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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…
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…
Badagry records first rain in 2017
The coastal town of Badagry, Lagos State, on Tuesday witnessed its first rain of the year. The rain which began…
Algeria coach resigns after AFCON exit
Algeria coach Georges Leekens has resigned following the team’s early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations. The Desert Foxes…
Court adjourns N22.4 million suit against Gilmore Engineering
Mr Moses Ibu, an aggrieved employee of Gilmor Engineering Nigeria Limited has instituted N22.4 million suit against the company for…
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BREAKING: EFCC Chairmanship: Buhari re-nominates Magu, sends name to senate
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted another letter to the Senate re-nominating Mr Ibrahim Magu as substantive Chairman, Economic and Financial…
Applicant in court for alleged impersonation
Azeez Ganiu,36, an unemployed, who allegedly impersonated an officer of the Lagos State Task Force on Tuesday appeared in an…
Accountant in court for stealing employer’s N623,000
For allegedly stealing his employer’s N623,000, a 33-year-old accountant, Kamardeem Raji, was on Tuesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court…
SON confisticates 1,000 bags of underweighed rice
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Osun says it confiscated more than 1,000 underweight bags of rice in Osogbo…
FG distances self from arrest of Premium Times publisher
The Federal Government says it has nothing to do with the recent arrest of Mr Dapo Olorunyomi, Publisher of the…
I’m intersex, top Belgian model confesses
A top fashion model has revealed that she is intersex, saying that she hopes speaking out will help break a…
Conductor pleads guilty to stealing bus window
A 18-year-old bus conductor, Afeez Junaid, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to stealing a bus side glass window worth N5,000. Junaid,…
Edo govt to ensure fair taxation
The Chief of Staff to Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Mr Taiwo Akerele, on Tuesday pledged that the state government…
Victims of tanker fire get N28m relief materials
Niger Government has distributed relief materials worth N28 million to victims of tanker fire in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Areas…
9 year old marriage dissolved over provocation, beating
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday dissolved a nine-year-old marriage between Yemi Lawrence and her husband, Alaba, for frequent provocation,…
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Breaking: UK’s Brexit suffers setback as government loses at Supreme Court
Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgement means…
Madam Minister, please don’t borrow $30 billion for our unborn children!
Nigeria has never borrowed more than $3 billion at once and we constantly get into trouble. How can we manage…
Did Minister Babatunde Fashola get it wrong?
We cannot, for the sake of some agreement and a rigid reading of the law, continue to short-change ourselves by…
President Trump bans abortion in US
U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked the Presidential Memorandum on Mexico City Policy and Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning, which…
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Stay away from Libya, FG tells Nigerians
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has warned Nigerian migrants to avoid…
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Fashola raises alarm over fake estate developers
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Monday in Abuja raised alarm over the increasing number…
80 human traffickers arrested, 194 victims rescued in Edo, Delta
No fewer than 80 persons were arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in…
Court remands man caught with human head in prison
An Oyo State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Iyaganku on Monday ordered the remand of Saheed Musiliu, 37 in Agodi…
Tunisia reach AFCON quarter-finals with 4-2 win over Zimbabwe
Tunisia secured their place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals as Group B runners-up with an easy win over…
Algeria crash out of AFCON 2017
Algeria crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations at the group stage after failing to win a single game…
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Photo News: Bola Tinubu’s plane used to fly Jammeh out of Gambia
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress( APC), Bola Tinubu’s Dassault Falcon-900DX (VP-CBT) was registered in the Cayman Islands with…
Ex-Gambian leader Jammeh not granted immunity, says Barrow’s aide
Former Gambian autocrat Yahya Jammeh has not been granted immunity from prosecution, a member of President Adama Barrow’s coalition said…
Osinbajo, Babalola, Olanipekun, others for Lagos Justice Summit
Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, and foremost Senior…
Enugu records first rainfall in 2017
Enugu metropolis, on Monday, recorded its first rainfall of the year, which led to reduction in the temperature in the…