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Kidnappers have freed the mother of the Finance Minister, Professor Kamene Okonjo, after holding her in captive for just about a week. Reportedly the Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan has gone to receive her. The Finance…

Despite the fact that the Nigerian Police Force has several thousand policemen and women trained to direct traffic, the Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan took it upon himself to leave all his 'executhief' business and direct…

The head of Nigeria's central bank has denied any wrongdoing after he and 14 other officials were threatened with arrest warrants over £5bn missing from government funds. Lamido Sanusi, a highly respected banker, was told he faced arrest…

The controversial Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Mr Abdulrasheed Maina arrived at the Senate yesterday afternoon around 2.30pm and almost caused a row in the committee room as reporters and other people present scurried to…

The Federal Government has no plans to change the way the country sells its crude oil as there is no problem with the current system, said the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Dieziani Allison-Madueke to journalists on Thursday after an OPEC…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, said that the commission struck out 28 parties from its list of registered parties because it had incontrovertible evidence that the parties had…

The eldest son of the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, Aminu Sule, who was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano on Wednesday for failure to disclose $40, 000 at the airport on his way to Egypt was…

Wenger, whose team were dumped out of the League Cup on Tuesday by fourth tier Bradford City, faces the possibility of losing England winger Theo Walcott after Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie and Samir Nasri left to earn more money…

Despite Angelina Jolie's claims that she is planning to retire from acting in the near future to focus on her family, the actress is in talks to star in a remake of her action thriller "Salt." The original film was released in 2010 and…

A man in England died Saturday after an office party performance of "Gangnam Style" led to chest pains and an eventual failure of the heart. Eamonn Kilbride, 46, had just finished dancing to Korean pop star Psy's wildly popular "Gangnam…