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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…

My husband killed our baby, wife tells court

“My husband killed our baby when he beat the hell out of me three days to my delivery.

French Man kidnapped in Chad

French Military and Chadian security on Thursday confirmed that a French national has been kidnapped in eastern Chad.

Unilag Student Faces Life Imprisonment for Gang Rape

A 17-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos (Unilag), Ugochukwu Daniel, who allegedly gang-raped a 17-year-old girl with others still…

FG Housing Loan Applicants Want Scheme Probed

Some applicants of the Federal Government Staff Housing Loans scheme have called for a probe of the activities of Federal…

Germany launches world’s largest artificial sun for fuel research

German scientists on Thursday launched what is being billed as the world’s largest artificial sun with the intention of conducting…

Chai! Father Sleeps With 17-Year Old Daughter In Lagos

A 52-year-old trader, Eze Chukwuma, who allegedly defiled his 17-year-old daughter, was on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’…

Parliament Attacker Is A Londoner, Well Known To British Intelligence – May

The man who launched Wednesday’s deadly attack at parliament was born in Britain and known to the intelligence services, Prime…

South Koreans support arrest of ousted President Park

Over seven out of 10 South Koreans supported the arrest of ousted President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal that…

British parliament reopens after attack, honours slain policeman

The British parliament reopened on Thursday with lawmakers holding a moment of silence for victims of the London terrorist attack…

Med-View Airline To Fly To Dakar, Conakry, Abidjan

Med-View Airline will begin flight operations to Dakar, Conakry and Abidjan on May 19 to ease connectivity in the French-speaking…