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SA mosque attack: 2 worshippers stabbed to death

Two worshippers were killed when an unidentified assailant attacked a mosque in Malmesbury in Western Cape Province, South Africa early…

Russia 2018: Ugandan police issue security guidelines

Football loving Ugandans will have to abide by the extra security guidelines that have been put in place while they…

Georgian PM Kvirikashvili resigns

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili on Wednesday said he was resigning.
UNICEF

UNICEF calls for paternity leave

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged all countries to provide fathers with legally paid paternity leave to enable them…
A boat carrying migrants

2.5m migrants smuggled in 2016 – UNODC

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said at least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled during the course of…
CACOL

CACOL urges ICPC to query CBN over missing N55bn

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission…
Fraud

Man gets life imprisonment for defiling 12-year old girl

Justice Sedonten Ogunsanya of the Lagos High Court has sentenced a rapist, Inyang Kingsley to life imprisonment for defiling a 12-year…
Ex-Governor Joshua Dariye: Killers of his father arrested

Selectivity: Nyame, Dariye, Vindicate EFCC

The conviction of two prominent members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Jolly Nyame and Joshua Dariye in quick…
Massive PVC collection in Ondo: 55,859 cards distributed in record-breaking five-day period

Violence: INEC suspends voter registration in 2 Kogi LGs

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has suspended the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in some communities in…
OPEC

President Trump fights OPEC over rising oil prices

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) of driving up oil prices, in a…

Eid-el-Fitr: AIG orders beef up of security in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa

Rasheed Akintunde, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Benin, has directed that security be beefed up across commands in…

Anti-Graft War: UK Pledges Support to EFCC

Paul Arkwright, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said that the United Kingdom will continue to support the anti-corruption crusade…

Nigeria’s inflation plummets by 0.87 percent in May

Nigeria's inflation plummets by 0.87 percent in May, says a report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, on Wednesday.

Lagos arraigns Dutch national for murder of wife, daughter

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday arraigned a Dutch national, Peter Nielson, alleged to have murdered his wife and daughter…

Lagos arrests two officers of LAGESC for misconduct

The Lagos State Government has arrested and paraded two officers of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) for act…

2019: Group trains Lagos residents on registration, PVC collection

Ahead of the 2019 elections, the Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Vanguard has organised a training session for Lagos residents in Badagry…

Russia 2018: These are the referees for Friday’s matches

The referees’ appointment arm of world football governing body FIFA at the 2018 World Cup in Russia on Wednesday released…

Police burst European sham marriage ring

Police conducted raids on Wednesday across Germany and Denmark against a sham marriage ring, with dozens of places searched for…

Ekiti Assembly suspends Deputy Chief Whip

Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday suspended indefinitely its recently impeached Chief Whip, Mr Akinniyi Sunday of the Peoples…
Court jails Lagos man Damilare Adewale 14 years he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl

Man remanded over alleged attempt to rape pregnant woman

An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Modakeke, Ile-Ife, on Wednesday remanded one Emmanuel Ademakinwa, 29, over attempted rape of a…
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Anambra Govt. renovates 116 non-functional boreholes

Anambra State Government says it has renovated about 116 boreholes as part of efforts to increase the state residents’ access…

Scottish lawmakers walk out of British parliament

Lawmakers from the Scottish National Party (SNP) staged a dramatic walkout from the British parliament on Wednesday after their leader…

Niger Delta: Dokubo promises to reintegrate ex-agitators

Prof. Charles Dokubo, Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), on Wednesday, promised that trained Niger Delta Ex-agitators would be reintegrated through…

Police investigate alleged killing of Enugu monarch

The Police Command in Enugu State has commenced investigations into the killing of Igwe Steven Nwatu, the traditional ruler of…

Man arraigned for alleged illegal bank operation

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned one Philemon Gora in a Federal High Court, Abuja for…

Agency Urges Kaduna residents to prepare for flood, relocate if necessary

The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says it has started sensitising residents to early-warning flood signals in the flood-prone…

Norwegian lawmakers nominate President Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Two Norwegian lawmakers have nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after the Singapore summit with North Korean…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

Customs intercepts contraband valued N1.40bn

The Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, has intercepted contraband with a Duty…

South Sudanese remain stateless – UN

Displacements due to conflict and economic hardship have caused some South Sudanese to remain stateless as they are either denied…

320 military personnel to retire next week

A total of 320 military personnel will retire from the armed forces next week, says Air Vice Marshal Austine Jekenu,…