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Police arrest 2 notorious kidnappers, recover N1.08m
Two notorious kidnap suspects believed to be involved in the kidnapping of a couple on New Year Day, along DSC…
Singer Naomi Mac to perform at Hard Rock Café
Nigeria is about to witness live performance in a unique stellar dimension as House One Music star Naomi Mac is…
Abeokuta High Court sentences man to death by hanging
A High Court in Abeokuta on Monday sentenced Kola Akanji, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Akanji, whose address…
Lack of preparation costs Gabon AFCON exit-Aubameyang
Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang believes insufficient time together led to the hosts’ group-stage elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations.…
Zambia bans police officers from marrying foreigners
Police authorities in Zambia on Monday said they had banned officers from marrying foreigners. The Head of the Zambia Police,…
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Fuel now cost N155 per litre in Kano State – Survey
Some fuel marketers in Kano State have increased the price of the commodity from N145 per litre to between N153…
Lagos deworms 60,000 pupils
At least, 60,000 pupils across public primary schools in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria will be dewormed in the next few days…
2017 AFCON: Ghanaians in Lagos root for Black Stars to win
Some Ghanaians in Lagos on Monday expressed the confidence that the Black Stars of Ghana would win the ongoing 2017…
NAGAFF wants more banks at Abuja airport
The Abuja chapter of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders of Nigeria, NAGAFF, has written the Minister of…
30 retired police officers drag Force, Presidency to court
Thirty senior police officers retired in 2016, have challenged their retirement at the National Industrial Court, Abuja insisting the force…
Obaseki sends bill to harmonise local govt levies
Gov Godwin Obaseki of Edo has sent a bill for a law to harmonise local government levies, rates, fees and…
Lassa fever: Plateau records 4 deaths, 5 cases
The Commissioner for Health in Plateau, Dr Kunden Deyin, said the state recorded four deaths, while laboratory tests confirmed five…
Fayose lacks decorum to lead PDP Governors’ Forum – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State says Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State lacks decorum to function as…
Man docked for defiling, impregnating minor
A 38-year-old man, George Chidiebere, who allegedly defiled a 14-year-old girl and impregnated her was on Friday charged before a…
Teenager gets N500,000 bail over defilement of minor
A Surulere Chief Magistrate’s’ Court in Lagos on Monday granted bail in the sum of N500,000 to a teenager who…
NYSC deploys 2,600 Batch B corps members to Ibadan
No fewer than 2,600 2016 Batch B stream 11 corps members will undertake the three-week orientation at the National Youth…
Dollar slips, shares unstable after Trump’s protectionist address
The dollar slid broadly on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump struck a protectionist tone in his inauguration speech, prompting…
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$11m missing from Gambia’s coffer after Jammeh’s exit
More than $11m (£8.8m) is missing from The Gambia’s state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh, an…
Shell Exploration boss to step down
Royal Dutch Shell’s Head of Exploration Ceri Powell is to step down next month. Shell said in a statement on…
Gowon Estate residents decry wrong delivery of mails
Some residents of Gowon Estate, a Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, have complained about wrong delivery of mails to…
Anambra, FMBN provide houses for civil servants
The Anambra government on Monday said it was collaborating with the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) to complete its…
Forum trains 3,000 youths in Jigawa
The Dutse Education Forum in Jigawa said it had trained no fewer than 3,000 youths on various income-generation trades in…
The logic of death penalty for kidnappers
By Rasak Musbau In these days of economic crises and continued disparity between poverty and wealth, there have been many…
The menace of street beggars in Lagos State
By Temilade Aruya They are on the streets, at every nooks and crannies, on the major roads, under the bridges,…
Heathrow Airport cancels 100 flights due to fog
London’s Heathrow Airport said it had cancelled approximately 100 out of about 1,300 scheduled flights on Monday as foggy weather…
The new resistance against Trump has begun
American rock star Bruce Springsteen, who supported Hillary Clinton during the recent presidential election campaign, said on Sunday his band…
Madonna defends blowing up the White House remark
Pop singer Madonna, who had said in a profanity-laced speech at Saturday’s Women’s March in Washington, D.C., that she had…
Woman sets son, 7 year old ablaze
Tragedy struck at Eke-Obollo, in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State after a middle-aged woman, Chinonso Azubuike,…
Konta beats Makarova, faces Serena next
Britain’s Johanna Konta produced another terrific performance on Monday to beat Russian Ekaterina Makarova and set up an Australian Open…
Tambuwal appoints chief of staff, restructures media
Gov Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has approved the appointment of Alhaji Mukhtar Magori as the new Chief of Staff,…