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Orji Kalu re-arraigned on 39-count charges

A former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu, was on Tuesday re-arraigned at a Federal High Court in Lagos on…

3 children killed , 2 injured in gas cylinder explosion

No fewer than three children have died in Sara Village in Gwaram LGA of Jigawa, following a cooking gas cylinder…

Herbalist swindles customer of N170,000

An Igbosere Magiatrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday admitted a 36-year-old harbalist, Ahmed Ifakunle, who allegedly swindled his customer to…

NSCDC recovers N9.9m debts in Jigawa

The Jigawa Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it recovered over N9,944 debts in the second…

Turkish museum discovers 8-million-year-old mammoth fossil

A museum in Turkey’s central Yozgat province on Tuesday says it has discovered a fossil believed to come from an…

Katsina earmarks N1.5bn for UMYU’s Faculty of Agric take-off

Katsina state government has earmarked N1.5 billion for the take-off of Faculty of Agriculture at Layin Minista in Umaru Musa…
The Kaduna University (KASU) chapter of ASUU suspends its strike after the state government acceded to some of its demands

Kaduna varsity, vocational centre, train 500 students

The Kaduna State University Entrepreneurship Research and Development Centre (ERDC), in collaboration with Magvoile Vocational Centre, on Tuesday commenced a…

Malaysians contribute $37m to help pay off country’s debt

Malaysians have contribute more than 150 million ringgit (37 million dollars) to help pay off its staggering national debt, the…

Police avert attack on Zamfara community, kill one suspect

The Police in Zamfara said on Tuesday it averted an attempt by gunmen to attack Tangaram community in Anka Local…

Iraqi Police disperse protesters outside Zubair Oilfield

Iraqi Police used batons and rubber hoses to disperse about 250 protesters at the main entrance to the giant Zubair…

Electoral offences: EU partners INEC, Police to train legal officers

EU is partnering with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police to train legal officers on prosecution of electoral…

Fake dollar syndicate: Police arrest 5 suspected members

The Commissioner of Police in Gombe State, Mr Shina Olukolu, on Tuesday, said the police have arrested five suspected members…
Access to social media platforms has been restricted in Ethiopia after violent protests sparked by a rift in Orthodox Church claims 30 lives

Uganda will not scrap social media tax – Minister

The Ugandan government on Tuesday said it will not scrap the recently introduced taxes on social media use and mobile…
European Union (EU)

EU agrees on data deal with Japan

The European Union reached a deal on Tuesday, allowing businesses to seamlessly transfer personal data between the bloc and Japan,…
Tinubu

Sen. Jang’s case: EFCC fails to present witnesses

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday failed to bring witnesses to testify in the case of alleged…

Police target Rome’s most notorious crime family

Rome’s most notorious crime family, the Casamonicas, was targeted by a major Police operation on Tuesday, leading to 31 arrests…

Set aside sinking funds, Pension official charges state govts

The Executive Director, Business Development, South and Strategy, Premium Pension Ltd., Mrs Kemi Oluwashina, on Tuesday, urged state governments to…

Kebbi produces 3.6m tonnes of nation’s rice – Official

Alhaji Muhammad Shehu, the Permanent Secretary, Kebbi Ministry of Agriculture, has said that the state produced 3.6 million tonnes of…

Cambodia election: Nearly 70,000 security forces to be deployed

Nearly 70,000 security personnel would be deployed at all 22,967 polling stations during Cambodia’s general election, a National Election Committee…

Travel agent in trouble over alleged visa fraud

A travel agent, Folake Morakinyo, 48, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court over alleged N840,000 visa fraud.

Court admits herbalist to N500,000 bail

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday admitted a 36-year-old herbalist, Ahmed Ifakunle, who allegedly swindled his customer to…

Nigeria restates commitment to holistic prisons reform

The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government towards a holistic prisons…

Nigerian govt to send plane to repatriate stranded Nigerians in Russia

The Nigerian government will send a plane to repatriate the 200 defrauded Nigerian citizens currently stranded in Russia.

Nigerians don’t understand functions of National Assembly – Dogara

Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has said that many Nigerians do not understand the functions of the…

Online publications have taken away our jobs – Bauchi newspaper Vendors

Newspaper Vendors in Bauchi say they are facing hard times following a drop in sales of newspapers as a result…

UN urges Nicaragua to provide information on missing activists

The UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday called on the Nicaraguan Government to provide information on two activists missing since…

Fake lawyer arrested for theft, impersonation

The police in Lagos have arrested a 27- year- old man Destiny Otubambo, for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer…

Mother, son, in court for assaulting co-tenant with knife

A mother and her son, who allegedly used a knife to inflict injuries on co-tenant during a fight, were on…
Human trafficking

Human trafficking: NAPTIP, Benin zonal command, rescues 468 victims

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

18 men arrested for raping 11-year-old

Police said 18 men have been arrested for raping an 11-year-old school girl for several months in an apartment complex…