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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…
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…