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Pictures: Buhari supporters march in Abuja
A coalition of civil society groups on Tuesday took to the streets of Abuja, to give support to the policies…
UN director advocates women’s empowerment, rights pledges
Ms Lakshmi Puri, the Deputy Executive Director, UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women), has called…
Jigawa screens 33,869 people living with disabilities
Jigawa State Rehabilitation Board has screened 33, 869 people living with disabilities for injection into the state social security scheme.…
Kenya extradites 4 men to U.S.
Four men charged with directing a major heroin trafficking ring have been extradited to the United States from Kenya, a…
Poisonous gas kills 9 workers in India
No fewer than nine people were killed after inhaling poisonous gas at an oil mill in western Indian state of…
Trump’s immigration policy cannot be accepted- Turkey’s PM
The new U.S. immigration policy imposed by President Donald Trump is something that cannot be accepted, Turkey’s deputy prime minister…
Borno residents decry homosexuals abusing children
Some residents of Maiduguri have decried the increasing cases of child abuses by unscrupulous homosexual persons. The residents said in…
NUJ Oyo State pays tribute to late Alawaye
Members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Oyo State Council, on Monday paid tribute to late Tunji Alawaye of…
Our ‘Man of the Year 2016’
I start by thanking my teeming readers for their commendations, prayers, and pieces of advice every week. I covet the…
Trump poses grave risk to world trade- French Minister
French Finance Minister Michel Sapin on Tuesday said U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration posed a grave risk to international trade.…
South African prosecutor who jailed Pistorius quits
Gerrie Nel, the South African prosecutor who obtained a jail sentence for Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend…
Lagos Fire Service recovers 2 corpses inside tanker, well
The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, on Tuesday said they recovered two bodies from a petrol…
Former U.S. president Bush discharged from hospital
Former President George H.W. Bush was discharged on Monday from a Houston hospital after waging a more than two-week battle…
Suicide bomber kills self, vigilante in Borno
A suicide bomber and a local vigilante were killed during an attempt on a Maiduguri mosque on Monday morning, a…
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Trump fires disobedient acting attorney-general
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday night fired acting Attorney-General Sally Yates for refusing to enforce his Refugee Order designed…
Lagos Chairmanship Aspirant Dies
A chairmanship aspirant for Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area in the coming local government elections in the state, Mansur Obafemi…
U.S. deploys ‘Iron Soldiers’ to Europe, warns Russia over Ukraine
The U.S. says its Army’s 3rd Armoured Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, is ready for any mission to protect…
AU re-admits Morocco
Morocco was on Monday readmitted into the African Union at the 28th AU summit of Head of States and Government…
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Chad’s Foreign Affairs Minister emerges AU Commission Chairman
Foreign Affairs Minister of Chad, Mr Moussa Mahamat, was on Monday elected Chairman, African Union Commission (AUC) . He succeeds…
Robbers kill policeman, injure sergeant in bank raid
Rivers Police Command said it foiled a bank robbery and lost a personnel at Rumuibekwe area of Port Harcourt on…
I-G appoints CSP Moshood new Police spokesman
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has appointed Mr Jimoh Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police, as the new…
Former governor behind 2face’s planned protest
Investigations on Monday revealed a former Akwa Ibom State Governor as the chief sponsor of the planned massive nationwide protest…
Ex-JAMB registrar commends communications minister
The immediate past registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has described Barrister Adebayo Shittu,…
Robbers attack GTB in Port Harcourt
A suspected robbery gang on Monday stormed the branch of the Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) along Shell RA Bus Stop…
How Atiku, Daura Orchestrated my removal from Police-Akiolu
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has revealed how former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the Director-General, Department of State Security,…
Kidnapping: Is capital punishment a deterrent?
By Hon. Mufutau Egberongbe Yes, Lagos is more than a country if it is to be compared with some countries…
47,229 detainees awaiting trial in Nigerian Prisons-Osibanjo
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has lamented that a total of 47,229 detainees are still awaiting trial in various…
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Protest: Tuface yet to inform us – Police
The Lagos State Police Command says it is yet to be officially notified of the protest being organised by popular…
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Lagos police arrest “Biafra Times” publisher, 9 others for alleged sedition
The police in Lagos on Monday said they had arrested the publisher of Biafra Times and nine others for allegedly…
ASUP begins one-week warning strike
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Monday began a nationwide seven-day strike over shortfall in payment of salaries…