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Turkey detains over 100 Islamic State suspects

Turkish police have detained 111 people over a suspected link with Islamic State in Ankara and gave arrest warrants for…
Unity Schools: 70,603 pupils write 2024 common entrance exam

11,000 pupils benefit from Nigerian Govt’s cash transfer in Niger

No fewer than 11,000 pupils from indigent families have benefited from the Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme in…

Agge Deep SeaPort to commence activities before 2020

Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Thursday assured prospective investors that commercial port activities would commence at the Agge…
Child-rape

32-year-old man arraigned for raping 6-year-old girl

A Birnin Kebbi Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday remanded one Umar Lawalli, accused of raping a six-year-old girl. The accused,…
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) issues alert on fake Covid-19 antigen rapid test kits in circulation.

NAFDAC offers free standardisation facilities to exporters

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged exporters to use its facilities to standardise…

2018 budget’s fiscal assumptions not feasible – Chukwuma

A financial expert, Dr Azuka Chukwuma, has described the fiscal assumptions and parameters set for the 2018 budget as not…

Teenager in court for stealing church bells

A 15-year-old boy, who allegedly stole eight jingle bells from a church was on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief…
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Jos to demolish 400 illegal structures under high tension lines

The Jos Metropolitan Development Board (JMDB) says it will commence demolition of 400 illegal structures built under high tension electricity…

Aregbesola charges private universities on research, wealth creation

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Thursday advised private universities in the country to make their mark in research…

Nimbo massacre: Igbo group tells FG to compensate families

Global Igbo Alliance (GIA), a non-profit organization, has called on the Federal Government to pay compensation to the victims of…

Dana Air flies 2.7m passengers in 9 years

Dana Air on Thursday said it had flown over 2.7 million passengers in its nine years of operations in Nigeria.

Ogun committed to growth of agro-based industries – SSG

Ogun State Government on Thursday said it would pursue vigorously the growth of agro-based industries in its bid to increase…

Federal Government requests creation of UNESCO Youth Commission

Federal Government has requested the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to pass a resolution to create Commission for…

Forbidden in China, but Trump tweets about Beijing trip

U.S. President Donald Trump went around and over the “Great Firewall” of China in a late-night tweet in Beijing as…

INEC registers 104,805 new voters in Bayelsa

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Thursday it had so far registered 104,805 voters in the on-going Continuous…

Trump presses China on North Korea and trade

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed China to do more on the North Korean nuclear issue and said bilateral…

Taiwan workers protest work-hour bill

More than 1,000 workers on Thursday protested outside the Cabinet office in Taipei as it approved a draft bill aimed…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

Customs intercepts 365 bags of smuggled rice in Sokoto

Mr Nasiru Ahmad, the Controller of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Sokoto/Kebbi/Zamfara Area Command, said the command had intercepted two…

Sex slavery: South Korea dismisses Japan’s protest

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday dismissed Japan’s protest against the presence of one of the victims of Japan’s World…

Strange illness: Buhari calls Jigawa Governor, orders investigation

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday directed the Minister of Heath, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to investigate reports of an ‘unknown disease’…

Britain to start latest round of EU talks

Negotiators from Britain and the European Union are meeting again on Thursday to determine the terms of Britain’s departure from…

Bangladeshi man gets life sentence for raping Indian nun

A court in India has sentenced a Bangladeshi man to life in prison for raping an elderly nun, lawyers associated…

6 arrested in Tokyo over possession of dangerous drugs

Six people were arrested on suspicion of possessing quantities of what the Health Ministry has described as “dangerous drugs’’ authorities…

NHRC lacks capacity to perform – Ex A-G

Immediate past Attorney-General of Ekiti State, Mr Olawale Fapohunda, has called on the Federal Government to strengthen the National Human…

Gbaramatu monarch frowns at pipeline vandalism

The monarch of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta, Pere Williams Ogoba, Oboro II has ordered…

Boko Haram: Nigeria Govt. concludes first phase of suspects prosecution

The Federal Government yesterday said it has completed the first phase of prosecution of Boko Haram suspects in its custody,…

Planners institute charges Govt on political will to enhance urban planning

The Nigeria Institute of Town Planning has called on government at all levels to demonstrate the political will to enhance…

Chinese companies agree to develop LNG in Alaska

China’s top state oil major, Sinopec, one of
the country’s top banks and its sovereign wealth fund have agreed
to help develop…

PTAID to verify 24,000 federal pensioners in Kogi

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has commenced verification of about 24,000 Federal Civil Service pensioners in Kogi as part…

Better economy if Nigerians work together – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria’s impressive ranking in the latest World Bank Doing Business report is a proof that…