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2018 Budget: Lawmaker calls on Nigerians to hold Executive accountable for delay

A member of House of Representatives, Mr Nicholas Ossai (Delta-APC), on Wednesday urged Nigerians to hold the Executive accountable for…

Minister urges states, local govts. to provide potable water for citizens

The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has called on all Nigerians to hold their state and local governments…

Plateau Govt. promises to improve health indices

The Plateau state government, says it will improve on its health indices by strengthening partnerships with international partners and other…

Boko Haram returns Dapchi schoolgirls

Dapchi town was filled with security operatives, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), parents and well wishers as the abducted school girls were…

UN says executions, torture, slave markets persist in Libya

Armed groups of execute and torture civilians in Libya in almost complete impunity seven years after the revolution that toppled…

African leaders sign agreement establishing continental free trade area

African countries on Wednesday signed an agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, capital city of…

Emir Sanusi calls on corps members to strengthen national unity

The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, has emphasised the need for corps members to use their one year…
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Kano Fire Service receives 130 distress calls in two weeks

Kano State Fire Service on Wednesday said it received 130 distress calls from parts of the state in the last…
Adultery: Kano Man in police net after married woman lover dies in his home

Legal Aid Council receives 18 cases in 2 months in Kano

The Legal Aid Council of Nigeria said on Wednesday, that it received 18 new cases between January and February 2018…

House of Reps commends NAHCON for curtailing drug peddling

The House of Representatives has commended the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for curtailing the activities of drug peddlers…

Housing: Lagos to train 1,000 artisans in 2018 to tackle skill gap

The Lagos State Commissioner for Housing, Mr Gbolahan Lawal says the state government will train 1,000 in 2018 under its…

Man bags 6 months imprisonment for trespass

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Wednesday, sentenced one Stanley Chibike to six months imprisonment for criminal…

Myanmar parliament to re-elect new president within 7 working days

Myanmar’s vacant presidential post will be filled by re-election in the Union Parliament within seven working days, according to a…
Vatican court sentences all three defendants in fraud relating to former management of the Sistine Chapel Choir to several years in prison

Lettergate Controversy: Vatican communications chief Monsignor Vigano resigns

The Head of the Vatican’s Communications Department, Monsignor Vigano, resigned on Wednesday, after being accused of manipulating information in a…

Mama Boko Haram expresses joy over release of Dapchi school girls

A human right activist, Mrs Aisha Wakil, on Wednesday expressed joy over the release of the Dapchi school girls from…

Anambra monarchs rejoice with parents of rescued Dapchi school-girls

The Anambra Central Traditional Rulers’ Council has rejoiced with parents of Dapchi community in Yobe over the release of some…

Nasarawa police arrest 4 suspected rustlers, recover 176 cows

The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested four suspected rustlers, recovered 176 cows and 64 sheep at…

SEC disburses N17.09m to 297 investors from National Investor Protection Fund

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday said that the sum of N17.09 million has been disbursed to 297…

Buhari dispatches 4 ministers to Dapchi

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ordered four ministers to proceed to Dapchi in Yobe for an update on the release…
Kagame retires 12 generals

African heads of state meet in Kigali to launch free trade area

An extraordinary session of the African Union (AU) heads of state and government on Wednesday kicked off in Rwanda’s capital…
Kenyan Airways reacts to viral video involving a Nigerian, Ms Omisore, who was denied boarding second leg of her flight to Paris in Nairobi

Kenya Airways puts 9-month pretax loss at $59m

Kenya Airways says its nine-month pretax loss stood at 5.97 billion shillings ($59.03 million) and after-tax loss, 6.1 billion shillings.…

Sale of CVR Forms: INEC hands over staff to DSS

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has handed over one of its staff in Nasarawa, to the Department of State…

Don tasks parents on inculcating discipline in children

A Don, Mr Babatunde Abdulkareem, has urged parents to stress the value of discipline and hard work in the education…

Zimbabwe striking doctors turn down govt offer

Zimbabwean junior doctors who have been on a three-week strike have turned down government offer to increase their on call…

RAMP earmarks N1bn for rehabilitation of rural roads in Niger

The Niger second Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP II), has earmarked one billion naira for the rehabilitation of 104-kilometre…

Land dispute: Court rules in favour of plaintiff

Justice Idris Kutigi of FCT High Court, Apo, on Wednesday ruled in favour of a plaintiff, Dr Martin Ejimofor, as…

Rescued Dapchi girls in hospital for treatment, says parent

The rescued Dapchi schoolgirls have been taken to the General Hospital in Dapchi for profiling by the military, the News…

N664.3m fraud: ICPC set to arraign ex-Kebbi governor

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to arraign a former Governor of Kebbi, Alhaji…

Islamic group hails release of Dapchi school girls

The Jamaátu Nasril Islam (JNI) on Wednesday applauded the release of the abducted Dapchi school girls, saying that the Federal…

2018 Budget: Maize farmers’ association decries delay

Maize Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN) said on Wednesday that the delay in the passage of the…