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Resident doctors ends 7-day warning strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday ended it seven days nationwide warning strike and gave the Federal…

Gambia’s Barrow to return on Thursday

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow is due to return to Gambia on Thursday, a senior aide Amie Bojang said on Wednesday.…

Police officer demoted for extortion

The Nigeria Police Force in Abuja on Wednesday says it has demoted a police sergeant serving in the FCT Command…

10 killed, 50 wounded as gunmen attack Somali hotel

Ten people have died and more than 50 are wounded after a car bomb and gun attack at a hotel…
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Commercial driver jailed 29 months for stealing car

A Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 37-year-old commercial driver, Ikechukwu Egbeji, to 29 months in…

My wife demands for money before sex

Mr Sunday Olaosebikan on Wednesday, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to end his seven-year-old marriage to his wife,…

Herbalist docked for failing to exorcise evil spirits

A 40-year-old man, Yusuf Afolabi, has appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly failing to exorcise evil spirits tormenting…

Jigawa: 11 referees pass fitness test

The National League of Referees and Referees Assessors had approved the elevation of 11 candidates from Jigawa who passed the…

Updated: 3 suicide bombers, vigilante killed in Maiduguri explosions

Barely two weeks after twin suicide attacks claimed the lives of a professor of medicine and four others in University…

2 men remanded over homosexuality, stealing

An Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Wednesday ordered the remand in prison of two men, Paul Frank, 31, and…

Mogadishu Blast: 18 killed in twin car bombing

At least 18 people were killed when two vehicles loaded with explosives exploded near the entrance of a hotel in…

No going back on building Mexico wall-Trump

Donald Trump has said a “big day” is planned on national security, including an announcement to build a wall on…

Kuwait executes member of royal family, 7 other prisoners

Seven people, among them a member of the ruling al-Sabah family, were hanged on Wednesday in Kuwait’s first executions in…

2 teenagers docked over alleged gang-raping

Two teenagers were on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s’ Court for allegedly gang-raping a 19-year-old girl. The defendants-…

Commuters express mixed feelings over using pedestrian bridges

Some FCT Residents on Wednesday expressed mixed feelings over the poor usage of pedestrian bridges provided in some parts of…

Bill upgrading MAPOLY to university scales second reading

The Bill to upgrade Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) to a state University of Technology, on Wednesday scaled second reading at…
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Ginger cures cancer, cardiovascular diseases

Experts at the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) Ibadan, have enumerated the economic and health values of ginger and turmeric…

Kerosene Scarcity: Tenants in trouble as landlords ban charcoal, firewood for cooking

Some landlords and tenants in Anambra are at war over the use of charcoal and firewood for cooking following the…

Vandalism: NSCDC arrests 9 suspects in Kano

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kano State Command, said it arrested nine suspects for allegedly vandalising and…

Group urges governor to promote study of Igbo language

The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), a social cultural organisation, has appealed to governors and other stakeholders to promote the study…

4 killed, 16 injured in kerosene explosions, doctors raise alarm

Nigeria is back again to the era of kerosene explosion due to the activities of some people who adulterate the…

Soldiers beat RCCG pastor to coma

A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Abuja, Alex Ochienu, said he was assaulted and beaten by two…

Fayose foils DSS attempt at arresting Apostle Suleiman

Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’s Forum, Ayodele Fayose, in the early hours of…

Breaking: Police rescue abducted students, staff of Nigeria-Turkish school Isheri

The police have rescued three students and 5 staff of Nigeria Turkish International College, Isheri, Ogun State. The students and…

AFCON 2017: DR Congo top group C after beating Togo 3-1

DR Congo reached the Africa Cup of Nations last eight as Group C winners with a victory that eliminated Togo.…

Breaking: Defending champion, Ivory Coast crash out of AFCON 2017

Defending champions, Ivory Coast on Tuesday crashed out of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Gabon, after losing…

Nigeria air strike dead ‘rises to 115’ in Rann

The number of people mistakenly killed last week in an air attack on a camp for those who have fled…

Lagos charges teachers to solve problem of obsolete textbooks with technology

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday charged teachers in the state’s public schools to use technology to address the problem…
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2 die as telecomm mast collapses in Port Harcourt

Two persons, a 16-year old girl and and 45-year old local football coach are said to have died in the…

Enugu police nab 3 over truck theft

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three suspects, who allegedly stole a truck belonging to an indigenous oil and…