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Ex-militants want FG to pay 3 months outstanding stipends

The former Niger Delta militants, under the Amnesty Programme have appealed to the Federal Government to pay their three months…

Fulani herdsmen moving with guns are foreign terrorists – Sultan

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, says the so called Fulani herdsmen moving with guns, causing violence, fighting…

Palm oil improves reproductive capacity – Expert

Consumption of palm oil improves human reproductive capacity, a Clinical Biochemist and Molecular Diagnostics Professor, Oluyemi Akinloye, has said. Akinloye,…

Sallah: Tinubu, Gbajabiamila call for patience to survive recession

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that economic restrategising and replanning are…

Clinton cancels travel plans due to health challenge

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has called off plans to visit the US west coast after a health challenge at…

President Buhari observes Eid-prayer in Daura, Katsina

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday joined Muslim faithful at Kofar-Arewa Eid-ground, Daura in Katsina to observe the Eid-el kabir prayer.…

Muslim pilgrims throw stones at Satan in Mecca

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims started on Monday a stone-throwing ritual as part of the annual Hajj pilgrimage just outside…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan used houseboy, driver’s names to open $15m accounts

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a driver, houseboy and two other domestic staff, whose names were…

9/11 Anniversary: How Osama bin Laden was influenced by his school teacher

Ademola Adegbamigbe Yesterday was the 15th anniversary ( 11 September 2001) of the bombing of the World Trade Centre in…

Another earth tremor rocks Kaduna

Residents of Sambang Dagi in Jaba Local Government of Kaduna State witnessed another earth tremor in the early hours of…

Ogun declares state free of Lassa fever

The Commissioner for Health in Ogun, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, has declared the state free of Lassa fever following a recent…

CBN to extend BVN registration to MfBs, PMIs customers

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to extend the Bank Verification Number (BVN) registration project to customers of other Financial…

Tragedy: Mother, 2 sons die in Sokoto fire

A 42-year old mother, Mrs Blessing Arigi-Osakwe, lost her life on Sunday to injuries sustained while attempting to save her…

2016 Hajj: 3m pilgrims pray at plains of Arafat

No fewer than three million pilgrims converged at the plains of Arafat on Sunday to mark the climax of 2016…

8 killed in Benin burning waste explosion

An explosion at a waste dump in Benin Republic earlier this week killed eight people, local mayor Robert Tolegbon said…

Pictures: US marks 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

The United States on Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Here are some pictures taken…

Lawyers say rapists must face full wrath of law

Some lawyers have urged judges and magistrates to ensure that anyone convicted for rape is sanctioned in accordance with the…

Eid-El-Kabir: Don’t gather at praying grounds, NSCDC warns politicians

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kebbi Command, has warned politicians against political gathering at praying grounds to…

5 Kogi civil servants arrested for allegedly diverting N230m pension fund

Five top civil servants in Kogi have been arrested for allegedly diverting N230 million pension fund to their private uses.…

Eid-el-Kabir: Yobe Govt restricts vehicular movements

Yobe State government has announced restriction of vehicular movement from 6a.m. to 12p.m. on Monday, Sept. 12 to ensure safety…

Bakers beg Buhari on high cost of bread

Bakers in Nigeria have appealed to the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the rising cost of bread production just…

Prisoners get N2.5m food items to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir

The Kano State Government on Sunday donated food items worth N2.5 million to enable prison inmates in the state celebrate…

EKEDC throws Mushin community into darkness for 24 days

The Community Development Association (CDA) in Akodu, Abibu and the LUTH access Road in Mushin, Lagos State, on Sunday decried…

Hart makes mistake as Torino debut ends in defeat

England keeper Joe Hart made a mistake to concede an equalising goal and was then beaten by a penalty as…
Police arrest two men for robbing three commercial sex workers after they picked them up in Surulere area of Lagos state.

Economic Hardship: Prostitutes increase in Asaba

Residents of Asaba, the Delta capital, have decried the increase in commercial sex activities in the city, in spite of…

Pastor says economic hardship not peculiar to Nigeria but global

Mr David Popoola, the State Pastor of Living Faith Church, Lokoja, has said that the present economic hardship is not…

Nigeria needs wage led recovery, says Aremu

Mr Issa Aremu, the General Secretary, National Union of Textile Garment Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), on Sunday said Nigerian workers…

Economy will bounce back, Buhari assures Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted Nigerians for their steadfastness in spite of the difficult economic times confronting the country. Buhari,…

Hillary leaves 9/11 memorial early due to ‘medical episode’

Hillary Clinton joined a number of dignitaries, including Donald Trump, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg,…

90 killed after ceasefire plan in Syria

Airstrikes killed at least 90 people in northwestern Syria on Saturday and Sunday, hours after the US and Russia announced…