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Troops trail Boko Haram insurgents fleeing Sambisa Forest

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday, said the Army was on the trail of Boko…

Welder to die by hanging for armed robbery

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba: A 38-year old welder, Onyeka Ossai, has been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery and attempted…

Goodluck Jonathan returns home

Former President Goodluck Jonathan returned to Nigeria on Wednesday after spending weeks in London and other western capitals on a…

Ikoyi prisoner bags degree in Theology

An inmate of the Ikoyi Prisons, Albert Emmanuel Ajogbor, was on Wednesday presented with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree…

Archbishop Martins seeks stiffer penalties for corrupt people

Archbishop Alfred Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos on Wednesday called for stiffer penalties for those found guilty of…

INEC set to amend Electoral Act

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it was finalising a comprehensive proposal for constitutional and legal amendments to the…

9 ships laden with petrol, other items arrive Lagos ports

Nine ships laden with petrol, aviation fuel and other commodities have arrived at Lagos ports waiting to discharge, the Nigerian…
Kaduna records 2,428 cases of tuberculosis

World Bank releases $122m to fight TB

The World Bank has released 122 million dollars to boost southern Africa’s capacity to initiate an effective regional response to…

Ogoniland agog for Buhari’s visit

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) says the entire Ogoni people are ready to welcome President Muhammadu…

Foreign rice scarce in Katsina

Following Federal Government’s ban on importation of rice from foreign countries through land borders, the commodity has become scarce in…

French vessel detects signals likely from EgyptAir jet black box

The Egyptian investigation committee, revealed on Wednesday that a French naval search vessel has picked up signals believed to originate…

Court fixes trial of Synagogue engineers for June 3

An Ikeja High Court has fixed June 3 for the trial of the two engineers who constructed the collapsed seven-storey…

Delta State not part of Biafra- Delta SSG

The Delta State Government on Wednesday said the people of the State are not part of the proposed Biafra Republic,…

No retreat no surrender in Sambisa Forest-Military

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, on Wednesday reaffirmed that the military would intensify its offensive in the…

Unpaid Salaries: Hairdressers tell civil servants to wake up

The Association of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists has advised civil servants across the country to take to vocational work as an…

Tonto Dikeh’s Husband, Olakunle Churchill honoured with Doctorate degree

Olakunle Churchill, Tonto Dikeh’s husband, was recently awarded an honorary Doctorate degree from ISCG University in the Republic of Benin.…

32-year-old marriage to be dissolved over sex starvation

A 64-year-old man, Mustafa Ariori, on Wednesday urged a Lagos Island Customary Court, Lagos State, to dissolve his 32-year-old marriage…

Child abuse caused by religion & culture Group says

A Kaduna-based NGO, All Children Charity International Foundation, has attributed the high rate of child abuse in the country to…

Professional boxers to compete at Rio Olympics

Professional boxers can compete at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the sport’s governing body ruled in a…

Nigeria urges ACP to focus on technology, trade, development

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has urged The African, Caribbean & Pacific Group of States, ACP, to focus its…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

Reps to investigate alleged herdsmen attack in Ekiti

The House of Representatives has resolved to constitute an ad hoc committee to investigate the remote causes of the recent…

20,000 children trapped in Fallujah- UNICEF

The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said 20,000 children were currently trapped in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah,…

Osun monarch calls for toll collection on new roads

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Rasheed Akanbi, has advocated collection of tolls on all new roads in Osun to generate…

Fayose’s SA on Parliamentary Matters resigns

The Special Assistant on Parliamentary Matters to Governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr. Samuel Ajibola, has resigned his appointment. According to Ajibola in…
Nigerian Navy says its operatives have rescued 15 victims of human trafficking during different operations on the Lagos waterways.

Navy interrogates NNPC pipeline attack suspects in Delta

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA, has interrogated seven suspects over various criminal activities in the coastal region of Delta.…

Kebbi swear-in 7 new commissioners

Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, on Wednesday urged commissioners in the state to ensure discipline, prudence and accountability in the…

Nigeria, South Africa trade volume hit N1.3 trillion

The volume of trade between Nigeria and South Africa rose to N1.3 trillion about (R.62 billion) in 2015, the South…

Hausa/Fulani community in C/River appeals for grazing land

The Hausa/Fulani community in Cross River has appealed to Gov. Ben Ayade to allocate a portion of land to herdsmen…

Code of conduct tribunal adjourns Saraki’s trial indefinitely

The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Wednesday adjourned the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, indefinitely, after a star witness…

Police re-opens PDP’s national secretariat

Nine days after shutting the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it was yesterday reopened. The…