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Suspected Boko Haram insurgents kill 10 in Cameroon village

Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 10 villagers in northern Cameroon on Sunday night in what army and local…

Monkeypox : Bayelsa allays fear of new outbreak

Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu, Bayelsa Commissioner for Health, on Monday, dispelled the rumour that two new cases of monkeypox disease were…
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‘Black Axe’ member remanded in prison for murder

An Oshogbo Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 27-year-old black Axe member, Adewunmi Adeyinka, in Ilesa prison for alleged murder.…

Ebonyi empowerment scheme produces 7,000 beneficiaries

The Ebonyi government announced on Monday said that 7,000 indigenes had benefited from the state’s micro-economic empowerment programmes. The Commissioner…

Gombe approves N8m for anti-snake venom

Gombe State Government on Monday said it had approved N8 million for the procurement of anti-snake venom for the Snake…

Federal Government provides laptops for Girls in Federal Unity Schools

The Federal Government has provided a total of 330 laptops to some selected Federal Unity colleges in the country. Malam…
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Court adjourns N1.4bn Paris/London Club Loan Found In Access, GTB Banks

Despite the fact that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed an application before a Federal High Court…
NSCDC Operatives

NSCDC to rid Kwara hotels of nude dancers

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara Command, has deployed more than over 1,000 personnel to hotels in…

Former attorney-general tells Bayelsa Government to appoint new judges

Mr Francis Egele(SAN), a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa, has urged Bayelsa Government to appoint new judges…

NNPC ready to secure downstream assets

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has mapped out strategies to boost security around its depots and pump stations to…

Water Corporation Begins Customers Enumeration Exercise

The Lagos Water Corporation, LWC, has begun Customers Enumeration Exercise across the State to update the Corporation customers’ data base,…

Buhari, Quattara meets behind closed door in Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with visiting President Alassane Quattara of Cote D’Ivoire at the Presidential…

Amnesty: Ondo Niger Delta Youths commend Akeredolu, Buhari

A group, Ondo State Niger Delta Youths, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the inclusion of youths in Ondo…

2023 Presidency: Ohanaeze tells Igbo to make friends across Nigeria

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an Igbo socio-cultural group, has urged its people living in the north to court more friends so as…

Prof. Bello Shehu becomes Federal University Birnin-Kebbi new VC

The Federal University Birnin-Kebbi (FUBK) governing council, has approved the appointment of Prof. Bello Shehu, as the new Vice-Chancellor of…

Federal Government committed to developing creative industry — Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government says it is irrevocably committed to growing the creative industry in view of its importance to the…
Abdulrasheed Maina jailed for 61 years

Magu: No hiding place for Maina

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has said that the commission is determined to…
Amnesty International

Amnesty slams Police ‘brutality’ as Kenya awaits result of re-run

Police in Kenya have been using “unlawful force’’ against protesters after chaotic elections last week, Amnesty International said in a…

Ambode Congratulates New UNILAG VC

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday congratulated Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe on his appointment as the new Vice Chancellor…

IAEA D-G calls for increase in use of nuclear power

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano on Monday, called for an increase in the use of nuclear power…

Liberia’s ruling party backs challenge to presidential result

Liberia’s Unity Party (UP) said it would back a legal challenge to the result, accusing President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of interfering…

Facebook to make its political ads more transparent

U.S. social media giant Facebook will roll out new measures to increase transparency of political advertisements on its platform. Under…

Guber Race: Traditional rulers pledge support for lawmaker

Yewa North Traditional Council led by its Chairman and the Alaye of Ayetoro, Oba Abdul Azeez Ishola Adelakun, has unanimously…

2019: Nigerians will stone us if we present Buhari – APC Group

Members of the defunct Congress For Progressive Change (CPC) from the 17 southern states of Nigeria, have said fielding President…

Illegal migration: Edo to enact law to tackle human trafficking

The Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. (Mrs.) Yinka Omorogbe, has disclosed plans by the government to…

Somalia sacks police, security bosses after deadly bombing

The heads of Somalia’s police and national security have been sacked after a bombing targeting a hotel in the country’s…

Indian plane carrying 122 people diverted after threat call

A passenger plane with 122 people on board destined to New Delhi was on Monday diverted midway following a threat…

Car accident claims two lives in Ogun

Two persons died on Sunday in a lone accident involving a Toyota Sequoia in Kobape area along Abeokuta-Sagamu Interchange Expressway.

2 suicide bombers killed in Maiduguri

The Police in Borno on Sunday said two female suicide bombers were killed while trying to sneak into Maiduguri metropolis.

Illegal migration: Edo to enact law to tackle human trafficking

The Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, has disclosed plans by the state government to…