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CRK not removed from schools’ curriculum – Council

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The management of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) says that Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) is still being…

Impersonation: Police arrest traditional ruler in Ekiti

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Police in Ekiti on Tuesday arrested and detained the Oba Lawrence Bamidele Idowu, Olu-Ifon, Ifon Ekiti in Oye Local…

175 more Nigerians deported from Libya

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Another batch of One Hundred and Seventy-five (175) Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday aboard a chartered Nouvelair aircraft…

JAMB plans supplementary UTME for 85,000 candidates

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, July 1 to conduct supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)…

Mourinho denies tax evasion

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has released a statement through his agent Jorge Mendes' company Gestifute to stress that he…

Boko Haram terrorists kill two again

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Suspected Boko Haram militants killed two people and wounded six others in an ambush on a police convoy in northeast…

836.4kg of psychotropic substances recovered in Edo in one year – NDLEA

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command, seized 836.4 kilogrammes of suspected psychotropic substance between June 2016 and June…

NIMR DG: Technology to combat insecticide resistance

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to provide new technologies through…

Court strikes out N650m bail bond case against Pategi.

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday struck out a suit filed against a House of Representatives member, Aliyu…

Police sack two traffic wardens over extortion

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, said it had dismissed two traffic wardens attached to the Wuse Police Division from…

Firefighting plane crashes in Portugal

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

A water-bombing plane fighting huge forest fires in central Portugal has crashed, local officials say.

US ‘downs Iran-made drone’ over Syria

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

A US jet has shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by forces backing the Syrian government in the south of…

Ambode Preaches Love, Tolerance At Ramadan

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has called for love and peaceful co-existence among the citizenry,…

‘Ikoyi, Banana Island, FESTAC belong to Lagos Government’

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Special Committee on Federal Government Assets in Lagos State says Ikoyi, Banana Island, FESTAC and other federal government assets…

Gov. Ortom defends anti-open grazing law

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, has said that the state followed due process in the passage of the open grazing…

Traffic violation: Drivers to undergo psychiatric test in Edo – FRSC

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Samuel Odukoya, has disclosed that drivers who violate traffic…

Obaseki appoints 18 commissioners, sends list to Assembly for approval

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Seven months after his inauguration as Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday appointed 18 commissioners for his…

LASG To Evacuate Abandoned Vehicles Littering State

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Lagos State government has said that starting July 1, 2017, it will begin to evacuate abandoned vehicles littering the…

Man Jailed 3 Years For Drug Trafficking

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A 24-year-old man, Abiodun Ayinla, who peddled 650 grammes of Cannabis Sativa (hemp), is to spend the next three years…

Kano Govt Approves N578m For Payment Of Teachers

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Kano State Government said it had approved N578 million for the payment of 44, 654 primary school teachers and…

Parents Will Cater To Children Seeking Islamic knowledge

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Niger government says that parents of children sent to the state to seek Islamic knowledge will now come along with…

My Wife Brings Her Lover Into Our Matrimonial Home

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A businessman, Abor Egwu, on Tuesday told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that his wife brings her lover into their…

Woman stabs 4-year old daughter to death

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

A Houston woman Laquita Lewis has appeared in court on a capital murder charge for stabbing her young daughter to…

7 fake credit cards found in Dammy Krane’s pocket

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Seven fake credit cards were found in the pockets of Dammy Krane on 1 June when he was arrested at…

Mother Gives Birth To 15th Child, Breaks Record

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A Health Official said on Tuesday that a 45-year-old Vietnamese woman has broken a national record by giving birth to…

NAFDAC Donates Chairs To NYSC

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Agency (NAFDAC), on Tuesday donated 100 plastic chairs to the National Youths…

Eid el-fitr likely on Monday – Space agency

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Eid el-Fitr celebration is likely to take place on Monday as the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)…

Congo Rejects UN-Led Investigation Into Violence

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday rejected an independent investigation into violence in its Kasai region which has been…

French Defence Minister Goulard Steps Down

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

French Defence Minister Sylvie Goulard is stepping down amid an investigation into employment contracts at the political party she belongs…

Igbos must leave, northern youths tell Osinbajo

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Coalition of Northern Youth Groups that gave the Igbo living in Northern Nigeria three months’ quit notice has written…

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