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Shekau ready to release 83 more Chibok schoolgirls

The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammdu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has revealed that the Abubakar Shekau…
Musiliu Obanikoro will not step down for anyone: OCO issues statement

Breaking: Obanikoro dares EFCC, arrives Abuja from US

In a daring move to prove his innocence, former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, arrived the country…
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Polio: Sokoto govt. to immunise 1.8m children

Sokoto State Government says it is targeting no fewer than 1.8 million children under five years in the ongoing four-day…

Saudi Arabia cracks down on overstayed pilgrims

Saudi Arabia on Monday started a crackdown on foreign pilgrims overstaying their Hajj visas, a local media report says. Saudi…

Shooting Stars defender shot dead in Bayelsa

Shooting Stars defender, Izu Joseph was reportedly shot dead in his hometown of Okaki in oil-rich southern Bayelsa state. According…

Military operation to liberate Mosul, the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq begins

The offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS control has begun, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a televised statement…

Na’Abba, Alaafin to launch book on Nigeria’s history

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, founder of…

Pictures: Released Chibok schoolgirls meet parents

Parents and family members of the 21 released Chibok schoolgirls celebrate after being reunited with the girls kidnapped by Boko…

No jail break in Bauchi prisons – NPS

The Nigeria Prisons Service, Bauchi State Command, on Sunday refuted speculations of attempted jail-break at the Bauchi Central Prisons. In…

We stayed without food for one month, 10 days – Chibok Girls

The 21 freed Chibok Girls say on Sunday in Abuja that for “one month and 10 days’’ of their abduction…

Buhari’s visit to Germany not a medical trip – Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Sunday dismissed the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari’s three-day visit to Germany was…

Gov suspends Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board chairman

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Sunday suspended Alhaji Sadiq Rabiu, the Chairman of the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board,…

Coronation :Benin Crown Prince visits ancestral shrine

The Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa, on Sunday left Evuekoi for Azama N’ Uhe ancestral shrine at…

How to stem corruption by political office holders – Cleric

A cleric, Rt. Rev. Philip Adeyemo said on Sunday that the adoption of a 6-year single term for elected political…

UNILAG expels 125, rusticates 198 students

Authorities of the University of Lagos have expelled 125 students and rusticated 198 others for various offences, including examination malpractices…

Da’awah Council to mark Sultan’s 10th anniversary

The Da’awa Coordination Council of Nigeria, said on Sunday in Sokoto that it would organise a seminar to appraise the…

Catholic bishop urges christians to be honest

The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has urged Christians to bé honest in all their undertakings. Kaigama…

Visa racketeering fraudster arrested in Lagos

A 28 year old man, Emu – Larry Chidebere, has been apprehended by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS)…

Lagos moves to upgrade schools in slum areas

The Lagos State Government at the weekend said it would commence total upgrade of schools in the State, especially in…

Ahmadiyya applauds Buhari on release of 21 Chibok girls

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria has applauded the giants strides of the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, towards the release of…

Lawyer sues Buhari, others N50bn over judges arrest

A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a N50bn suit against President Muhammadu Buhari, the Department of State Services…

200 women empowered with 600 goats in Jigawa

The Jigawa Government has empowered 200 women with 600 goats in Buji Local Government Area of the state. Ali Safiyanu,…

24-hour curfew imposed in Kafanchan as 20 die in communal clash

A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in Kafanchan, Kaduna State after youths set up road blocks and burnt vehicles on…

Forex Concession: NCAA charges airlines to improve operations

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has advised airline operators to operates with renewed vigour having secured a special sectoral…

Customs dismisses 17 junior officers for drug addiction, certificate forgery

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismissed 17 junior officers for drug addiction, certificate forgery, theft and absenteeism, the service…

Police, soldiers clash in Abakaliki

The Ebonyi Police Command has confirmed the clash between its officers and soldiers from the Nigerian Army Cantonment, Nkwagu, near…

Pope canonizes 7 new saints, including child martyr

Pope Francis on Sunday canonized six men and a woman, including a child martyr from Mexico and a “gaucho priest”…

Bayelsa public schools resume Monday

Government owned primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa will resume the 2016/2017 academic session on Monday. The resumption followed a…

Fire claims 2 lives at Bayelsa BIR chairman’s house

A fire outbreak at the residence of the Chairman of Bayelsa Board of Internal Revenuee, Mr Nimibofa Ayawei, on Saturday…

Nation Building: Lessons from Nehemiah

“Then I said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive,…