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Ogboni cult splits 16-year old marriage

A 35-year-old housewife, Tomilola Ogundele, on Wednesday asked an Ikole Customary Court to dissolve her 16-year-old marriage to Olanrewaju Aluko…

Nigerians shun Yankari Games Reserve, visit South Africa for tourism

Despite the abundance of tourist sites in the country, many Nigerians still prefer to travel to South Africa for tourism.…

Police recruitment: 5 applicants nabbed in Nasarawa for forgery, theft

The police in Nasarawa have confirmed the arrest of five applicants during the ongoing police recruitment exercise in Lafia over…

Alligator drags toddler into lagoon at Disney resort in Florida

An alligator dragged a two-year-old boy into a lagoon at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida late on Tuesday, defeating…

Ambode urges corps members to pay attention to entrepreneurial training

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday urged corps members to pay serious attention to the entrepreneurial training initiated…

Lecturer calls for transparency in the recruitment of teachers

Mr Greg Esheye, a lecturer at the Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo, has called for transparency in the recruitment…

FG releases 1,470 tonnes of grains to Adamawa

The Federal Government on Wednesday presented 1,470 tonnes of grains to farmers across the 21 Local Government Areas of Adamawa…
Musiliu Obanikoro will not step down for anyone: OCO issues statement

Obanikoro spits fire from US, says I won’t submit to EFCC

Former Minister of State for Defence and one time Nigeria’s ambassador to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has condemned yesterday’s raid…

NSCDC to train 1,000 private security guards

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it would train 1,000 private guards on protective and effective life…

Osun Hijab crisis: Cleric calls for caution

A cleric, Pastor Dotun Ajileye, on Wednesday, advised religious leaders in Osun to exercise restraint with their utterances over the…

Samuel Eto’o weds longtime girlfriend in Italy

Ex-Cameroon international and former Barcelona and Chelsea striker, Samuel Eto’o on Tuesday got married to his long-term girlfriend, Georgette Tra…

Death toll in Ghana’s flood rises to 10

The death toll in the flood in the southern Ghana city of Cape Coast has increased from five to 10,…

Pictures: Bayo Onanuga, NAN MD, visits EFCC

The new Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mr Bayo Onanuga on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit…

EFCC docks two impostors

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Mohammed Sufyanu and Abbas Attahiru, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the…

Angry husband sets wife ablaze in Benin

A middle-aged man simply identified as Onya, has been arrested by the police in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly setting…

Rev Ayokunle emerges new CAN President

The President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), Rev. Supo Ayokunle, has emerged the new President of the Christian Association…

NAN pledges support for EFCC

The Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Bayo Onanuga, has expressed the readiness of the agency to further support…
Ex-Governor Joshua Dariye: Killers of his father arrested

Dariye’s Trial: Defence makes u-turn, shelves no-case submission

The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, continued on Tuesday before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of a…

APC blasts PDP, you are suffering from past sins

The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abuja has described as baseless and laughable allegations of a faction…

Court jails two oil thieves six years

Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced Paul Etim and…

Arms Deal: I was given N650m to buy property for Badeh- Witness

The ongoing trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (retd.) by the…

Ambode, Ovia, Alakija, others team up to battle cancer

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode; President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede; Chairman, Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia and…

Blood Donor Day: Lagos hospitals need 70,000 unit of blood annually

Kazeem Ugbodaga As the world marks the World Blood Donor Day, the Lagos State Government has revealed that both public…

Encomiums as Osofisan turns 70

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Professor Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan has been described as an ambassador of peace and reconciliation in Nigeria, Africa and…

Fight against corruption needs collaborative effort- EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said a collaborative effort was needed to fight corruption in the country…

AIT sacks workers over 16 months salary arrears

‎Jethro Ibileke/Benin The management of the African Independent Television (AIT) Tuesday sacked all the workers at its Benin City station,…

FG to develop tomato policy– Minister

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, is to develop a tomato policy to address the…

Ex-Gov Nyame deposited N180m to buy house in Abuja – Witness

An operative of EFCC, DSP Ibrahim Galadima, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court, Gudu, that ex-Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame,…

Reps urge NFF to pay Shuaibu, Keshi entitlements

The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to immediately pay entitlements due to late former…