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Hemp smoker remanded in prison
A 20-year-old man, Muyideen Olarenwaju, who was caught with hard drug at a bus stop in Lagos by the NDLEA,…
Ondo spends N160m on examination- Commissioner
Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Mr Jide Adejuyigbe, said the state government spent about N160 million on internal examinations for…
Malawi orders arrest of ‘hyena man’ paid to ‘cleanse’ children
Malawian President Peter Mutharika ordered the arrest Tuesday of a man paid to have sex with more than 100 adolescent…
4 friends docked for stealing cell phones
For allegedly conspiring to steal three cell phones valued at N91,500.00, four friends were on Tuesday brought before an Ikeja…
NASS advised to support Buhari’s anti-corruption war
A socio-political organisation, The Kwara Reform Movement, on Tuesday, advised the National Assembly to be patriotic and support President Muhammadu…
Academics call for strong legislations against gender-based violence
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has called for strong legislations to curb the menace of violence against…
Bye-election: Kano State Govt. warns trouble makers
The Kano State Government says it is committed to ensuring free, fair and peaceful election during the forthcoming State House…
Pedophile sentenced to life imprisonment
A German Court on Tuesday handed a life sentence to a 33-year-old security guard who admitted to abducting, sexually abusing…
Kebbi Govt to sustain scholarship for foreign studies
The Kebbi Government on Tuesday said it had not suspended the issuance of foreign scholarship, in spite of current funding…
2 men jailed for receiving stolen goods
A Jos Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced two men, Azi Itsegok, and Atsen John, to 12 months in prison…
Twin bomb attack kills 13 near Mogadishu airport
Explosions rocked a peacekeeping base and the airport in Somalia’s capital, police and local residents said Tuesday. At least 13…
EFCC arrests, quizzes Ex-Deputy Speaker over N5.6bn fraud
Chief Chibudom Nwuche, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, was on Monday arrested by the Economic and…
Suspected Boko Haram member escapes death in Lagos
A suspected Boko Haram member, Musbau Ishola, on Monday, escaped death in the Mile Two area of Lagos State as…
Fulani herdsmen storm Benue, kills 14
No fewer than 14 persons have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a fresh attack on Gaambe-Tiev, Logo Local…
Polio: Jigawa to immunise 1.7m children
The Jigawa Government on Monday said it targeted to immunise 1.7 million children in ongoing Outbreak Response Vaccination (ORV) against…
Banker docked over alleged N4.1m fraud
A former employee of FirstBank of Nigeria, Timothy Adewale, who allegedly defrauded the bank to the tune of N4.1 million…
NAFDAC seizes unwholesome, unregistered drugs in Enugu
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Enugu says it has confiscated unwholesome and unregistered sedative…
No more Boko Haram camps in North-East- Army
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sanni Usman, on Monday in Lagos said there were no longer camps of…
Traditional wears should be school uniforms on Fridays- Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the education sector on Monday urged school proprietors and administrators to introduce traditional wears as school uniforms on…
2 Bank officials get N10m-bail after stealing employer’s N30m
Two bank officials, Tiaminu Lukeman ,48, and Shogaolu Sherif,30, who allegedly stole N30 million from their employer, were on Monday…
Buhari meets FIFA President, Obasanjo behind closed doors
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met separately with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and former President Olusegun Obasanjo behind…
Learn to accept defeat, Saraki to football administrators
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has urged football administrators to learn to accept defeat in the interest of the…
Traditional Leader urges FG to complete Jare Dam
Alhaji Abdullahi Lawal, a Traditional Leader of Grain Dealers in Bakori Local Government Area, Katsina State, on Monday, appealed to…
Unilorin wins Nigerian varsities debating championship
The University of Ilorin(Unilorin) has won this year’s All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), beating 19 other universities that participated in…
Catfish farmers urged to export produce
An Aquaculture Consultant, Mr Tajudeen Morakinyo, on Monday, advised catfish farmers to key into the international demand for the commodity,…
Man publicly executed in Iran for killing 4-year-old
A man convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl was publicly hung at a bus terminal in western Iran on Monday,…
Obasanjo, Tinubu, others blame visa regime for poor African trade
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that the visa regime operating across Africa was one of the greatest impediments to the…
Edo pensioners protest non-payment of gratuities, pension arrears
Hundreds of pensioners on Monday defied the heavy rain and took to the streets of Benin, the Edo capital, to…
Man docked for breaking into pastor’s apartment
A 25-year-old man, Ofuajo Eseogbene, was on Monday brought before an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun over alleged burglary.…
Police confirms NNPC gas pipeline explosion in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Monday confirmed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Gas pipeline explosion in Obotim Nsit…