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Daily habit that’s hurting your liver

It’s well known that sitting has been associated with obesity, diabetes and even anxiety, but the simple act of sitting…

Centre for Crisis Communication lauds Buhari’s dialogue with Boko Haram

The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has expressed satisfaction with the recent pronouncement by President Muhammadu…

Malaria deaths down 60% since 2000, thanks to diagnostics, mosquito nets

Geneva (AFP) – Malaria deaths worldwide have fallen by 60 percent since 2000, the UN said, with improved diagnostic tests…

Amnesty urges Cameroon to investigate abuses in Boko Haram fight

Reuters – Amnesty International urged Cameroon on Wednesday to investigate the death of 25 prisoners and disappearance of 130 people…

Military will meet deadline to end Boko Haram, Buratai assures

Femi Adi/Kaduna The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai today in Kaduna reiterated the commitment of the military…

APC postpones Bayelsa governorship primary

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday rescheduled the Bayelsa gubernatorial primary till September 22. The primary was initially billed…

Court remands fake Edo monarch, brother

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Senior Magistrate’s Court in Benin, Edo state Wednesday ordered the remand of Prince Rich Arisco-Osemwingie, in prison…

I sometimes miss my way in Aso Villa, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari shocked his interviewer in Paris today that he sometimes misses his way in Aso Presidential Villa, an…

Akwa Ibom Senate: Godswill Akpabio’s witnesses fumble at tribunal

A mild drama played out at the Akwa Ibom National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja when suddenly…

Osinbajo lauds NIPPS, pledges FG’s support

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS)…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Nigeria Customs Service seizes N37m smuggled poultry in two weeks

The war against smugglers of frozen poultry products into the Country tagged “Operation Hawk Descend”, has continued to yield massive…

NATFORCE DG, Okereke declared wanted for fraud

Emmanuel Osita Okereke, director general of the National Task Force to Combat Illegal Importation of Small Arms, Ammunition, and Light…

Ambode appoints new Governing Councils in state’s tertiary institutions

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday approved the composition of Governing Councils for tertiary institutions in the…

Five suspected robbers arrested

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Robbers and other criminals are now facing hard times in Ogun as police detectives attached to Sagamu on…

El-Rufai closes churches, missionary schools over crisis

Femi Adi/Kaduna . The Governor Nasir El-Rufa led Kaduna State Government Wednesday ordered the immediate closure of two churches, two…

We will not devalue the naira, says Buhari

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday in an interview with France 24 that he does not think the country’s…

Ambode declares war on rapists, women beaters

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says there is no hiding place for rapists and women-beaters in Lagos as…

Sixty percent of Nigeria’s children experience violence

Reuters – Six out of 10 Nigerian children experience some form of violence and a quarter of girls suffer sexual…
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TB Joshua orders arrest of 25 illegal agents at Synagogue Church

Cyriacus Izuekwe More than 25 suspects operating within Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun, Lagos, as agents allegedly extorting…

We didn’t pay sacked staff N2,500 — Catholic school

Cyriacus Izuekwe The management of a Catholic school in Ejigbo, Lagos State, western Nigeria, where a staff alleged that she…

Man docked for refusing to pay his workers

A 34-year-old man, Benson Abayomi, who allegedly refused to pay the salaries of his workers, was on Wednesday brought before…

Policeman escapes mob attack

Cyriacus Izuekwe A Police Corporal attached to Isolo division, Ibukun Mathew, narrowly escaped death after a group of people attempted…

325,000 IDPs in Plateau camps

At least 325,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are taking refuge in various camps in Plateau, according to the National Emergency…

Collapsed two-storey building was originally a bungalow— NEMA

The two-storey Islamic School structure that collapsed in Jos on Sunday was originally a bungalow that was “forcefully” converted into…

Delta Assembly confirms more commissioners

The Delta House of Assembly, on Tuesday in Asaba screened and confirmed the nomination of five more commissioners sent to…

Lawyers support Buhari on implementation of TSA

Legal Practitioners in the Federal Capital Territory, on Wednesday expressed their support for the implementation of the Treasury Single Account…

Ogun to distribute another batch of C of O

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Government will on Thursday distribute fresh 1,500 Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) to beneficiaries.…

Man, 37, jailed for life for raping his two daughters

A 37-year old South African man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping his two young daughters‚ Gauteng…

Bukola Saraki in new 13-count corruption scandal

Nigeria’s Senate President and former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki, will begin a fresh bid to get himself out…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

Pension Scam: EFCC arraigns 4 for defrauding FG of N1.2bn

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 arraigned four persons before Justice Abubakar Talba of…