Presidency has on Monday reacted to a trending image of President Muhammadu Buhari, captured while removing detritus from his mouth with a toothpick.

Mamelodi Sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana was red-carded as the South African club lost 2-1 at AS Otoho of Congo Brazzaville Sunday in a CAF Champions League preliminary round first leg.

The first ever Nigerian teachers TV show is being hosted in Abuja, with a Bridge Teacher from Lagos among the contestants. The show is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria. It is designed to shine a spotlight on the incredible work that teachers do across the country in building the nation’s future.

General Zamani Lekwot was military governor of Rivers State from July 1975 to 1978 during the military administration of Murtala Muhammed and Olusegun Obasanjo. He also served as Ambassador and High Commissioner to the Republics of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Gambia. Lekwot retired from the army in 1985.

Osita Chidoka has joined His Royal Highness Emir Mohammed Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano and Muslim faithful in Kano State on Monday who gathered to commemorate the Eid –El-Kabir Sallah with Durbar festival.

By Victoria Ojeme

ABUJA: The Corporate Affairs Commission, (CAC), has extended by three days, the 50% reduction in the registration fee for Business Names window, with effect from 13th August, 2019. It will now end on Friday, 16th August, 2019.

Eight people, including three soldiers, were killed in jihadist attacks on an army base and village in northeast Nigeria ahead of Monday’s Eid al-Adha festival, military sources said.

Ebonyi football fans, on Monday, remembered the late Nigerian midfield maestro, Samuel Okwaraji, who died on Aug. 30, 1989 at the National Stadium, Lagos during a World Cup qualifier against Angola.

Seven people drowned after a transport boat sank after hitting rocks on a lake in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, local authorities said on Monday.

The tweeter account of vice president Yemi Osinbajo ‘@ProfOsinbajo’ that vanished from the micro-blogging platform, on Saturday is back.

The Police in Enugu State has arrested one Sampson Nwaobasi, an Enugu-based farmer, for allegedly killing his business partner, Mr Friday Ani, over payment of proceed made in farming business.

The number one bestselling author and former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri has said that based on what he described as a confession by a former deputy spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, that President Muhammadu Buhari and the party committed a crime against Nigeria by plunging the country into recession through outright lies against the former President, Goodluck Jonathan. 

The current Mr Nigeria, Nelson Enwerem, a seasoned model and fashion designer, has appealed to Nigerians to increase their votes and likes for him at the ongoing 2019 Mr World contest.

THE Nasarawa State government is set to generate a private electricity from coal deposit in Obi local government area of the state.

Hong Kong’s airport cancelled all flights on Monday, with authorities blaming demonstrators for the disruption of one of the world’s busiest terminals, a dramatic escalation of anti-government protests that have roiled the Asian financial hub.