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Jacob Zuma’s son Vusi Nhlakanipho dies

Vusi Nhlakanipho Zuma, one of the sons of former South African president Jacob Zuma has died.

Security: Enugu CP seeks collaboration with Nigerian Army

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammad Danmallam, has called for closer synergy between the police and various…

Ekiti guber: We’ll not disappoint Nigerians – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commissioner, (INEC) on Monday said the hopes and expectations of Nigerians on the Ekiti gubernatorial election…

Flood: Niger police confirm 8 dead

The Police Command in Niger says eight persons have died as a result of a downpour in Rafin-Gora village in…

Ambode decorates Task Force Chairman with new rank

The Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi was on Monday decorated with his new (CSP) rank…
University of Ibadan

UI Promotes 20 dons to professorial cadre

The Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, UI, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka has announced that the institution’s Appointments and Promotions Committee…
Fashion designer

$40m fraud: Court dismisses Jonathan’s cousin suit to stall EFCC investigation

A Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria presided over by Justice Mojisola Olatoregun on Monday dismissed a fundamental right…

Nigerian teachers to replace Chinese teachers

The Confucius Institute on Monday announced its plans to replace Chinese Mandarin language teachers with Nigerian teachers already taught in…
President Salva Kiir

South Sudan’s parliament seeks to extend president Salva Kiir’s term

South Sudan’s lawmakers have begun debating a proposal to amend the country’s constitution to extend the presidential and parliamentary term…

Nigerian Govt offers 2 savings bonds at 10.48%, 11.48%

The Federal Government on Monday offered for subscription a two-year savings bond at 10.48 per cent and a three-year savings…

“It is not correct that police personnel protested in Maiduguri”

The Nigeria Police Force has clarified that its personnel seen blocking its Borno headquarters earlier today in Maiduguri, were not…

Paedophile sentenced to 60 years for defiling primary two pupil

Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Lagos, has described Adelaja Olaide, a 48-year-old convicted…

Businessman arraigned over N8m visa fraud

A 30-year-old businessman, Evans Ukanna, was on Monday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly obtaining N8…

Ekiti Guber: Security agencies to deploy 30,000 personnel

Security agencies, including the Nigerian Police Force are to jointly deploy 30,000 officers and men to enhance adequate security during…

Killings: Plateau Govt reviews curfew

The Plateau Government has reviewed the curfew it imposed in three local governments of Jos South, Riyom and Barkin Ladi…

Army targets 8,000 for medical outreach

The Nigerian Army says it is targeting about 8,000 men, women and children in its free medical outreach aimed at…

Police sergeant remanded for alleged murder

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Monday remanded a police sergeant, Ishaya Inusa, at Ikoyi Prisons…

Lagos APC alerts members, public of fake website

The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, urged its members and members of the public…
Otedola reacts to Dangote refinery's increase in capacity

Impersonation: Otedola suspends Twitter account

Billionaire oil magnate Femi Otedola has allegedly suspended his Twitter account until he is verified due to multiple attempts to…

Papua killings: Amnesty accuses Indonesian security forces

Security forces in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have unlawfully killed no less than 95 people in the eight years…
Child-rape

Man abducts, rapes 13-year-old girl

A 26-year-old man, Chibuzor Emealo, who allegedly abducted and raped a 13-year-old girl, was on Monday remanded in Kirikiri Prisons…

Bauchi state Deputy Governor sworn-in

Mr Audu Katagum, the Deputy Governor of Bauchi State was on Monday sworn in in Bauchi with the charge on…

2 suspected cultists remanded for alleged murder

Two suspected cultists — Samuel Stanley and Wisdom Peter — who allegedly stabbed a man to death with a knife,…

Nasarawa Govt. to start commercial production of fertiliser in 2019

Mr Jamil Zakari, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, says the state will start large-scale, commercial production of…

Car tariffs: EU warns U.S. of backfire effect

The European Union has warned the United States that imposing import tariffs on cars and car parts would harm its…

Customs confiscates 11 vehicles loaded with smuggled rice

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘B’ said it has confiscated 11 vehicles carrying bags of foreign rice along Kaduna,…
Governor Atiku Bagudu, speaks on Kebbi boat mishap

Jos Killing: Kebbi Govt. to immortalize two indigenes

The Kebbi Government says it will immortalize two of its indigene, Zayyanu Gwandu and Zayyanu Shalla, victims of Jos crisis…

Romania reports outbreak of African swine fever

Romania has reported an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm for pigs (pigpen) in the southern county…

Gov. Al-makura increases minimum pension by 100%

The Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Al-makura, has approved increase in minimum pension for the state retirees from N5,000 to N10,000,…

UNICEF, Zamfara Govt. enroll 4,099 girls in schools

The Zamfara Government and Girls for Girls (G4G) initiative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), introduced in August 2017,…