alleged fraud case involving the former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, to January 24. The court had on July 19 dismissed a ‘no-case-submission’ application filed by Nyako, and his co-defendants against the N29 billion fraud …