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Housewife remanded for murder of 3-year-old step-daughter

A 20- year-old housewife, Khadija Mohammed, was on Thursday remanded in prison custody by a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for alleged…
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2 in court for selling child after birth

Two persons, Sewuese Orbunde and Victor Godwin, were on Thursday arraigned in a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for selling a baby…

Dollar crash: Cost of building materials remain high

The prices of building materials have remained unchanged in spite of the naira appreciating in value at the foreign exchange…

Lawmaker calls for total deregulation of downstream sector

Sen. Garba Marafa, Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, on Thursday said total deregulation of petroleum downstream sector remained the…

Family of four shot dead in Thailand

A family of four was shot dead by a group of unidentified gunmen on Thursday as they drove to a…

Orlando nightclub shooter’s widow released on bail

The widow of the gunman who killed dozens of people with a gun at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida has…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

Jigawa gets 8 new permanent secretaries

Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has approved the appointment of eight new Permanent Secretaries.

Metuh: Again adjournment stalls trial

The trial of Olisa Metuh, a former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was stalled again on Thursday in…

BBC To Report In Pidgin English

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is to introduce Pidgin English in its news reportage.

NLNG says no recent explosion at gas pipeline

Mr Tony Attah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) says there is no recent…

ExxonMobil bags 2017 NOG Excellence Award

ExxonMobil Nigeria Unlimited has won the excellence award at the ongoing 2017 Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference in Abuja.

Legal Fees Hike: Lawyers Boycott Osun High Court

The premises of Osun High Court were on Wednesday deserted following a protest by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over…

Wanted Bariga Cultist In Police Net

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said it had rearrested a 36-year-old suspected cultist terrorising residents of Bariga area…

Osinbajo Applauds Military Successes In North-East

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday lauded the performances of the armed forces in routing Boko Haram in the North-East…

Emir of Daura Celebrates 10 years On The Throne

The Emir of Daura in Katsina State, Alhaji Umar Farouk, has attributed his successes on the throne to the wise…

Saraki Congratulates Onnoghen

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has congratulated the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, for his…

Lassa Fever Resurfaces In Borno

The Borno Government on Wednesday said it had recorded a new case of Lassa Fever after a 32-year-old woman tested…

Refineries: Nigerian Govt Approves New Model For Restoring Efficiency

The Nigerian government has approved the implementation of a new commercial model targeted at getting sponsors to invest in the…

House of Lords defeats government on Brexit bill

The government has been defeated after the House of Lords said ministers should guarantee EU nationals' right to stay in…

Mugabe travels to Singapore for medical check up

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe travelled to Singapore for a medical checkup on Wednesday, his spokesman said, days after he celebrated…

Adeboye is God’s gift to Nigeria-Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday showered encomium on the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of…

Osinbajo visits Akwa Ibom Thursday

Nigeria's Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is visiting Akwa Ibom State tomorrow.

There’s still more work to be done to make Lagos cleaner-LASG

The Lagos State Government says there is still more work to be done to make Lagos cleaner and called for…

Lagos introduces new public utility levy, deploys 900,000 bins for waste management

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday disclosed that the state will soon introduce a new annual Public Utility Levy,…

Suspected armed robbers kill policeman in Onitsha

The Police in Anambra has confirmed the death of an officer allegedly killed by suspected armed robbers operating at Nkpor…

Military faults Amnesty report

The Nigerian Military on Wednesday faulted the Amnesty International report which alleged mass abuse in the handling of the ongoing…

Nasarawa Police seeks support to tackle crime

The Nasarawa State Police Command has appealed for additional operational vehicles and other logistics to enable it tackle the rising…

Lagos Police Arrests 19 Kidnappers, 24 Robbers In February

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said it arrested 24 armed robbery suspects, among others, over crimes committed in…

Reps call for rehabilitation of national museum

The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture to rehabilitate the Museum of National…

N1.4bn Fraud: Jailed Kogi Lawmaker Loses Appeal

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by a former member of the Kogi…