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Police dismiss Sergeant for killing undergraduate

The Bayelsa Police Command on Wednesday said it has dismissed a Police Sergeant who shot and killed a 20 year-old…

World Gold Council to appoint David Tait as chief executive

The World Gold Council (WGC) said on Wednesday it would appoint David Tait, an investment banker and member of the…

Kebbi to partner NGOs to curb Almajiris

The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Tsahara Bawa, made this known when she received members of Almajiris Support Initiative of…

Fish farming: 2,700 applicants trained in Enugu

No fewer than 2,700 applicants in Enugu State have received training on fish farming, powered by National Fish Association of…

Armed robbery: 2 men remanded pending DPP legal advice

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that two men, Amos Isaiah, 32, and Musa Ezekiel, 30, accused of…

Bida Poly: TETFund spends N3.4bn on infrastructure – Rector

Dr Abubakar Dzukogi, Rector, Federal Polytechnic Bida, on Wednesday said that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) had spent about…

Tight security in Maiduguri as Buhari visits

Security has been beefed up in Maiduguri and environs as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the town to…

COAS Conference: Buhari departs Abuja for Maiduguri

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Maiduguri, Borno State, to attend the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference.

Rights commission receives 1,106 petitions from 5 states

The North-Central Office of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has received 1,106 cases of human right abuse from five…

Russia to deploy new S-400 missiles on Crimea

Russia will deploy new S-400 surface-to-air missile systems on the Crimean peninsula soon, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian…

Illegal immigrants in U.S. at lowest level since 2004 – Study

The population of unauthorised immigrants in the United States fell to 10.7 million in 2016, its lowest level since 2004.

2019 election: Don advocates regulatory framework for tracking campaign finance

Prof. Habu Galadima, Director of Research/Chief Operating Officer of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), has underscored…

2019: Avoid politics of inducement – Primate

Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Primate of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, on Tuesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to avoid…

Ezekwesili upset at BON General Assembly

The Presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria(ACPN) Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday in Port Harcourt complained of harassment by…

Eastern rail line: Amaechi explains delay

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has denied the alleged exclusion of Eastern rail line from Port Harcourt to…
WHO renames Monkeypox

Better housing brings better health, well-being — WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidelines, highlighting that better homes invariably lead to better standards of health and…
UNAIDS said new HIV infections down by 45%

U.S. AIDS programme supports 17m people in Africa

The U.S. says its President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has saved more than 17 million lives in Nigeria…

Troops repel Boko Haram attack in Kukawa

The Nigerian Army said its troops repelled Boko Haram insurgents’ attack in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno.

Maiduguri set for President Buhari

Borno Government on Tuesday called on the people of the state to come out en masse, to welcome President Muhammadu…

Suffocation may be cause of Zainab Nielsen’s death – Pathologist

A Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere has been told how Nigerian singer, Zainab Nielsen, alias Alizee, and her three-and-a-half-year-old…

Obasanjo eulogies Kofi Annan for service to humanity

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has eulogised the life of late former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan as one that was…
Oby Ezekwesili

I’m prepared for governance, ready to fight for Nigerians – Ezekwesili

The Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has expressed readiness to fight for…
Senator Rasheed Ladoja

Trial ends in 10-year old N4.7b money laundering charge against Ladoja

Trial has ended in the 10-year-old case of alleged N4.7 billion money laundering case preferred against a former Governor of…

Bank Robberies: Oyo summons Security Chiefs to emergency summit

Stakeholders in security in Oyo State have been summoned to an emergency security summit aimed at nipping in the bud…
House of Representatives hits back at Senate, ignore bills for concurrence

Reps urge Buhari to intervene on release of funds to Judiciary

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zanab Ahmed,…

Anambra traders shut markets to protest colleagues’ detention

Traders in Nnewi, Anambra, on Tuesday shut down major markets to protest continued detention of their 33 colleagues by the…

NSE: Capitalisation dips further by N149bn

Huge losses posted by some blue chips on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday took a toll on its…

Ekiti suspends unauthorised activities in forests

The Ekiti State Government on Tuesday suspended flitching and unauthorised logging activities in its forests across the 16 local government…

Ebonyi parades 2 over alleged female genital mutilation

The Ebonyi Government on Tuesday paraded two women in Okpuitumo community, Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state over alleged…
Workers of the Edo State House of Assembly, under the aegis of PASAN protest the non-implementation of the new minimum wage.

Edo Assembly raises committee to probe delay in opening hospital

The Edo Assembly has constituted a seven-man committee to investigate the delay in the opening of the ultra-modern Central Hospital,…