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Lagos Paid N16.9Bn To Pensioners In One Year – Ambode

A total of N16.9 billion was released as payment of pension arrears to pensioners in Lagos State between April 2016…

Pakistani Women Kill Man Accused Of Blasphemy

Police in India said three women dressed in “burqas” (enveloping outer garment worn by women) killed a man who had…

Pelvic Exercise Helps Manage Vaginal Flatulence – Expert

Dr Nnenna Jonah, an Abuja based gynaecologist, has urged women with vaginal flatulence to imbibe the culture of excising the…

China Launches Its First Cargo Spaceship

China has launched its first cargo spaceship on Thursday, taking the country one step closer to building its own space…

Fallopian Tube Damage Causes Ectopic Pregnancy – Expert

Dr Olayinka Ogunbode, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, said on Thursday that one…
Court jails Lagos man Damilare Adewale 14 years he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl

Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment

A High Court in Rwanda on Thursday sentenced a man to life in prison for leading and coordinating attacks on…

Over 98,000 Children Immunised Against Polio

More than 98,000 children in Birniwa and Kirikasamma Local Government Councils of Jigawa, were immunised against polio disease.

NSCDC Arrests 5 Illegal Miners

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) in Niger on Thursday announced the arrest of five illegal miners…
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Teenager Docked For Stabbing Woman

A 16-year-old boy (name withheld) was on Thursday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stabbing a woman…

Police To Establish Area Commands In Zamfara

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) is to establish two additional Area Commands in Zamfara to improve security in the state.

LASTMA Declares Zero Tolerance On Violation Of Traffic Laws

  By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday urged motorists to voluntarily comply with the…

Scientists Discover Planet Likely To Comprise Alien Life

A newly discovered planet sitting in a solar system just 39 light years away has been dubbed one of the…

Zimbabwe To Consider Allowing Livestock As Payment

Zimbabwean farmers who cannot afford to pay their children’s school fees will be able to offer goats as collateral for…

Lagos allays fear over heavy Rainfall

As the 2017 rainy season gathers momentum, the Lagos State Government has allayed the fears of residents over the torrential…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

NG0 Trains Community Leaders On Safe Motherhood

The Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development, a Non Governmental Organisation, on Thursday said it initiated training programmes to tackle…

Lagos Govt Sacks 42 Health Workers

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it sanctioned and sacked 42 health workers for various offences relating to negligence…

160,000 PVCs Unclaimed In Niger — INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Niger says it still has 160,000 unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards (PVC).

UN Syria Envoy To Hold Talks With Russia

UN mediator for Syria Staffan de Mistura is to hold talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov in Geneva…

8 prisoners freed from Kaduna prison

The Kaduna State Committee on Prisons Decongestion says it has freed eight prisoners from Zaria Prison as part of ongoing…

Jos varsity health workers protest non payment of salaries

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) Chapter, says it will continue to run single shift…

Anambra farmers get 150 tractors from govt

The Anambra Government said on Thursday it had provided 150 functional tractors to aid farmers in cultivating their land in…

AU probes death of soldier by colleague in Somalia

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said Thursday it had launched investigations into the killing of one of its…

Chief Executives of govt agencies earn more than lawmakers – Rep

A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Zakari Mohammed, says member of the National Assembly are not the highest…

Nigerians warns against sacking unregistered teachers

Some Nigerians have urged the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN’s) to tread softly in its move to stop unregistered…

Intense heatwave grips India

Intense heatwave in India has gripped India with mercury soaring to 45 degrees in some parts of the country, meteorological…

Brussels prosecutors to investigate DRC passport deal

Brussels prosecutors are investigating a deal between Belgian company Semlex and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to supply biometric…

82 aid workers killed in South Sudan’s 3-year war

UN says 82 aid workers have been killed in South Sudan’s civil war and the number of its citizens displaced…

Niger LG spends N16m on health centre

The Wushishi Local Government Council of Niger says it spent about N16 million on the construction of a 20-bed capacity…
Nigeria Joins Global Community in Commitment to Defeat Meningitis by 2030

Meningitis: Nigeria needs 2m vaccine doses

Dr Fred Weli, a family health expert in Port Harcourt, says Nigeria will need about 2 million doses of vaccine…

FCT Minister directs opening of Karu General Hospital

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has directed the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat to immediately open the 135-bed…