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Dangote donates food items to IDPs
The Yobe Committee on Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on Friday distributed food items donated by Dangote Foundation to…
FIFA to promote 2018 World Cup
Russian football chief Vitaly Mutko has urged the ruling body FIFA to promote the 2018 World Cup in Russia in…
15 dead, dozens wounded in Iran train crash
Two passenger trains collided in Iran’s north-central province of Semnan on Friday, killing no fewer than 15 people and injuring…
Hurricane Otto hits Nicaragua
Hurricane Otto battered Nicaragua and Costa Rica with powerful winds and torrential rains on Friday, damaging homes, forcing thousands to…
Borno to close IDP camps –Shettima
The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, says all Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps in the state would be closed…
2 Dead, 4 injured in U.S. Thanksgiving Day shooting
Two persons were killed and four were injured in a shooting at a Thanksgiving Day football tournament in Kentucky on…
FG to revive abandoned Police barracks
Mr Paul Agbo, the District Head of Akwana in Wukari Council Area of Taraba, has appealed to the Federal Government…
Amnesty office receives N25b appropriation
The Presidential Amnesty Office received a total of N25 billion appropriation under the 2016 Budget including a N5 billion loan…
China power plant death toll climbs 74
Police took 13 people into custody as the death toll in the collapse of a platform under construction at a…
Philippines arrests 1,240 illegal Chinese workers
Philippine immigration officers have arrested 1,240 Chinese nationals suspected of working illegally in a province north of Manila, the authorities…
How my ministry tackled unlawful employment– Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has revealed how he addressed the challenge of employment racketeers in…
Organisation donates sports equipment to 47 schools
Mr Ahmed Gumel, Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund says the organisation has donated sports equipment to 47…
5m displaced people need food in Nigeria – UN
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that Boko Haram insurgency and rising inflation have left more than five…
Injury knocks out Gareth Bale for 4 months
Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale will have ankle surgery next Tuesday and is expected to be out for four months.…
Obaseki sacks Permanent Secretary
Edo State Government Thursday announced the sack of Major Lawrence Loye (Retd), from office as Permanent Secretary in the Public…
Rooney stars as Man Utd close in on knockout stages
Wayne Rooney became Manchester United’s record European goalscorer as they beat Feyenoord to keep their Europa League fate in their…
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Many killed as JTF raids militants’ camp in Delta
Many militants were reported killed when the Joint Task Force (JTF) code-named ”Operation Delta Safe” raided a suspected militants’ camp…
Senate passes Nigerian Peace Corps Bill
The Senate on Thursday passed the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill which seeks to empower, develop and provide gainful employment for…
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Toyin Aimakhu’s ex-lover remanded in Kirikiri prison for alleged theft
Toyin Aimakhu’s ex-lover and Lagos-based Nollywood film-maker, Seun Egbegbe, has been remanded in Kirikiri prison pending the fulfilment of the…
Shia pilgrims among 80 killed in IS attack in Iraq
At least 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road…
Lagos moves to quell LFZ dispute, sets up resettlement committee
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Thursday moved to resolve lingering dispute at the Lekki Free Zone, LFZ corridor…
Over-speeding kills 2 Lagos taskforce officers
Kazeem Ugbodaga Tragedy struck on Wednesday night as two officers of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences…
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Presidential plane crashes in Makurdi
One of the presidential planes handed over to the Nigeria Airforce by the Presidency, Augusta AW101, has crashed within the…
Commuters urge FG to construct foot bridges on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
Some commuters plying the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Thursday renewed appeals to the Federal Government to construct pedestrian bridges at Iyana…
Gbadamosi is one of the founding fathers of modern Lagos – Ambode
…as Nike Akande, Olu Jacobs, others eulogize late industrialist Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday described the late…
Security beefed up for hitch free election in Ondo
Security has been beefed up in Ondo state ahead of the Nov. 26 governorship election. A visit to some areas…
Kwara shuts down 132 illegal schools
The Kwara State Government said on Thursday that it had closed 132 illegal private schools operating in the state. Hajia…
Amosun, Ajumobi, renew calls for Yoruba unity
Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abiola Ajumobi (Oyo) and Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) on Thursday renewed calls for stronger ties among the…
FIFA Rankings: Nigeria moves up, now world 50th
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved 10 places up in the November FIFA World ranking to 50th. In the rankings on…
Mile 12 traders happy over cancellation of monthly sanitation exercise
Traders at Mile 12 produce market in Lagos on Thursday lauded the cancellation of monthly environmental sanitation exercise by the…