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Man jailed for stealing church tithe

A 28-year-old man, Elochukwu Nnoruga, is to spend six months in jail for stealing N214,000 tithe belonging to St Patrick…

Teachers Registration Council to renew collaboration with NUT

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) said it would be collaborating with the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) on…

Ambode clarifies N500 billion bond approved by Assembly

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has clarified the N500bn Bond Programme approved by the State House of…

Amnesty boss sues for peace for Niger-Delta

The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh has appealed to ex-agitators in the Niger-Delta to always tow the…

Eid-el-Kabir: Massive deployment of policemen in FCT

The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Mr Muhammad Mustafa, has ordered massive deployment of security personnel around praying grounds, shopping…

Kano State Police Command loses DPO

The Police Command in Kano State says it has lost its Divisional Police Officer in charge of Shanono Local Government…
Chibok girls

Chibok girls: Don backs prisoner swap idea

A don, Prof. Saleh Dauda, says he supports the idea being canvassed that the Federal Government should swap detained Boko…

Eid-El-Kabir: NSCDC mobilises 800 personnel in Sokoto

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Sokoto State Command, has mobilised more than 800 personnel to provide security…

Adamawa LG Election Tribunal receives 8 petitions

The Adamawa State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal has commenced sitting in Yola. The Secretary of the tribunal, Mr Jimmy…

Breaking: INEC insists Edo gov election will hold on Saturday

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday dispelled rumours of postponement of the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo.…
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed

Breaking: Buhari launches ‘Change begins with me’ campaign in Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday launched the ‘Change Begins With Me’ re-orientation campaign in Abuja to bring about attitudinal change…

Flood, windstorm displace 7,290 in 3 states – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says flood and windstorm displaced no fewer than 7, 290 people and destroyed many…

South African tenor Johan Botha dies at age 51

Tenor Johan Botha, who dazzled audiences at the world’s top operatic stages in a wide range of roles, died Thursday…

Customs denies shooting rice smuggler

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has denied media reports that one of its personnel was involved in the shooting of a…

Stop spending Lagos funds on partisan activities – PDP blasts Ambode

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has been accused by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Lagos State, of roaming the country while…

MASSOB to celebrate 17 years of Biafra agitation

Ralph Uwazuruike, the founder of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has announced that MASSOB…

Wife tells court husband strips, beats her to pulp

A trader, Margaret Agwu, on Wednesday, told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, that her husband, Onu, sometimes strip her naked…

Police to collaborate with women society against crime

The Inspector-General of Police(I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris said the police would collaborate with the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS)…

Rio Paralympics: Brazil president booed at opening ceremony

Brazilian president Michel Temer was booed as the 2016 Paralympic Games opened in Rio de Janeiro to a backdrop of…

No plan to increase fuel price – Petroleum Stakeholders

Major stakeholders in the petroleum downstream sub-sector have dismissed the report of an imminent increase in the price of fuel.…

Edo Guber Poll: INEC begins consultation on security advice

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had begun consultation on the fate of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo,…

Mexico finance secretary resigns over Donald Trump’s visit

One of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s closest advisers and confidants, Finance Secretary Luis Videgaray, has resigned in a move seen…

US Open: Wozniacki through to face Kerber in semi-final

Caroline Wozniacki made it through to a fifth US Open semi-final by beating injured Latvian opponent Anastasija Sevastova 6-0 6-2…

Police arrest Late Abubakar Audu’s son, family members in Kogi

There are reports that the police in Kogi State have arrested Mohammed Audu, the eldest son of the former governor…

Andy Murray crashes out of US Open

Britain’s Andy Murray made his earliest Grand Slam exit of the year as Japan’s Kei Nishikori fought back to win…
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US says Russian jet flew 10ft from plane over Black Sea

The Pentagon says a Russian fighter plane flew within about 10ft (3m) of one of its reconnaissance aircraft operating over…

Boko Haram factions involved in deadly fighting

There have been deadly clashes between two factions of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, security and local sources have…

1 killed, 4 arrested as Hausa, Fulani clash in Lagos over a girl

One person has been killed, four arrested and properties destroyed as members of the Hausa and Fulani communities in Lagos…

Illegal operation: 104 policemen redeployed from Lagos Taskforce

At least, 104 policemen attacked to the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have been redeployed…

Buhari mourns Michael Ibru, condoles with family, Delta

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Chief Michael Ibru, who passed on Tuesday, at age of 85.…