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Aviation unions to picket Arik Air on Thursday

The labour unions in the aviation sector have threatened to shut down the operations of Arik Air on Thursday over…

Teenager Allegedly Rapes 13-Year Old Girl

A secondary school dropout, Abubakar Ibrahim, 18, was on Wednesday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly…
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Alleged N400m fraud: Metuh asks court to suspend trial

The former spokesman of the PDP, Olisah Metuh, has asked the Federal High Court, Maitama Abuja, to suspend hearing in…

Buhari Mourns Late Gen. Abisoye

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of retired Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Abisoye, who passed away at the age of…

Naira Gains More Strength, Now N400 To Dollar

Following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) intervention in foreign exchange (forex), the Naira traded N400 to a dollar at…

Police Arrest 3 Over Benue Killings

The Police in Benue said they had arrested three suspects in connection with the Monday killings at Zaki Biam in…

2 Labourers Docked Over Attempt To Kidnap Employer’s Daughter

Two factory workers, Idowu Azeez, and Abdullahi Jablet, who allegedly attempted to kidnap their employer’s daughter, were on Wednesday charged…

Police officer stabbed at UK Parliament

A police officer has been stabbed in the Houses of Parliament in central London, Commons Leader David Lidington has said.

Top Boko Haram Chieftain Nabbed In Ekiti

The Department of State Service has arrested a suspected Boko Haram kingpin, other members of the fleeing insurgency group in…

Sanusi Commends Med-view Airline

The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II on Wednesday commended the management of Med-view Airline for extending its domestic flight…

Woman Endangers Self To Rescue 300 Burnt Potatoes

A 90-year-old Internally Displaced Person, Zahrah Musa, on Wednesday rushed to save her N300 potatoes, minutes after she escaped a…

Be safety conscious, lawmaker tells health workers

The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health Services, Mr Segun Olulade, on Wednesday advised health workers to…

Kwara Assembly wants sports resuscitated in schools

The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday called for the resuscitation of sporting activities in all primary and secondary schools…

FG deploys 1,473 graduate midwives to PHCs

The Federal Government has deployed more than 1,473 newly graduated basic midwives to Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) across the…

Johns Hopkins Gets First Female Black Resident

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's neurosurgical department has been operating for 30 years. Although it has accepted residents, there has…

DSS arrest kidnappers of German Archeologists in Kaduna

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two suspected kidnappers of the two German Archaeologists, Dr Peter Breuning and…
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Burundi joins Afreximbank

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says Burundi has acceded to the Agreement establishing the bank, making the country a participating…
EFCC nabs ex-Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku over N27bn fraud allegation

Taraba releases N1.8b to pay teachers’ salaries

The Taraba State Commissioner for Education, Mr Johannes Jigem, said on Wednesday that government had released N1.8 billion to the…

Lagos Assembly Warns Residents To Vacate Defective Buildings

The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development on Wednesday warned Lagosians residing in defective…

Air Traffic Controllers Suspended For Sleeping On Duty

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on Wednesday suspended three air traffic controllers, including one who fell asleep while…

Police have subdued kidnappers in Imo – CP

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Taiwo Lakanu, said on Wednesday that the police had subdued kidnappers in the…

Abstain from unprotected sex to prevent hepatitis – Expert

The Guild of Medical Directors on Wednesday advised Nigerians, especially the young ones against unprotected sexual intercourse and use of…
NDLEA arrests 20 drug traffickers in Edo

NDLEA arrests drug barons, IDPs in Borno

The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 10 drug barons and 60 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) for…

22 Traders Who Died In Accident, Buried

Twenty two traders have died in a motor accident that occurred on the Tunga Giwa – Ruwa road in Shanga…

Lalong calls off official engagements to mourn commissioner

Plateau Governor Simon Lalong, has called off official engagements following the sudden demise of Mr Samuel Galadima, the Commissioner of…

3 in court for assaulting PHCN officials

Three men were on Wednesday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court for assaulting officials of Power Holding Company of Nigeria…

Oyedepo proffers solutions to nation’s food scarcity

Bishop David Oyedepo, Chancellor, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Wednesday said that raising agricultural practitioners was one of the best…

US identifies 10 terrorists’ target airports

The United States Government on Wednesday announced its readiness to enhance security procedures for passengers at certain points of departure…

No Visa For Nigerians In Lagos – Switzerland

The Consul-General of Switzerland in Lagos, Mr Yves Nicolet, on Wednesday notified Nigerians that his consulate was not in the…

Lawyers Blame High Rate Of Divorce On Recession

Hajia Iyabo Salmot-Mohammed, the Chairperson of international Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Kwara, has blamed the current recession in…