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6 Die In Kenyan Hospital Collapse

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Police said at least six people, including four children, were killed in Kenya’s port city of Mombasa on Monday after…

Ogunbodede emerges as new Vice-Chancellor of OAU

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has announced the appointment Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, a Professor of Oral…

Housewife Who Stabbed Hubby To Death, Jailed

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A 29-year-old housewife, Onyinyechi Akunne, was on Monday in Lagos sentenced to seven years imprisonment for stabbing to death her…

Ooni’s Wife Seeks Support For Domestic Violence Victims

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Olori Wuraola-Zynab Ogunwusi, Wife of the Ooni of Ife has called for support for victims of domestic violence.

UN to build continental e-commerce platform in Africa

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

UN specialised agency for the postal sector will assist Africa to set up a continent-wide e-commerce platform to expand the…

NIS Assures Nigerians Of Availability Of Passport

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has assured Nigerians of availability of passport booklets at all its passport issuing centres in…

Explosion In Mogadishu, Clouds Of Smoke Seen

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A loud explosion followed by gunfire was heard in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday and huge clouds of smoke could…

101 Young Nigerians selected for 2017 Mandela Fellowship

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria has nominated 101 young Nigerians for the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.

Troops Rescue Abducted Police Officer, 3 Women

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Troops of 133 Special Forces Battalion of 707 Brigade, Makurdi, said they had rescued a retired police officer and 3…

FG Donates Relief Materials To 510 Asylum Seekers

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Federal Government on Monday in Kano distributed relief materials worth millions of Naira to 510 returnees and asylum seekers…

NGO condemns hard drug usage among youths

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A Non Governmental Organisation, Come Alive Initiative has attributed the increasing use of hard drugs by youths to lack of…

Private Operators Invest Over N80m In Constructing Abattoir

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The General Manager, Ashanti Barracks Modern Abattoir Operators, Apapa, Mr Aminu Gwadabe, said on Monday that private investors had spent…

Edo Govt Demolishes 1,000 Makeshift Shops, Shanties

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Edo Waste Management Board, in conjunction with the State Task Force Committee on Environment, on Monday demolished about 1,000…

IT Expert Calls For State Of Emergency In Power Sector

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A Computer Engineer, Mr Taofik Babaita has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the power…

Man Guilty Of Abducting, Raping Physically-Challenged Girl

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A 25-year-old man, Sunday Aremu, who pleaded guilty to abducting a physically-challenged girl and raping her, on Monday appeared before…

Gov. tasks new HoS on service delivery

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Monday charged the state’s new Head of Service, Mr George Ede, to transform the…

Speed Limiter: FRSC arrests 279 drivers in Bayelsa

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Bayelsa has arrested 279 motorists for failure to install the speed limiting device…

Voter Registration: Group tasks INEC on logistics

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve on…

800,000 IDPs benefit from UNDP cash transfer

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

About 800,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East have benefited from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) cash transfer,…

Structures Non-Compliant To Electricity Regulations Will Be Demolished

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has said that structures found to be non-compliant to electricity…

Woman In Court Over N300,000 Fraud

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A suspect, Rachel Isaac, 37, who allegedly obtained N300,000 from three people under false pretences was on Monday arraigned before…

Plateau Govt To Train 17, 000 Youths

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Plateau Government on Monday said it would train 17,000 youths on various skills in the 17 local government areas…

Internet Users Stand At 90m In March – NCC

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said internet users in the country stood at 90,003,101 in March.

Facebook must delete ‘hate postings’ – Austrian court

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

An Austrian court on Monday ruled that Facebook must remove postings deemed as hate speech, in a legal victory for…

Turkey to build wall on border with Iran

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

Turkey is planning to build a wall along the Turkish-Iranian border as part of measures against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’…

6 teenagers in court for rioting

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The police on Monday, dragged six teenagers to an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for rioting and disturbing the peace of residents…

Macron to visit Merkel in first foreign trip as French president

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The French president-elect, Emmanuel Macron, plans to visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel shortly after his inauguration, according to Sylvie Goulard,…

It is not a sin for President Buhari to seek medical attention, says Imam

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Malam Muhammad Nafi’u, on Monday lambasted those celebrating the ill health of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying…

200 feared dead in two migrant shipwrecks off Libya coast

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Almost 200 people are feared to have died in two Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks during the weekend, according to reports…

Police arrest 150 after France post-election trouble

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Police on Monday said a hundred and forty-one people were arrested in Paris after trouble flared overnight following Emmanuel…

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