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4 teenage girls die in canoe accident

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Police Command in Katsina State has confirmed the death of four teenage girls in a canoe accident in Mashigi…

NNPC targets 1bn barrels of crude oil reserves yearly

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the corporation would increase the country’s…

Enugu establishes disease surveillance, control centres

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Enugu State Government has approved the establishment of an Emergency Operation Centre for disease surveillance and control in the state.

3 human traffickers sentenced to 7 years in prison

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, sentenced three women to seven years in prison each, for human trafficking.

Pregnant woman burnt to death in motorcycle accident

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Tragedy struck in Delta on Tuesday morning as a motorcycle accident left a supposed pregnant woman who is a petrol…

Nigerian Govt disburses N10 billion to poor citizens

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Government has since 2016 disbursed N10 billion to no fewer than 300,000 beneficiaries through its Conditional Cash Transfer(CCT)…

Mali election organisers extend strike indefinitely

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Local government administrators in Mali responsible for organising the July 29 presidential and legislative elections indefinitely extended a strike until…

Germany: Study reveals new minimum wage will drive growth

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The introduction of a new minimum wage in Germany in 2015 could boost economic growth by as much as 0.5…

Buhari commends Nigeria/Kuwait relations

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja commended the cordial relations between Nigeria and the State of Kuwait.

History will judge us harshly if we fail to stop killings – Dogara

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has said that history will be harsh on the present administration…

Oyo State High Court begins 2018 vacation July 16

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Oyo State High Court will begin the 2018 annual vacation on July 16, according to a statement by its Information…

Man to die by hanging for armed robbery

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A 21-year-old man, Abdulateef Babatunde, is to die by hanging for robbing two men including a policeman of their motorcycles…

Agency to check air pollution via emission control

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) says it is putting some measures in place to check increasing…

Tunisians elect first female Mayor

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Woman was elected as Mayor of Tunis on Tuesday, for the first time in the North African Country’s history.

Ambode warns directors against making counter-productive decisions

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday warned directors in the state public service against making counter-productive decision that will…

2 men arrested for allegedly defiling under-aged daughters

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Lagos Police Command said on Tuesday it arrested two men who allegedly defiled their under-aged daughters.

Man remanded for allegedly assaulting girlfriend

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Tuesday, remanded a 25-year-old man, Simon Olusola, at an Ilesa prisons for…

Police kill 2 robbery suspects

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Delta State Police Command on Tuesday killed two men, who specialised in dispossessing people of their valuables in Warri…

Court frees herdsman accused of stealing cow

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday discharged a 40-year-old herdsman, Mohammed Burtu, charged with receiving a stolen cow.

Bike-riding gunmen kill another Philippines mayor

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Motorcycle-borne gunmen on Tuesday assassinated a mayor in a town north of the Philippine capital, the second such killing of…

Afghanistan car bomb kills 2 civilians, injures 3

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A car bomb explosion killed a woman and a child and injured three other civilians in Afghanistan’s Central Logar province,…

“Greed, godfatherism and gratification are bedrock of corruption”

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A civil society group, Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI), has identified greed, godfatherism and gratification as the bedrock…

Cote d’Ivoire plans biomass power generation from cocoa waste

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The world’s top cocoa producer, Cote d’Ivoire plans to build a 60 to 70 MegaWatts (MW) capacity biomass power generation…

Tricycle operator remanded over alleged defilement of minor

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 47-year-old tricycle operator, Olawale Adepoju, in Kirikiri Prisons, for allegedly…

2018 Budget adjustments: Protesters call for Saraki’s resignation

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A group identified as Citizens Actions to Take Back Nigeria (CATBAN) on Tuesday thronged the entrance of the National Assembly…

China releases 3-year action plan for air pollution control

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

China’s cabinet on Tuesday released a three-year action plan on air pollution control, solidifying a timetable and roadmap for improving…

Healthcare worker arrested on suspicion of murdering 8 babies

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The police on Tuesday arrested a British female healthcare worker on suspicion of murdering eight babies and trying to murder…

Imo Assembly sued over indefinite suspension of 4 members

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An activist, Mr Frank Ugboma, has dragged the Imo State House of Assembly before a Federal High Court Owerri over…

Cholera: Bauchi, UNICEF construct boreholes, latrines in schools

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Bauchi State Government in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has constructed 10 boreholes and six blocks of…

Tipper kills 2 Bayelsa corps members

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday confirmed the death of two Corps members in an auto crash in…

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