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When Jonathan Schmitz walked on to the set of one of America’s most popular daytime TV shows, he knew he was about to meet his secret admirer. What he did not know was that the episode of the Jenny Jones Show in question was called “Same Sex Secret Crushes”. Schmitz emerged from backstage and saw two people he knew, Donna …

With the 450MW Azura-Edo Power Project now on stream, the state is looking at attracting more investors for the Benin Industrial Park and technology innovation hubs, the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said on Friday. Obaseki who spoke during the visit of 10 World Bank Executive Directors to the Edo-Azura Power Plant, near Benin City, the Edo State Capital, said …

President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom today May 11, 2018, following a four-day trip for medical treatment in London. Mr. President was received at the Presidential Wings of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.

Patients in federal health institutions are currently passing through untold pain even as their relatives have been grumbling for the past 22 days as a result of the ongoing strike by health workers, an investigation by PREMIUM TIMES has shown. Three weeks ago, JOHESU, an association of health workers except doctors, began an indefinite strike over the failure of the …

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday pleaded with former President Olusegun Obasanjo to give the party another chance, saying the PDP has changed its ways. Apparently the main opposition party is disturbed by the decision of the Obasanjo- led coalition to collapse into the African Democratic Congress (ADC) against expectations of finding accommodation in the PDP. …

The General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Rev. Musa Asake, died on Friday. He was 68. His younger brother, Mr. Philimon Asake, said the CAN official died in his Abuja residence after complaining of being sick. Philimon said the deceased had hypertension. He said recently the CAN official complained about pains in his legs and had …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday closed its case in the trial of former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. EFCC re-arraigned Kalu, a former Director of Finance in Abia State Government House, Udeh Udeogu and Slok Nigeria Limited on 34- count charge of laundering N3.2billion. They pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Commission said …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday declared that President Muhammadu Buhari, and his All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled government have been taking “Nigerians for fools.” Obasanjo who lamented that the fortunes of most Nigerians have taken a turn for the worse in the last three years despite claims to the contrary by Buhari and APC, called for concerted efforts from …

Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship race with a message to party members that he would not be used by anybody to fulfill political agenda. Oshiomhole, who made a formal declaration for the chairmanship seat in Abuja, said he would add value to the party and help deepen the nation’s democracy. …

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, may have quit the Coalition for Nigeria Movement as the movement has adopted a political party, African Democratic Congress, to realise its dream of a new Nigeria. He gave this hint on Thursday evening when he addressed the press at his presidential library home in Abeokuta. In a speech he titled ‘My treatise for …