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Bayelsa community wants destroyed bridge rebuilt

The people of Imiring in Ogbia Local Government in Bayelsa, have appealed for speedy reconstruction of the bridge in the…
Researchers eliminate HIV from cells in a laboratory using a gene-editing tool known as Crispr-Cas, thus, raising hopes of a cure

UNPF to screen 5000 persons for HIV/AIDS in Calabar Carnival

The United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) says it plans to screen 5000 persons for HIV/AIDS daily during the December Calabar…
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Polio: Dutse LG to immunise 109,882 children

The Dutse Local Government Council of Jigawa said on Sunday that it would vaccinate no fewer than 109,882 children against…

Buhari to attend Climate Change conference in Morocco

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja for Marrakech, Morocco, to attend the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP)…

President Buhari congratulates victorious Super Eagles

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Super Eagles for outstanding 3-1 victory over Desert Foxes of Algeria in the African…

Clinton blames defeat on FBI director

Hillary Clinton has blamed her defeat in the US presidential election on interventions by the FBI director. James Comey’s announcement…

Rescued Chibok girls: Presidency denies paying Boko Haram $21 million

The Presidency on Saturday dismissed media reports that 21 million dollars was paid as ransom to secure the recent release…

Pictures: Godwin Obaseki’s inauguration as Edo governor

Mr Godwin Obaseki on Saturday, 12 November 2016, took the oath of office as the Governor of Edo State at…

Couple stabs husband, wife 10 times

The Police at Maroko division, Lekki, Lagos have arrested a couple, Paul Nnamdi Obodo a.k.a Opoko, 33 and his wife,…

Measles kill 134,000 children in 2015-Report

Kazeem Ugbodaga A report released by the World Health Organisation, WHO, has disclosed that measles killed 134,000 children in 2015…

How Donald Trump defeated the American media

Donald Trump’s stunning and “upset” victory over Hillary Clinton in the recent US presidential election should primarily go down in…

CSR key to securing multi-billion dollars LFTZ Investment-LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Friday charged investors in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ, corridor to step…

Super Eagles on rampage, trash Algeria 3-1

Two goals from Chelsea sensation, Victor Moses and another goal from Mikel Obi gave Nigeria’s national team, the Super Eagles…

Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters surrender in Chad

Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters and their families have surrendered in Chad in the past month, security and U.N. sources…

Huge crowd as Obaseki takes oath of office

The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin was filled to capacity as the new governor of Edo, Mr Godwin Obaseki, took…

RED CARD, GREEN CARD – Notes Towards the Management of Hysteria

I shall begin on a morbid note. One of the horror stories that emerged from the Daesh (Isis) controlled parts…

Lagos-Ibadan express road ready soon– Minister

Expansion and rehabilitation works on the Lagos-Ibadan highway would be completed this dry season, Mr Babatunde Fashola, the minister of…

Recession has been growing for three years -Fashola

Mr Babatunde Fashola, the minister of power, works and housing said on Friday night that the prescription for recession in…

Ondo guber poll: Akeredolu promises to revive state

Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Nov. 26 governorship election in Ondo State, has promised…

Nigeria to stop wheat importation from Russia — Minister

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Abba-Ibrahim, has said that Nigeria will soon stop the importation of…

27 States donate land for mass housing

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola says 27 states have provided the ministry with land on…
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No secrets during courtship, counselor advises intending couples

Mrs Destiny Iheukwumere, a Marriage Counselor in Abuja advised intending couples not to keep secrets during courtship, stressing that issues…

Oshiomhole hands over to Obaseki in Edo

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Friday in Benin passed on his hand over notes to Governor-Elect Godwin Obaseki.…

Gunmen ambush police, kill officer

The Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, Abubakar Sadiq-Bello, says gunmen have killed a police officer during an ambush in…

EFCC arraigns banker, another over $1m fraud

Two men, including a Diamond Bank employee, on Friday appeared in a Federal High Court, Abuja, charged with money laundering,…

Skye Bank takes over Obat Oil depot over N2.1b debt

A Federal High Court in Lagos has given Skye Bank Plc the legal backing to take over Obat Oil and…

Armed robbers kill bank manager, 3 others in Ekiti

A manager with Heritage Bank, a cashier and two other persons were killed on Friday in a robbery incident in…

Armsgate: Air Vice Marshall docked, remanded in Kuje prison

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arraigned Air Vice Marshall Tony Omenyi (rtd) alongside his company, Huzee…

South African power utility chief resigns over bribe

The chief executive of South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom on Friday announced his resignation after a report by an…

My family paid N15.1m to my abductors – Iba monarch

“My abductors demanded N500 million ransom but my family paid N15.1 million to free me,” the traditional ruler of Iba…