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850 youths, women trained on various skills in Niger

The Millennium Africa Global Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has trained 850 youths and women on various skills in Niger,…

Rape: Ex-security adviser refused bail

Perekeme Richard Kpodo, a former Security Adviser to ex-Gov. Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa, being tried for alleged rape at a…
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi: directs workers to sgun IPOB's Sit-At-Home order or face dismissal.

APC rally: I didn’t grant permission to use stadium — Umahi

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi says he has not granted permission for the use of Pa Ngele Oruta Stadium, Abakaliki,…

Cancer: Aisha Buhari calls for collective fight in Africa

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has advocated stakeholders’ collective efforts at intensifying enlightenment on cancer and ways of…

Ebola cases in DR Congo ‘will rise in coming days’ – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alarm that cases from the resurgent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic…

UNHCR alarms as Mediterranean Sea deaths pass 1,500 mark

No fewer than 1,500 refugees and migrants have lost their lives attempting to cross the Mediterranean in the first seven…

U.S. regrets Zimbabwe elections’ violence

The U.S. has expressed regret over Zimbabwe’s general election and what it termed the disproportionate use of force by the…

Rally: APC insists Ngele Stadium Abakaliki remains venue

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, says the Pa Oruta Ngele Stadium Abakaliki remains the official venue for its…

Ambode calls for legislature/executive harmony by state governments

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Friday attributed the massive development going on in the state to the harmonious…

World Bank to support Nigeria’s economic growth

The World Bank on Friday expressed its willingness to provide technical support to Nigeria in critical areas to facilitate the…

3 Div. Nigeria Army gets new GOC

Major General Benson Akinroluyo on Friday assumed duty as the new General Officer Commanding 3 Division, Nigeria Army, Rukuba, near…

Flood kills one person, destroys 40 houses in Kano state

A heavy rainfall on Thursday claimed the life of one person and destroyed over 40 houses in Dambatta local government…

Bolaji Abdullahi resigns as Chairman of NSDC

Former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bolaji Abdullahi, has resigned his appointment as Chairman of…

Police are looking for me to kill me – Dino Melaye

The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, says the police have been looking for him to kill.
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Woman kills own granddaughter in Minna

A Minna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered a 45-year-old woman, Aisha Ibrahim, to be remanded in prison custody for…

Power generation rises to 7,000 mega watts – Fashola

Nigeria's Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the nation's current power generation has reached 7000 Mega Watts.

I’m authentic, not factional chairman, Adebayo warns

The Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman, Engr Adebayo Dayo has warned that nobody should refer to him as…

634 Lagos pilgrims airlifted to Saudi Arabia for Hajj

No fewer than 634 Lagos pilgrims have so far been airlifted to Saudi Arabia for this year's hajj.

Container-snatcher docked for stealing N35m Supermaster tyres

Policemen from the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID), Panti-Yaba, Lagos, have arrested an alleged container-snatcher, Uchenna Obidile, popularly…

I’m authentic Ogun PDP chairman, not factional – Engineer Dayo

Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta The Ogun State People’s Democratic Party Chairman Engr. Adebayo Dayo has warned that nobody should refer to him…
WHO renames Monkeypox

Ebola: “Unsafe burial” of woman triggered outbreak in DRC – WHO

The death and unsafe burial of a 65-year-old woman in Mangina in the Democratic Republic of Congo was the critical…

North Korea weapons work inconsistent – Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday and said North Korea’s continued work on weapons programmes was inconsistent with…

China to streamline traffic public services

The Traffic Management Bureau with China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced that traffic public services would be streamlined nationwide…

Scandal: South Korea President replaces military intelligence commander

South Korean President Moon Jae-in replaced the commander of the Military Intelligence Unit, suspected of having been involved in a…

Germany: Thousands to be evacuated for WWII bomb disposal

Some 3,000 residents in the German city of Potsdam on the outskirts of Berlin have to leave their homes on…

China asks Sweden to extradite wanted man

China has asked Sweden to extradite a man who is being held near Stockholm on suspicion of gross fraud and…

61 people freed from Taliban prison

Special forces have freed 61 prisoners from a Taliban controlled jail in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, an official said on…

Alliance: South-South NCP rejects meeting with PDP

The South-South Zone, National Conscience Party (NCP), have rejected NCP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Consultative Council (NCC) meeting…

Congo Ebola outbreak poses high regional risk – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that an Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely…

Boko Haram: Cleric tells Nigerians to support military counter-insurgency campaign

The Council of Ulamas under the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Nigeria Zone B, Maiduguri, has urged citizens…