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Kaduna State Government proposes life sentence for rapists
A life imprisonment sentence for rapists has been proposed by the Kaduna State Government.The proposal was stated in the new Child Right Bill forwarded to the State House of Assembly for passage into…
No more hostilities- Avengers tell Buhari
Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, whose attacks have caused a huge dip in Nigeria's oil exports, forcing the economy into a big crisis, said last night that they were done with the hostilities.Th…
Please pay Siasia- Dalung urges NFF
The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has been charged by the Youth and Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung, to pay the U-23 National team's Coach, Samson Siasia.Siasia had paid a visit to the…
Not all cases of Fulani herdsmen attack are actually true- APC Chieftain
Nigerians have been urged not to hurriedly blame Fulani herdsmen for every attack in some parts of the country, by a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Buba Ga…
FG wants to kill Kanu through its security agents- IPOB alleges
In a statement released on Monday in Enugu, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, alleged that an attempt to kill their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was made by security agents who fired canisters of …
Willy Wonka Star, Gene Wilder, Dies At 83
Popular American comic actor, Gene Wilder, has died at the age of 83.Wilder was a 2-time Oscar nominated actor, mostly popular for his lead role in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".He also sta…
Go to the hospital to deflate your corruption-filled belly- Jibrin tells Ogor
The Ekiti state "Anti Grazing Bill 2016"? which was recently passed by the State House of Assembly, was on Monday signed into law by the State Governor, Ayodele Fayose.The bill was sponsored by the e…
Fayose signs Ekiti Anti-Grazing Bill into law
The Ekiti state "Anti Grazing Bill 2016"? which was recently passed by the State House of Assembly, was on Monday signed into law by the State Governor, Ayodele Fayose.The bill was sponsored by the e…
Nigeria will overcome its present challenges- GEJ
At a public presentation of a book in his hometown of Otuoke, Bayelsa State, over the weekend, former President Goodluck Jonathan said that the current challenges Nigerians were facing were transient…
Turkish airstrikes kill 25 in Syrian border town
Not less than 25 persons were killed on Sunday in air strikes by the Turkish military, near the border city of Jarablus in Syria.Turkey has continued to target Kurdish-held areas in Syria, and its mi…
Vacate or be punished- LASG issues 14-day ultimatum to owners of illegal structures, hawkers
A 14-day ultimatum to vacate or face demolition and prosecution was on Sunday issued by the Lagos State Government, to owners of illegal structures, shanties, street hawkers and those who have conver…
Avengers deny nominating Soyinka for negotiations with FG, slam Okah brothers
Earlier reports that they had nominated Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, to head their dialogue team with the Federal Government, has been denied by militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA.The A…
Budget Padding Scandal: Jibrin needs to undergo psychiatric evaluation- Rep Leaders
As the fallout between former Appropriation Committee Chairman, House of Reps., Abdulmumin Jibrin and Principal Officers of the House continues, leaders of the lower legislative chamber have advised …
RE-IPOB disowns Kanu, TRIPOB
For allegedly betraying the Biafran struggle by collecting money from local and foreign sponsors, the newly formed pro Biafra group; Reformed Indigenous People of Biafra, RE-IPOB, said it has sac…
Just pay me my money- Siasia tells NFF
Samson Siasia, who recently led the Dream Team to claim bronze at the Rio Olympics has demanded that the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, pay him his outstanding salary.While corroborating the NFF'…
Match against Tanzania: Eagles open camp today
In preparation for Saturday's 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Tanzania, Nigeria's national team, Super Eagles will open camp in Uyo on Monday (today).The announcement was made in …
Edo Gubernatorial Election: Obaseki's campaign train attacked; 5 abducted and 10 injured
As the countdown to the Edo Gubernatorial Election begins, political tension has heightened the state; as over the weekend, the campaign train of the APC candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, was attack…
We will treat you like Boko Haram if you don't stop blowing pipelines- Buhari threatens N/Delta militants
Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Nairobi, on the sideline of the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TICAD, in Nairobi, President Muhammadu Buhari's issued a threat t…
ISIS: WHAT NEXT AFTER RAQQA AND MOSUL?
ISIS has recently suffered heavy defeats on the battlefield. When the group first gained prominence in 2014, it prided itself as being a caliphate with "headquarters"? in Raqqa, Syria, and also firml…
Prosecutors lose appeal to have Judge extend Oscar Pistorius' jail term
South African state prosecutors have failed to convince a Judge to add more years to Oscar Pistorius' prison sentence.The former Paralympian who shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in 201…