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Reps direct Naptip to publish names, photes of sex traffickers
The House of Representatives has directed the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to publish the names and photos of sex traffickers. NAN reports that this followed…
Tension In Benue As Herdsmen Storm Benue LGAs with 4000 Cows
Tension has again gripped communities in Benue State following a massive influx of over 4000 cows and Fulani herdsmen in four local government areas of the state. This is just as a suspected Fulani p…
Nigeria Not Doing Enough To End Insecurity - French Ambassador, Pasquier
French Ambassador to Nigeria Jerome Pasquier yesterday described efforts to find sustainable solutions to insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the northwest, as inadequate. Pasquier said this in Ab…
Juventus suffer defeat in France as Ronaldo fail to score
Lucas Tousart's first-half goal was all French League giants Olympique Lyon needed to see off Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash at the Groupama Stadium. The 22-yea…
CoronaVirus : Saudi Arabia govt suspends pilgrimage entry visas
Saudi Arabian government on Thursday, February 27 suspended visas for pilgrims wishing to visit the holy city of Mecca over coronavirus fears. This was announced by the foreign ministry of the Kingdo…
NDDC : Buhari sets up monitoring committe (List of members)
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Monitoring Committee for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). His spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a statement Wednesday night, sai…
EFCC arrests former Kano Assembly speaker
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested former Kano House of Assembly speaker, Isyaku Ali Danja. Danja was arrested by the anti-graft agency for alleged abuse of office and m…
Army Corporal Kills 4 Colleagues, Commits Suicide In Borno
A Corporal of Nigerian Army serving at the Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Army Super Camp 15, Borno State, has killed four of his colleagues. He also injured two other before committing suici…
Champions League : Lewandowski ruled out of return leg against Chelsea
Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski, will miss the return leg of their Champions League last-16 clash against Chelsea. Lewandowski picked up a knee problem during the first leg on Tuesday, whic…
Mild Drama As Monguno,Kyari Meet In Aso Rock
After weeks of a reported rivalry between the Chief of Staff (Cos) to the President, Abba Kyari and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd), they met yesterday for the fir…
Prophet in court for allegedly sodomising teenage boys
A prophet of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Seyi Adelana, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for allegedly sodomising two teenage boys.Adelana, …
Bandits impose curfew on Niger communities
Banditry in Niger State has taken a different dimension as assailants have warned the people in some communities in Rafi Local Government Area to stop moving around between the hours of 4:00pm …
Serving police officer arrested for leading kidnap ring in cross river
A serving police officer in Cross River State has been arrested for allegedly being behind many rampant kidnapping cases in the state. It was gathered that the suspect was alleged to be the ringleade…
Deontay Wilder to sack coach who threw in towel against Tyson Fury
Dethroned WBC boxing champion, Deontay Wilder, has confirmed he will part company with coach Mark Breland, after he threw in the towel in his seventh round defeat to Tyson Fury. Breland has received …
Just In : Court finds Olisa Metuh guilty of laundering N400m
The Federal High Court in Abuja has found Mr Olisa Metuh guilty of money laundering in the sum of N400 million. The trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, found the former National Publicity Secretary of t…
124 Students escape death in Anambra as fire guts hostel
No fewer than 124 female students of Gregorian College, a mission secondary school run by Daughters of Divine Love Congregation, located at Ogidi, Anmabra State, escaped death by the whiskers a…
Amotekun : Miyetti Allah declares support, requests for inclusion
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), Oyo State chapter, yesterday declared support for the state Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun. MACBAN made the declaration during a publi…
Three more dead in Iran CoronaVirus outbreak : State media
The novel coronavirus has claimed three more lives in Iran, state media reported, taking the country's overall death toll from the outbreak to 15 -- the highest outside China.Iran has been scrambling…
Champions League : Chelsea to be without 3 key players against Bayern Munich
Chelsea will be without Christian Pulisic, Callum Hudson-Odoi and N’Golo Kante for their Champions League round of 16 first leg clash against Bayern Munich on Tuesday, ESPN reports.The three players …
Senate takes major action against alleged sale of NPA appointment letters for N3m
The Nigerian Senate on Monday, February 24, said it would soon launch an investigation into the alleged sale of Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) employment letters by the Federal Character Commission (F…