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Nigeria’s Aribisala wins prestigious John Avery Award

Top Nigerian food essayist, Yemisi Aribisala has won the prestigious John Avery Award in the UK at the Andre Simon…
Chief Olawale Oshun, Chairman, ARG

Fulani herdsmen: Northern governors promoting alien interest – Afenifere

The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has condemned strongly the proposal by the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) to open a register…

Kenyan soldiers foil Al-Shabaab’s attack on military camp

Kenyan soldiers have foiled the Al-Shabaab terrorist attack on their military camp in the southern Somali town of Kulbiyow early…

Eket people demands establishment of oil mineral communities

The people of Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom under the aegis of Eket People’s Union have demanded for…

Lagos arrests quack doctor who operates 3 people, shuts hospital

The Lagos State Government has arrested an alleged quack doctor, Onumoh Eleazer who carried out operation on three people in…

Ensure children drink more water — Expert advises parents

Dr Safiya Ojo, General Practitioner, Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, has advised parents to ensure their children and wards drink more…

Man nabbed for imprisoning 105-year-old Reverend

An Akure Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of one Robert Ogwuruba, 55, in prison custody for the alleged…

NSCDC arrests 20 suspects for stealing PHCN installations

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno Command, says on Friday said that it has arrested 20 suspects…

Sudan express readiness to support Nigeria combat terrorism

Sudan has expressed its readiness to render any kind of support required by Nigeria to combat terrorism. Dr Taj-Asir Mahjoub,…

NBC to check excesses of TV, radio stations

Media Stakeholders have urged the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to put in place necessary mechanisms to check the excesses of…

Court warns, discharges pregnant woman

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday warned and discharged one Eucharia Obiora,36, charged with criminal intimidation and…

Africa’s first Catholic TV network debuts on DSTV

Lumen Christi Catholic Television has started offering its services on the Direct to Home Television (DSTV) platform, in a renewed…

German town rejects Trump honorary citizenship proposal

U.S. President Donald Trump will not be made an honorary citizen of the small German town from which his grandparents…

NSCDC in Borno seals 4 private guards companies

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno has sealed four private guards companies for alleged illegal operation…

Al-Shabaab attacks Kenyan military base in Somalia, casualties feared

The Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab attacked a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) camp at Kulbiyow in southern Somalia with casualties feared,…

Man arrested for raping two minors

The men of the Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man, Alosuposo Louis, for allegedly defiling two minors,…

Trending: Judge admitted collecting bribe from lawyer – EFCC

An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Danladi Daniel, has told Justice Aishat Opesanwo of the Lagos…

Man drowns in open body of water

A 20-year-old man, Umar Muhammad, reportedly drowned when he fell into an open body of water on Thursday at Dan…

How to avoid being kidnapped – NOA Director

Malam Mohammed Aliyu, the Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Kano state, has cautioned commuters in the state to always…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

SEMA reunites 64 women, children after 9 months

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says it has reunited 64 women and children rescued from Boko Haram after…

Nigeria, others kick against collective withdrawal from ICC

The plan by members of African Union (AU) to collectively withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) may suffer a…

US court insists Senator Buruji Kashamu must be extradited

A U.S. appeals court has upheld a ruling against Senator Buruji Kashamu from Ogun State who faces drug charges related…

Defection: Sen. Akpabio says over 20 lawmakers will soon join PDP

The Minority Leader of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has said that some lawmakers would be joining the Peoples Democratic…

Nigerian associations kick against tenure elongation of CANUK executives

Several Nigerian community organisations in the UK have published an open letter expressing fears that the Central Association of Nigerians…

Police arrest pastor, accomplice, for buying stolen phone

The Police have arrested a pastor of an Enugu-based new generation church for allegedly buying a stolen Samsung Galaxy Tab…

Scientists move ‘doomsday clock’ closer to midnight

U.S. President Donald Trump’s “ill-considered” comments about expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal are among the reasons a group of nuclear…

Barrow arrives Banjul

President Adama Barrow of The Gambia has confirmed that he is back to the country. Barrow confirmed this on his…

No need for governors’ visit, Buhari is okay, says Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has refuted a media report alleging that Nigerian governors are planning…
Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, Adamawa State Governor: communities in his state says Council Chairma,, Mr Joda Amisa is selling off their farmlands

How ex-Adamawa governor, Fintiri spent N21b in 86 days

The trial of a former governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, got underway on Thursday before Justice A. R. Mohammed…

Fire kills 2, razes filling station, shops in Ogun

Two people were feared dead and several others were injured on Thursday as fire razed a filling station at Adigbe…