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Sickle Cell: NGO advocates premarital screening

The Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation (SCHAF) says voluntary premarital genetic screening remains key to reducing the high incidence of…

Anambra: NIMASA donates relief materials to flood victims

The Nigeria Maritime Administrative and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to Anambra government for…
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Prince William celebrates 37th birthday

Prince William, second in line to the British throne, is celebrating his 37th birthday in private on Friday.

Entrepreneurship: Kaduna to nurture 500 secondary school girls

The Kaduna State Government said on Friday that it had concluded plans to support the growth and development of 500…

Osinbajo tells French Investors Nigeria open for business

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has told French investors that Nigeria is open for business and is inviting them to take advantage…

PDP orders fresh state congress in Kogi

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ordered a fresh congress to elect new officers for…

Federal Govt to proscribe Almajiri, other groups

The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on Thursday disclosed that some groups like the Almajiri groups would be proscribed by…

Saudi Arabia culpable: Read UN report on Khashoggi’s murder

The United Nations has now indicted Saudi Arabia for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed by Saudi…

Trump chickens out of military strikes against Iran after approving them

President Donald Trump abruptly called off military strikes against Iran on Thursday night after previously approving the strikes in retaliation…

Vodacom to sell unit operations in Nigeria

South African mobile phone operator, Vodacom Group Ltd., on Friday said it had entered an agreement to sell its Business…

14,000 Nigerians returned from Libya, France

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said a total of 14,036 Nigerians have voluntarily returned home under the…

Real reason UNIBEN student committed suicide

The real reason Christabel Omore Buoro Owoicho, a 300-level student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) committed suicide has been…

Moderate earthquake rattles Rennes, western France

A moderate earthquake has hit western France, felt as far as Bordeaux in the south and Normandy in the north.
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Bayelsa bans casualisation of workers, absorbs 838

The Bayelsa Government on Thursday said it had outlawed engagement of casual staff in its workforce and would absorb the…

More robust trade relations between Russia and Africa predicted

Africans and their Russian counterparts should be looking forward to an increased and very robust trade relationship in a mutually…

NEC sets up Security Committee to confront banditry, kidnapping

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday set up a Security and Policing Committee to address the challenge of banditry,…

Boko Haram frees corps member held captive for 6 months

Halimar Umar, a female corps member abducted by Boko Haram in January has been released.
Airtel Africa announces offer to buyout Nigeria minorities

Airtel Africa wants to sell shares to Nigerians

The second largest telecommunications group in Africa, Airtel Africa Plc, is set to sell its shares to Nigerian investors at…
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South Africa hands to US Anyaoku Nigerian drug baron

Edwin Elochukwu Anyaoku, a Nigerian suspected of being the mastermind of an international drug-smuggling operation has been extradited by South…

Suspected fake medical doctor arrested in Osun

The Police Command, Zone XI ,  in Osogbo, Osun State on Thursday said it had arrested a 30-year-old suspected fake…

NEC reconstitutes committee to reconcile Excess Crude Account

The National Economic Council on Thursday in Abuja reconstituted an Ad-hoc Committee to reconcile the Excess Crude Account, Nigerian National…

Arrested after killing 15, Adamawa’s Doctor Death says no regrets

A quack doctor, Ibrahim Mustapha, who had operated in Adamawa state for four years, has been arrested by operatives of…

Group organises Radio School Project workshop

A Non-Governmental Organisation, South Sahara Social Development Organisation (SSDO), has organised a maiden Radio School Dissemination Workshop to promote effective…

Lagos traffic law: Why you should fear not – LASTMA

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has allayed fears of motorists over enforcement of Traffic Laws in the state.

APC tells Obaseki, Bala: Stop the charade at state assemblies

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the charade enacted as the inauguration of new State Houses of Assembly in…
How farmers can boost production by following weather forecast - NiMET

Friday weather expected to be cloudy rainy – NiMet

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted cloudy weather conditions with chances of rainfall and thunderstorm activities over most parts…

Kaduna guber dispute: PDP, Ashiru head for Appeal Court

Following the striking out of the prayer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the March…

Man jailed 10 years for obtaining goods by trick

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office on Thursday secured the conviction of one Alhaji Abdullahi Usman…

Photos: See the faces of criminals who kidnapped UBEC Chairman

The Nigeria Police Force have paraded the suspected kidnappers of Dr. Muhammad Abubakar, Chairman of the Universal Basic Education (UBEC).

Couple who defrauded man of N12.4m remanded in prison

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Hilary Ogbobe alongside his wife, Dorothy Ijeomo, and a firm,…