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South African Airways cabin crew begins strike

Cabin crew at South African Airways (SAA) went on strike on Wednesday over pay benefits, a top workers’ union at…

Whistle blowing: Imo government urged to embrace policy

A lawyer in Imo, Mr Blessing Iweajunwa, has advised the State Government to key into the whistleblowing policy introduced by…

NDLEA Arraigns 2 Brazilians for Importing 23.9kg Of Cocaine

Two Brazilians, Lima Pereira Diego, and Dias DOS Santos Marcia Cristina, were on Wednesday arraigned before a Federal High Court,…
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Mechanic docked for raping girl at knife-point

A 20-year-old generator mechanic, Samson Ogunbanjo, who allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl at knife-point and threatened to kill her, was…
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Court Slams N2m Bail On Clearing Agent

A 39-year-old clearing agent, Chidi Unigwe, who allegedly obtained N2 million from a man, Julius Alake, on the pretext of…

Egypt Suspends Fish Exports

Egypt has halted fish exports after a surge in sales to foreign markets, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said.

Farmers lament scarcity of cassava stems

Farmers in Enugu State on Wednesday lamented the acute scarcity and high cost of cassava stems for this year’s cultivation.

Amnesty International announces Osai Ojigho as new Country Director

Amnesty International has announced the appointment of human rights lawyer Osai Ojigho as Country Director in the Nigeria national office.
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UNICEF donates CSM vaccines, N17m to Sokoto State

The United Nations Children Fund [UNICEF] has donated 850,000 doses of vaccines to Sokoto State government to tackle Cerebrospinal Meningitis…

Traders decry demolition of Mile 1 Flyover market

Traders at the popular Mile 1 Flyover market in Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, decried the unexpected demolition of the market…

IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu still in prison

Despite the bail granted him on Tuesday by an Abuja Federal High Court, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous…

Kreuzpaintner appointed vice president Lufthansa group

Dr Stefan Kreuzpaintner has been appointed Vice President (Sales) EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) of the Lufthansa Group Airlines.

Meet 37 Year Old Woman With 38 Children

Nalongo Muzaala Bana (the twin mother that produces quadruples) is what Mariam Nabatanzi Babirye goes by where she resides in…
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5 million Nigerians listen to Radio China

Mr Chen Liming, Director of the Hausa Service at the China Radio International(CRI), on Wednesday announced that about 5 million…

Buhari extols Tony Momoh at 78

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated veteran journalist and former Minister of Information and Culture, Prince Tony Momoh, on his 78th…

News Analysis: Plateau women strangled for refusing sex

A man returned to his house at 1 a.m., insisted on having sex with his wife that had spent the…

Mortgage Fund: Association plans to educate civil servants, others

The Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN) says it is planning enlightenment campaigns on ways to access mortgage finance in…

FAAC: Federation account records N38.7bn increase

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Tuesday shared N467.8 billion.

Nigeria ranks 3rd in Africa’s internet affordability index: Report

The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has ranked Nigeria third in its Africa Affordability Drivers Index, out of 27 countries…

UN pledges reforms to meet SDGs 2030 target

The UN says it is carrying out various reforms of the organisation to help countries to meet its ambitious 2030…

Malaria Day: State govt. to distribute 3m treated mosquito nets

Ondo State Government said it has concluded arrangement to begin house-to-house distribution of about three million insecticide treated mosquito nets.
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Labourer, 46, in court over alleged rape of minor

A 46-year-old man, Suleman Adamu, appeared in a Jos High Court on Tuesday, charged with allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl.
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Judicial workers want “Harmonised Conditions of Service” law implemented

The Joint Union of Magistrates, Judges, State Counsel and Draftsmen, has called on the Nasarawa State Government to implement the…

N1.64bn fraud: Witness denies seeing Nyame receive N100m

A defence witness, Philip Akolo, who was an orderly to former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, on Tuesday told an FCT…

CDS: Military operation in southern Kaduna yielding positive result

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Abayomi Olanisakin, on Tuesday says the special military operation in Southern Kaduna is…

Staff screening: State to prosecute workers with fake certificates

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday received the final report of the staff screening exercise, with a vow to…

Fresh batch of 253 Nigerians return from Libya

No fewer than 253 more Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday aboard a chartered Airbus A330-200 with registration mark…
Court orders CBN to release N82bn to Akwa Ibom communities

CBN sells $25m to investors, exporters

T‎he Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday commenced interventions in the new Investors and Exporters’ FX Window with the…

INEC says 20,000 voter’s cards abandoned in Plateau

The Plateau office of INEC said on Tuesday in Jos that 20,000 voter’s cards had been abandoned in its offices.

RRS Nabs Bank Fraud Syndicate

The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the suspected ring leader…