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Shiite Protest: IGP confirms proscription of Islamic Movement of Nigeria

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has confirmed the proscription of Shiite group, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) by…

South Africa’s unemployment rate hits 29%

South Africa’s unemployment rate in Q2 2019 grew by 1.4% to 29%, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. The figure…

Interview: How Nigeria’s problems can be solved – Soyinka

We must be bold enough. We shouldn’t shy away from what I call a frank national Indaba in which representatives…

Endless killings: Borno NUJ wants a change of security strategy

The Borno State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Tuesday in Maiduguri condemned fresh attacks by Boko…

Ihedioha floors Anyanwu at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by Sen. Samuel Anyanwu challenging the emergence of Gov. Emeka Ihedioha…

Nigerian female pilgrim from Sokoto dies in Madinah

An elderly female Nigerian pilgrim from Sokoto State has died in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, few days to the commencement of…

UNICEF converts plastics to bricks to build Ivory Coast schools

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced an innovative partnership to build a factory in Ivory Coast to convert plastic…

Teacher jailed for sex with 4 teenage students

An assistant head teacher in the UK has been jailed for 12 years for having sex with four teenage girls.

Killings unabated in South Africa’s gangland despite army presence

Murders in South Africa's gang-ridden areas continued to rise over the weekend despite the deployment of troops, authorities said.
Customs authorities arrest traveler trying to smuggle in over 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers.

Snake bites man, man bites the snake dead

AN Indian man who was bitten by a snake got his revenge on the reptile by biting it back and…

Moroccan King Mohammed grants amnesty to 4800 prisoners

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has marked 20 years on the throne, with a generous heart, by pardoning thousands of prisoners,…
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EFCC arrests Kwara SMED DG, 6 others over N2bn fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained the Director-General of Kwara State Bureau of Small and…

18 killed as military plane crashes into homes

Eighteen people were killed when a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi…

Oshiomhole: I am politically smarter than Bukola Saraki

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole considers the political eclipse of former Senate President Bukola Saraki as one…
NNPC Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari

Read what Kyari told Presidential Panel on NNPC accounts

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari says the corporation has no…

Incredible: Nigerian runs drug racket from Indian jail

A Nigerian jailed in India has been busted for running an interstate drug racket from inside the Kapurthala Prison in…
Okezie Ikpeazu

Abia Governorship: Ikpeazu opens defence at tribunal

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Monday opened his defence at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, calling…

How to decongest Apapa Port – expert

A trade expert, Dr Olumuyiwa Alaba, has urged the Federal Government to introduce electronic call-up system to sanitise truck movement…
Gov. Fayemi, Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum.

Ekiti University inducts 43 pioneer medical students after a decade

The College of Medicine, Ekiti State University (EKSU) on Monday inducted 43 pioneer medical students of the institution after a…

El-Zakzaky, wife Zeenat know fate next week

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat will know on 5 August whether they…

Read what Oshiomhole says on Saraki’s political eclipse in Kwara

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole considers the political eclipse of former Senate President Bukola Saraki as one…

Woman Gbemisola Alabi kidnapped in Lagos while jogging

A married woman, Gbemisola Alabi has been kidnapped in Sangotedo area of Lagos.

Uromi pastor, herbalist, farmer arrested for raping, impregnating 12 year-old girl

The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has arrested…

Trump pardons five ex- convicts

U.S. President Donald Trump issued full pardons on Monday for five criminals who served sentences on charges including drug trafficking,…
Members of opposition parties in Ogun declare support for reelection of Gov. Dapo Abiodun ahead of governorship and Assembly elections

Abiodun expresses shock over death of ex-deputy governor Ogunleye

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has expressed great shock over the death of former Deputy Governor of the State,…
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Oba of Benin asks Oyegun to intervene in Edo Assembly crisis

Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has called on the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief…

Oshiomhole rubber-stamps Buhari’s cabinet list

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, questioned the credibility of those criticising the…

Frankfurt horror: Boy dies after being thrown in front of oncoming train

A 40-year-old Eritrean killed an eight-year-old boy on Monday by pushing him in front of an oncoming train at Frankfurt’s…

Rival gangs clash in Brazil prison, 52 dead, 16 decapitated

At least 52 inmates were killed, with 16 of them decapitated, in a prison riot in northern Brazil on Monday…

19 year-old Santino William Legan shooter of Gilroy

A 19 year-old man named Santino William Legan has been identified by the police as the shooter who killed three…