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Gunmen abduct 75-year-old woman in Sokoto
The Police in Sokoto on Saturday confirmed the abduction of a 75-year- old woman, Hajiya Fatima Mohammed, by unknown persons.…
BET brings Hit Urban Lifestyle Festival to Africa
Funsho Arogundade Come 12 December, the spectacular global celebration of urban culture, music and lifestyle, from entertainment channel BET will…
I am gay, says senior Vatican priest
A high-ranking Polish priest from the Vatican revealed he was gay on Saturday, saying he wanted to challenge the Church’s…
Resident petitions Lagos Speaker over Ambode’s nominee
Eromosele Ebhomele A top member of the Ikoyi Club 1938, Chief Oladele Abiodun Benson, has petitioned the Speaker of the…
Group to award scholarship to 21 Anambra students
The new President of Anambra State Associations in South Africa, Chief Onyekachukwu Onyeka, said on Saturday that the group would…
Absence of mobile theatres cause of decline in morals— arts promoter
A promoter of arts and culture, Mr Tope Babayemi, has attributed erosion of moral values among Nigerian youth to absence…
Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting calls for entries
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has invited entries from Nigerian reporters for the 10th Wole Soyinka Award…
Military pension verification begins Tuesday nationwide
The Chairman, Military Pensions Board, AVM Muhammed Dabo, has allayed fears of any mishap in the forthcoming military pension verification…
FRSC takes ‘Ember’ month campaign to Anambra
The FRSC Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Sunday Ajayi, has said that nearly 2,000 regular and special marshals of the…
Boko Haram fighters kill two Niger soldiers, wound four in ambush
Boko Haram Islamist fighters killed at least two Niger soldiers and wounded four others in an attack on a village…
French coys to meet with Buhari, invest in Nigeria
A delegation of 50 heads of French companies are expected to visit Nigeria next week to explore business opportunities and…
Night guard, ex-convict arrested for armed robbery in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police command is not leaving any stone unturned in chasing armed robbers out of the…
Rivers among 21 States with bird flu
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has confirmed that the state is among the 21 States in the country with…
I’m in excellent health, Dalai Lama says after cancelling US tour
AFP – The Dalai Lama said on Saturday he was in “excellent” health after doctors told him to scrap a…
UPDATE: 15 confirmed dead, 39 injured in Abuja bomb blasts
The multiple bomb blasts on Friday night in Nyanya and Kuje, two suburbs of the Nigerian capital, Abuja killed 15…
3 contractors arraigned for attacking man with machete
Paul Iyoghojie Three building contractors have been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ court for allegedly invading the palace of a…
Back At You: Venus beats Vinci, avenges Serena
Former world number one Venus Williams salvaged a small bit of family pride when she fought back from a set…
Borno govt. to relocate IDPs back to their hometowns
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA) said it had concluded arrangements with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to…
UPDATE: Bomb blast in Nyanya, kills 2, injures 19
A bomb blast on Friday evening in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has killed two persons…
FIFA sponsor Visa wants Sepp Blatter to quit
New York (AFP) – US credit card giant Visa became the third top FIFA sponsor to demand Sepp Blatter’s immediate…
Resign now, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s tell FIFA’s Blatter
AFP – World Cup sponsors Coca-Cola and McDonald’s said Friday that FIFA head Sepp Blatter should step aside immediately to…
Twin explosions rock Abuja, many dead
Two bombs went off in the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja late on Friday, an official said. There was…
How we’ll screen Ambode’s nominees – Lagos Assembly
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday said it has a cordial relationship with the state governor,…
Diezani gets bail in UK, passport seized
Former Nigeria Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has been released on bail after she was arrested on allegations of money laundering…
EFCC raids homes of Jide Omokore, Diezani in Lagos, Abuja
The arrest of Diezani Alison-Madueke in London today may just be the tip of a well coordinated international operation to…
Night guard, ex-convict arrested for armed robbery in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command is not leaving anything to chance in chasing armed robbers out of the…
Kaduna boosts learning with 770,000 furniture, 305,000 uniforms
The Kaduna State Government said it would provide 770,000 units of furniture and 305,000 sets of uniforms to its public…
Hajj stampede: Special prayer held for victims in Sokoto
A special prayer was held in Sokoto on Friday for victims of the Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia. The prayer…
Bayelsa Polls: PDP mocks APC, says Sylva not electable
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt With Bayelsa governorship election three months away and scheduled for December 5, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Abducted AAU lecturer murdered by his abductors – Police
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin on Friday disclosed that Dr. Paul Erie, an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics of…