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Annie Idibia launches Foundation
Annie Idibia, wife of popular Nigerian entertainer TuBaba has kickstarted her very own foundation with a mission to give back…
Senate to reconsider 1% special grant for Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Senate is to reconsider the one percent special grant for Lagos from the Federation Account, being the…
NDE trains 1,225 youths, women
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Jigawa had trained 1,225 youths, including 228 women, in various income-generating vocations within…
Explosion kills 9 in Maiduguri
Police in Borno said nine persons were killed on Tuesday in Maiduguri in a vehicle explosion. Spokesman of the command,…
NANS commend JAMB on three-year validity decision
Mr Tajudeen Habeeb, the Chairman of Kwara Chapter of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has lauded JAMB for its…
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Breaking News: Senate throws out Buhari’s plan to borrow $30 billion
The Senate on Tuesday threw out President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to borrow $30 billion from external bodies for infrastructural development.…
Jigawa NSCDC cautions cable vandals
Alhaji Muhammad Iya, Jigawa Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has warned vandals of electricity cables and other…
Marketer steals clients’ N6m
A 42-year-old company marketer,Temitope Adamson, who allegedly disappeared with clients’ N6 million, is on reprieve as the court released on…
Police arraign fake female lawyer for impersonation
The police on Tuesday arraigned a female accused, Fatima Ibrahim, at a Chediya Magistrates’ Court in Zaria, Kaduna State, for…
20 Miners trapped in China pit
Rescuers are working round the clock to search for 20 miners who have remained trapped in a colliery in southwest…
NTI set to train 450 teachers
The National Teachers Institute (NTI) will next week train 450 primary school teachers in Kebbi under the Sustainable Development Goals…
Awaiting trial inmates increases to 1,712 in Nassarawa
Mr Ekwere Ekanem, Controller of Nigeria Prison Service in Nasarawa state has disclosed that the population of awaiting trial inmates…
President Buhari’s son in law under EFCC investigation
President Muhammadu Buhari’s newly wed son in law Mallam Gimba Yao Kumo is currently under investigation by the Economic and…
240 Boko Haram fighters surrender to Nigerian Army
Faced with hunger and sustained attack by the military on land and in the air, 240 members of Boko Haram…
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Breaking: Corrupt judges: CJN blames FG, governors for inaction
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Mahmud Mohammed has said that the “the failure on the part of the Executive Arm…
Stop running to Buhari over crisis in your Party, Gov. Lalong tells Mimiko
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Monday in Abuja, enjoined Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo to stop running to President…
ntel’s VOXHD app now available on Google Play Store
ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network provider, has launched its VOXHD application on Google Play Store. The Voice Over LTE…
Kukah visits EFCC, meets Fani-Kayode, Obanikoro, others
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Revd. Mathew Kukah, on Monday visited the headquarters of the Economic and Financial…
Supreme Court strike out Giwa’s motions
The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja struck out two motions brought by Chris Giwa and his group. Ademola Olajire,…
Americans believe sexual allegations against Trump: New poll
A poll released on Monday in Washington said most Americans believe in the allegations about Trump’s sexual misconduct. The new…
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Ogun sacks NLC, NUT chairmen, 14 others
Eleven days after Ogun workers embarked on an indefinite strike, government responded today with the dismissal of the state chairman…
Forex crisis: Adiyan II water treatment construction hits N64 billion-LASG
Kazeem Ugbodaga Foreign exchange crisis facing the country has pushed the construction of the Lagos Adiyan II water treatment plant…
Board commences prosecution of 11 women
The Faggae Outpost of the Kano State Hisbah Board (Sharia Police) on Monday said it had commenced the prosecution of…
500 emergency volunteers to tackle disasters in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 500 Emergency Management Volunteers, EMVs, are to complement the efforts of the Lagos State Government in…
Catholic sister blames sex scandal on failed parenting
The National Coordinator of the Association for Universal Moral Education Nigeria, Rev. Sis. Therese Nwodo, has blamed failed parenting for…
Man nabbed for defiling friend’s underage daughter
For allegedly defiling his friend’s 10-year-old daughter, Godwin Itta, was on Monday docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. Itta,…
Kidnappers: Kano Assembly passes bill stipulating life jail
The Kano State House of Assembly on Monday in Kano passed into law, the bill seeking life imprisonment for kidnappers…
Breaking: Michel Aoun elected president of Lebanon
Michel Aoun, the former Lebanese army chief, has been elected president of Lebanon, ending more than two years of deadlock…
Still on sale: TheNEWS special trilogy on the first Nigerian coup
In June, July and August, 2016, TheNEWS published a trilogy on the British Intelligence Report on the first Nigerian coup.…
FG to establish 3 Obstetric Fistula hospitals
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that the Federal Government would establish three more obstetric fistula hospitals…