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Boko Haram kills 8, kidnaps 100 in Cameroon

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed and about 100 others were kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants…

Civil Society group to set up task force on extra judicial killing

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Executive Director of Africa Network of Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), David Ugolor, has revealed plans by his…

Lagos Security Forces arrest 595 criminals, cultists and convicts 332

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos Joint Security Forces have arrested 595 suspected criminals, cultists and street hawkers in the Lagos metropolis…

Osinbajo harps on capacity building, political stability in Africa

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday identified human capital development, political stability and economic integration as central to the rapid…

Oyo/Osun Customs command declares N5.8bn revenue

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun command, on Tuesday in Ibadan declared that it generated N5.8 billion as revenue between…

Senate confirms service chiefs

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of service chiefs recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The service chiefs, who…

Groom re-arrested after ditching new wife while on bail

A man who was granted bail to get married was re-arrested by Australian police on Tuesday, a week after he…

Stakeholders laud Buhari on new NNPC GMD

Stakeholders in the oil and gas sector on Tuesday lauded Federal Government’s initiative in appointing a private sector-based knowledge to…

Police arraign man, 90, over fraud

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 90 year-old man, Rasaki Raji, at an Iyaganku Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for…

FG will no longer tolerate illegal mining, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja warned that the Federal Government will no longer tolerate illegal mining and other improper…

Arase apologies for police high handedness, misconduct to citizens

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, on Tuesday apologised to members of the public for police high-handedness and…

Lagos Housekeeper Bolts With Employer’s $4,000

A housekeeper, Toni Aripko, on Tuesday appeared before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, charged with theft of his employer’s…

Aisha Buhari donates milk supplement to pregnant women

Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has donated 700 cartons of milk supplement for distribution to pregnant women in…

Court Convicts Teacher For Fraud

A 48-year-old teacher, Ismaila Mohammad, was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court,…

Boko Haram Elements Reach Out For Dialogue –Anas

The Centre for Crisis Communication, a non-governmental organisation, on Tuesday said that some persons claiming to be Boko Haram members…

IGP Warns Against Attacks On Police Stations, Formations

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has warned against the spate of attacks and foiled arson attempts at some…

Breaking News: Buhari Appoints New NNPC, NCC Helmsmen

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…

NAPTIP Rescues 281, Reunites 252 Victims With Families

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Matters (NAPTIP) says its Lagos Zonal Office…

FG Ready For Ebola Resurgence

Prof. Abdusalam Nasidi, National Coordinator, Centre for Disease Control (CDC), on Tuesday said Nigeria had taken adequate measures to contain…

Tribunal Reserves Judgement In Kashamu’s Election

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta National and state Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, western Nigeria, has…

Shame on my detractors, I owe no bank, says Abike Dabiri-Erewa

By Olufemi Anjorin Former House of Representatives member, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa has denied owing any bank as claimed in the…

El’Rufai Begins Process Of Recovering Public Lands

Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai said arrangement has been concluded to commence the process of recovering all…

Wike Appoints Permanent Secretaries

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, southern Nigeria, has appointed 12 persons as Permanent Secretaries into the…

Enugu Tribunal Dismisses 3 Petitions Against PDP

The State and National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Enugu on Monday dismissed two petitions by the All Progressives Congress…

Dismissed Soldier Jailed For Burglary

Cyriacus Izuekwe A dismissed Army officer, Awolu Ado, arrested for burglary, stealing and impersonation, has been sentenced to two and…

Obasanjo Library Hosts PR Colloquium On Nigeria

The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, is set to host a colloquium on Thursday 13 August titled Image Makers Perspective…

NAWOJ Health Walk In Pictures

 

Chief (Mrs) Ayotunde Osibamowo 80th Birthday In Pictures

Chief (Mrs) Ayotunde Oyeyemi Osibamowo at the weekend celebrate her 80 birthday, at Ola and Ayo Nursery and Primary School,…

Islamic Cleric Arrested Over 3-Day Marathon Sex Deliverance

Cyriaus Izuekwe A 42-year-old self-professed Islamic cleric, known locally as Alfa, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court…

Why Dr. Paul Orhii, NAFDAC DG is in trouble

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Dr. Paul Orhii, the Director General of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC became the…