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NEMA receives another batch of 116 Nigerians from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has received another batch of 116 Nigerians, who volunteered to be repatriated back to Nigeria from Libya. The Acting Coordinator, Lagos Territ…
Police arrest suspected killer of AEDC staff in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command, said it has arrested Vitus, over alleged murder of a staff of the Abuja Electrical Distribution Company (AEDC). The suspect allegedly stabbe…
CoronaVirus : Reddington Hospital Chinese Patient Tests Negative
The Lagos State Government (@followlasg) has said that the Chinese citizen who presented himself at the Reddington Hospital, Ikeja (@ReddingtonLagos) yesterday and suspected to have Corona virus has …
Benue : Fire razes Gboko Sec. school hostel
A 100-bed capacity boys’ hostel at the Government Secondary School, Gboko in Benue State on Wednesday caught fire Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, the state Commissioner of Education confirmed the incident to …
De Bruyne reveals what Pep Guardiola did to help them defeat Real Madrid
Belgium international Kevin De Bruyne has made it clear that Pep Guardiola's team selection against Real Madrid in the Champions League came as a surprise to all the players. Manchester City who are …
LAUTECH expels 45 students for involvement in examination malpractices (Full list)
The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has expelled 45 students for their involvement in examination malpractices. The list of the affected students was contained in the report of th…
You can't ban street begging - Council of Ulama blasts Kano Gov. Ganduje
The Kano Council of Ullama’s has given a hard knock on Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje over his banning of streets begging in the State, describing it as an action in futility which was hurriedly tak…
Repentant Boko Haram Members & Their Wives Arrive Maiduguri In Military Aircraft
Former Boko Haram members and their wives who recently surrendered to troops in Niger Republic have arrived Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.The former terrorists arrived at Maiduguri airport in a …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…