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HIV Infected Man Beats WifeTo Death For Denying Him Sex

A man suspected to be infected with HIV has allegedly beaten his wife to death in Plateau State, northcentral Nigeria.…

118 Hoodlums Arrested In Early Morning Raid

Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 118 suspected hoodlums have been arrested in Oshodi area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. They were picked…

How I Supply AK47 Rifles To Robbers —Suspect

Cyriacus Izuekwe A suspected cross-border gun runner, Abdulazeez Amao, 47, has allegedly confessed to the police how he supplies guns…

One Feared Dead In UNIBEN Stampede

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A few weeks after at least 19 people died in stampedes in stadia across the country during a…
About 146,000 Tobacco Smokers die in Africa

Unhealthy Habits As Bad As Smoking

Eromosele Ebhomele It is often believed that smoking is a dangerous habit resulting in health challenges, but a report published…

End Polytechnic Strike, Parents Beg FG

Some concerned parents in Abakaliki have appealed to the Federal Government to end the protracted strike by the academic staff…

Nigeria Leads In Skin Bleaching

Dr. Nike Omotoyosi, a dermatologist at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, says Nigeria has the highest number of people…

Exercise Reduces Risk Of Breast Cancer

Want to prevent breast cancer? Here is your chance. A new study has found that women who exercise energetically for…

Happy ending for Aussie woman scammed by Nigerian

An Australian woman, based in Perth, who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in a Nigerian online romance scam has…

Sabotage responsible for power outage – Okupe

Doyin Okupe, Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, has attributed the drop in the nation’s power supply to…

DSS accuses septuagenarian of being weapons supplier to robbers

Nigeria’s Department of Security Service (DSS) in the eastern Nigerian city of Enugu has brought a 73- year-old farmer, Anthony…

4 Boko Haram suicide bombers killed in failed attack

Four would-be suicide bombers planning to blow up a petrol station in Maiduguri, Borno state have been killed by soldiers…

Police Parade Suspected Cross-Border Arms Dealers

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested and paraded two suspected cross-border armed dealers and recovered…

Sharia court frees two on gay charges

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria on Tuesday cleared two men accused of violating a ban on homosexuality, according to…

Oshiomhole protests extortion of electricity consumers

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has kicked against the N750 monthly fixed charge collected by the Benin Electricity Distribution…

Septuagenarian commits suicide

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A man said to be in his 70s has committed suicide in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun…

APC: Judge Did Not Order 37 Lawmakers To Vacate Seats

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said Justice Adeniyi Ademola did not order the 37 members of the House of…

Terrorists Disguise As Fulani Herdsmen

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, northcentral Nigeria, has raised the alarm that insurgents now disguise as fulani…

IKEDC Opens New Call Lines

In line with its commitment to ensure an enhanced customer experience for electricity consumers within its coverage area, the Ikeja…

Fashola: No Indigent Student Will Be Denied Education

Lagos State Government has offered to help any new student of the State’s University who stands the risk of losing…

Malaysia Finds Nothing ‘Abnormal’ In MH370 Transcript

Malaysian authorities have released the transcript of communications between the cockpit crew and air traffic controllers of missing Flight MH370…

Man allows hyena devour genitals for quick money

A Malawian living in Zambia has been left without genitals and with three missing toes after a witch doctor told…

Students protest fees at LASU

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday staged a protest at Government House, Ikeja against the hike in…

Nigerian court orders editor’s arrest for contempt

A Magistrate’s Court on Monday in the eastern Nigerian city of Umuahia, capital of Abia State has ordered the arrest…

PDP picks Osun torchbearer 5 April

Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State of Osun said on Monday in Osogbo that about 1,500 delegates would…

Pensioners plan poll boycott

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has threatened to mobilise its members across the country to boycott the 2015 general…

Lagos state hosts summit for women empowerment

As part of the activities marking the year 2014 international Women’s Day celebration, the Lagos State Government through its Ministry…

6 friends of groom die from drug overdose at wedding

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Tijani Usman (26) may have been regretting while he decided to get married as his wedding ceremony at…

Jonathan Leaves For EU-Africa Summit

President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Brussels on 1 April as the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the Fourth European…
Amosun

Amosun pays pensioners, retired politicians

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State,western Nigeria today released N1.5 billion for the payment of gratuities to…