Year: 2017
Commercial driver jailed 29 months for stealing car
A Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 37-year-old commercial driver, Ikechukwu Egbeji, to 29 months in…
My wife demands for money before sex
Mr Sunday Olaosebikan on Wednesday, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to end his seven-year-old marriage to his wife,…
Herbalist docked for failing to exorcise evil spirits
A 40-year-old man, Yusuf Afolabi, has appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly failing to exorcise evil spirits tormenting…
Jigawa: 11 referees pass fitness test
The National League of Referees and Referees Assessors had approved the elevation of 11 candidates from Jigawa who passed the…
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Updated: 3 suicide bombers, vigilante killed in Maiduguri explosions
Barely two weeks after twin suicide attacks claimed the lives of a professor of medicine and four others in University…
2 men remanded over homosexuality, stealing
An Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Wednesday ordered the remand in prison of two men, Paul Frank, 31, and…
Mogadishu Blast: 18 killed in twin car bombing
At least 18 people were killed when two vehicles loaded with explosives exploded near the entrance of a hotel in…
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No going back on building Mexico wall-Trump
Donald Trump has said a “big day” is planned on national security, including an announcement to build a wall on…
Kuwait executes member of royal family, 7 other prisoners
Seven people, among them a member of the ruling al-Sabah family, were hanged on Wednesday in Kuwait’s first executions in…
2 teenagers docked over alleged gang-raping
Two teenagers were on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s’ Court for allegedly gang-raping a 19-year-old girl. The defendants-…
Commuters express mixed feelings over using pedestrian bridges
Some FCT Residents on Wednesday expressed mixed feelings over the poor usage of pedestrian bridges provided in some parts of…
Bill upgrading MAPOLY to university scales second reading
The Bill to upgrade Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) to a state University of Technology, on Wednesday scaled second reading at…
Ginger cures cancer, cardiovascular diseases
Experts at the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) Ibadan, have enumerated the economic and health values of ginger and turmeric…
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Kerosene Scarcity: Tenants in trouble as landlords ban charcoal, firewood for cooking
Some landlords and tenants in Anambra are at war over the use of charcoal and firewood for cooking following the…
Vandalism: NSCDC arrests 9 suspects in Kano
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kano State Command, said it arrested nine suspects for allegedly vandalising and…
Group urges governor to promote study of Igbo language
The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), a social cultural organisation, has appealed to governors and other stakeholders to promote the study…
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4 killed, 16 injured in kerosene explosions, doctors raise alarm
Nigeria is back again to the era of kerosene explosion due to the activities of some people who adulterate the…
Soldiers beat RCCG pastor to coma
A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Abuja, Alex Ochienu, said he was assaulted and beaten by two…
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Fayose foils DSS attempt at arresting Apostle Suleiman
Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’s Forum, Ayodele Fayose, in the early hours of…
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Breaking: Police rescue abducted students, staff of Nigeria-Turkish school Isheri
The police have rescued three students and 5 staff of Nigeria Turkish International College, Isheri, Ogun State. The students and…
AFCON 2017: DR Congo top group C after beating Togo 3-1
DR Congo reached the Africa Cup of Nations last eight as Group C winners with a victory that eliminated Togo.…
Nigeria air strike dead ‘rises to 115’ in Rann
The number of people mistakenly killed last week in an air attack on a camp for those who have fled…
Lagos charges teachers to solve problem of obsolete textbooks with technology
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday charged teachers in the state’s public schools to use technology to address the problem…
2 die as telecomm mast collapses in Port Harcourt
Two persons, a 16-year old girl and and 45-year old local football coach are said to have died in the…
Enugu police nab 3 over truck theft
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three suspects, who allegedly stole a truck belonging to an indigenous oil and…
Katsina Assembly sanctions Department over illegal contracts
The Katsina House of Assembly, on Tuesday, warned the state Department of Higher Education to immediately desist from awarding contracts…
13 aspirants to contest in Anambra guber poll
No fewer than 13 aspirants including Prof. Charles Soludo, have indicated interest to contest the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra…
FG probes Big Brother Nigeria controversy
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to investigate the circumstances…
Phone dealers decry unstable Naira exchange rate
Mr Godfrey Nwosu, President of Phone and Allied Dealers Association of Nigeria (PAPDAN) says the depreciating value of the Naira…