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Boko Haram terrorists ambush vigilante, kill one, injure 7

One person has been reported dead while seven others are said to be receiving treatment after suspected members of the…
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Jurist Urges Old Students To Aid Alma Maters

Kogi High Court Judge Justice Alaba Omolaye-Ajileye has called on old students of secondary schools in the country to rise…

Police Confirm Death Of Armed Bandit

The Delta police command on Monday said its operatives had killed a notorious suspected armed robber simply known as “Tompolo”…

Diarrhoea Still Kills Children In Africa – Expert

Mrs Doreen Wandera, Chairperson, African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation says diarrhoea remains a major killer of children…

Dangote’ll be largest exporter of rice in next 5 years – AfDB President

Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, may become the largest exporter of…

Dogara urges INEC to activate constituency delineation

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to activate the process…

Pictures: Construction Work begins on New Mile 12 Market

The Lagos State Government has begun construction work on the new Mile 12 Market at Imota area of Lagos, Southwest…

Pictures: Newly Constructed Walkway At Jakande

In continuation of efforts to remodel the aesthetics of major highways, the Lagos State Government recently constructed an ultra modern…

Proposed 2018 census may be marred by political interests

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called on the people clamouring for conduct of population census in…

Corrupt APC Members Won’t Be Spared – Reps Member

A member House of Representatives, Olajide Jimoh, has said that any member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, found guilty…

PDP Set To Recall Defected Lagos Lawmakers

The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it is already initiating the process of…

IPMAN constitutes surveillance committee to curb pipeline vandalism

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Monday, said it had constituted a surveillance team to curb activities…

Air Peace resumes Abuja flights Wednesday

Air Peace airlines says it will resume flight operations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday.

Residents flee homes as cultists clash in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thousands of residents of Bukuma in Degema local area of Rivers State have fled their homes following…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Customs urges Nigerians to see smuggling as a crime

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has urged Nigerians to see smuggling as a crime and support it to succeed in…

Office of Public Defender releases 250 underage children from prison

The Office of the Public Defender (OPD) under the Lagos State Ministry of Justice on Monday said that it had…

Professor wants govt to develop agriculture to stem suicide rate

The President of Nigerian Philosophical Association (NPA), Prof. Jim Unah, has advised the Federal Government to revolutionise agriculture to create…

Sickle Cell Disease, not a death sentence – Expert

Dr. Samson Sule, a Consultant Paediatrician, at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, says sickle-cell disease (SCD),the foremost genetic disease…

Ekiti increases maternity leave for female public servants by 4 weeks

The Ekiti State Government (EKSG) on Monday announced an increase in the maternity leave period for women in its public…

Anti corruption fight, good omen for Nigeria–Shekarau

Former Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has lauded the anti-corruption fight by President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as a…

Whistleblowing helping fight against corruption — Keyamo

Human Rights lawyer and activist, Festus Keyamo, has lauded the whistleblowing policy of the Federal Government as an effective tool…

Nigeria’s biggest fishing festival holds March 2018

The Argungu fishing festival in its very first edition began in the year 1934, as a mark of the end…

Tax expert wants Nigerians to demand good governance

Mrs Morenike Babington-Ashaye, a former chairman of Ogun State Internal Revenue Service, has called on Nigerians to demand for accountability,…

Gov. reconciles with estranged major political ally

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Sunday evening reconciled with his estranged major political ally in the state, Chief Julius…

World Haemophilia Day: Expert flays stigmatising of female victims

Dr Adeolu Anifowoshe, a Medical Laboratory Scientist at the Alpha and Omega Laboratory Centre, Ibadan, has called on Nigerians to…

Abductors demand N200m for release of Turkish expatriates

Abductors of two Turkish expatriates in Akwa Ibom have demanded N200 million to release them. The victims were abducted on…

Gunmen assassinate newly sworn-in council secretary

Four unidentified gunmen have killed the newly sworn-in Ukanafun Local Government Area Secretary, Mr Ime Atakpa

Act vests control of mineral resources in states on FG

The Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act (NMMA) 2007 has vested the control, regulation and ownership of all mineral resources in…

Turkey referendum: Erdogan wins vote to remain in office 2029

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has narrowly won a referendum to expand presidential powers, which could keep him in office…

5,000 migrants rescued off Libyan coast over Easter

Thousands of migrants have been saved from the sea near Libya during one of the busiest weekends of the year…