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I am still in Edo guber race- KOWA candidate

Mr Thompson Osadolor, the KOWA Governorship Candidate for the Sept. 28 election in Edo, has said that he did not…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

PDP tasks Jigawa govt to dissolve caretaker c’ttees

The Jigawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, called on the state government to dissolve the caretaker…

Last batch of Oyo pilgrims to arrive Sept. 30

The Chairman, Oyo State Muslim Welfare Board, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold, has said that the last batch of pilgrims from the…

Police arraign 57-year-old man for assault in Osun

A 57-year-old man, Matthew Isawumi, on Tuesday, appeared before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court over alleged assault. The prosecutor, Idoko James,…

Nigerians commend Paralympians, urge corporate support

Nigerians, especially athletics buffs on Tuesday continued to commend the performance of the special athletes who participated in the just-concluded…

NCS seizes rice worth 597.7bn

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it seized rice worth N597.7 billion brought into the country through the borders between…

No vaccine for Lassa fever prevention yet- NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that there is no vaccine that is clinically proven to be effective…
The Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) approves appointment of Prof. Adamu Ahmed as new Vice-Chancellor of the institution.

ABU professor develops new malaria vaccine

Prof. Nasiru Shua’ibu of Biochemical Parasitology Department, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has developed a new malaria vaccine to prevent…

Syria conflict: UN suspends all aid after convoy hit

The UN has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its lorries were attacked by warplanes near Aleppo on Monday.…

Court slams banker N350,000 bail for crushing man to death

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday slammed a N350,000 bail on a banker, Lekan Idris, for allegedly crushing a car…

Okowa mourns Delta NLC, NULGE Chairman

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commiserated with the state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Nigeria Union…

Man drinks poison, jumps into Lagos river

Residents of Salvation Avenue in the Ajegunle, Ikorodu area of Lagos State have found the corpse of a man by…

Bloomberg paints a dark picture of Nigeria’s recession

On a site four times the size of Manhattan along the banks of the Niger river, the Ajaokuta steel plant…

Flood kills 18, destroys 6,637 houses in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said flood had killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19…

George H W Bush is voting for Hillary Clinton

Former President George H W Bush is reportedly voting for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a Facebook post from…

Google Pixel smartphones to launch on October 4

Google late Monday sent out invitations to an October 4 event, hinting that the Internet titan will show off a…

Breaking: UN suspends aid operations in Syria

The United Nations has suspended aid operations in Syria after a deadly attack on an aid convoy in rural Aleppo…

BOI earmarks N10bn for FG’s Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme

The Bank of Industry said on Tuesday it had set aside N10 billion this year for the Youth Entrepreneurship Support…

2016 Hajj: Jigawa loses 2 pilgrims

The Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board has confirmed the death of two pilgrims from the state in Saudi Arabia during…

Hijab: Obey court order, Muslims warn Lagos schools

Following the resumption of Lagos schools on Monday, the Lagos State Area Unit of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan orders EFCC to defreeze her accounts

First Law Associates, the solicitor to former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has given the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC),…
Katsina govt vows funding for Federal University of Transportation’s growth

EFCC confiscates 3 mansions from ex-governor Shema

Three mansions belonging to the detained ex-governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema have been seized by the Economic and Financial…

APC ready for Edo guber polls- Oshiomhole

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ready for the Sept. 28 gubernatorial…

Buhari urges warring South Sudan leaders to honour peace agreement

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in New York called on warring leaders in South Sudan to honour the terms of…

Terrorists ambush troops, kill 6 civilians, injure 3 soldiers – Army

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that six civilians died Monday in Borno in an attack by remnants of the Boko…

Breaking: New York bombing suspect charged with attempted murder

New York and New Jersey bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami has been charged with five counts of “attempted murder of…

Buhari assures investors of security of lives, investments and property

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in New York assured existing and potential investors in Nigeria of adequate protection of their…

FCTA summons emergency security meeting on begging, hawking

The FCT Administration has restated that begging, street hawking, cattle grazing and commercial motorcycle (Okada) remain banned in the Federal…

Osinbajo calls for community policing to tackle security challenges

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that community policing had become necessary to tackle internal security challenges facing the…
Nigerian Navy says its operatives have rescued 15 victims of human trafficking during different operations on the Lagos waterways.

Navy averts hijack of tanker, destroys more illegal refineries

The Nigerian Navy said on Monday that it had averted hijack an attack on `Hanze Kochi’, a marine tanker, and…