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Husband Demands N3m From Divorce-Seeking Wife

Malam Bello Umar, a resident of Gidan Haki in Sokoto North Local Government of Sokoto State, has asked his divorce-seeking…
Obama reacts as President Trump freezes $2.3b funding for Harvard University

Trump struggles to win Obamacare repeal

U.S. President Donald Trump made a final push on Thursday to win over skeptical members of his own Republican Party…

Certificate scandal: Melaye sues Sahara Reporters N5 billion

Senator Dino Melaye has sued Sahara Reporters N5 billion for libel over the online news portal's publication that he never…

Kaduna Electric to re-engage sacked workers

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) says the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company has commenced an assessment exercise to re-engage…
Court orders CBN to release N82bn to Akwa Ibom communities

Reps urge CBN to withdraw mutilated currency

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to urgently withdraw and destroy mutilated naira…

Cancer: A death sentence for Nigerians

Prof. Sunday Adewuyi of Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, says cancer is a death…
EFCC deploys operatives across the 36 states and FCT to combat vote buying in next Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections.

EFCC arraigns consultant over alleged N8m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a man, Innocent Lazarus before an FCT High Court, Kubwa,…

Polio: Akeredolu solicits synergy for healthy future

Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday called for collective support for immunisation to ensure a healthy, fruitful and…

Police parade 20 kidnap, robbery suspects in Kogi

The Police in Lokoja on Thursday paraded 20 persons suspected to be kidnappers and armed robbers.
CBN says old naira notes remain legal tender

Naira sells at N400 to dollar

The Naira on Thursday was sold at N400 to a dollar at the parallel Market.

Police in Sierra Leone kills student during protest

The police in Sierra Leone’s southern city of Bo Thursday shot and killed a student during a protest over government…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

Jigawa governor launches Universal Health Coverage

Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has launched the state’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to boost healthcare delivery service to the…

NNPC warns against fraudulent recruitment

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has warned members of the public that the corporation was not undertaking any recruitment,…
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Cancer Kills 8.8m People Annually – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that cancer killed no fewer than 8.8 million people every year.
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Reps to probe activities at Kaduna Airport

The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Aviation to investigate activities at the Kaduna International Airport to…

FG suspends work at Ekiti National Housing Programme site

The Federal Government on Thursday ordered the suspension of work on the National Housing Scheme, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Adamawa pensioners decry non payment of gratuities

The Adamawa branch of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has expressed concern over the delay in payment of accumulated gratuity…

‘No bomb planted at American Embassy in Lagos’ – CP

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, on Thursday, said there was no bomb planted at the…

London attack: Police name Westminster attacker

The man believed to have carried out the attack in Westminster has been named by police as Khalid Masood, BBC…

No vacancies at PDP National Secretariat – Makarfi

Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that there is…

Lagos speaker laments increasing suicide rate in Nigeria

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, lamented the increasing rate at which people commit suicide in…
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Polio: Kaduna to immunise 3m children

The Kaduna State Government says it will immunise three million children under the age of five years against Polio within…

Ambode unveils plans to construct 6,000 bed hostel in LASU

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday revealed plans by his administration to build a 6,000-bed hostel within the…

Wike tells UNIPORT to pay up taxes

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has called on the University of Port Harcourt to pay up the taxes due to…

Reps want early volunteers absorbed into NSCDC

The House of Representatives says it is taking necessary measures to ensure that early volunteers of the Nigeria Security and…

Couple, landlady jailed over disturbance

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced a man, his wife and their landlady to one…

Politicians can be stupid sometimes- German diplomat

Germany’s foreign minister says politicians can be stupid sometimes, in response to comments by a senior EU politician quipping that…

Katsina investigates alleged misconduct by Hajj officials

The Katsina State Government has inaugurated a committee to investigate alleged misconduct by some officials of the state’s Pilgrims Welfare…

IS Claims Responsibility For London Attack

The Islamic State group says the attack outside the British parliament in London was carried out by one of its…

Woman bolts with N237,000 loan

A 42-year-old woman, who allegedly obtained N237, 000 loan from some people and failed to pay back on schedule, was…