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Court remands 29-year-old man for s6xually assaulting nine-year-old boy
A 29-year-old man, Opara Elisha, was on Thursday, remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an…
Police arrest suspected armed robber in Imo
The Imo State Police Command on Thursday disclosed that it had arrested 32- year-old armed robbery…
Court remands man for raping minor in Lagos
A 21-year-old man, Onyeka Ubaka, was on Thursday, remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre by…
EFCC arrests eight suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja Zonal Command, on Thursday, apprehended eight suspected internet…
I saw hell playing against Del Piero, Cavani – Odibe
Fringe Super Eagles defender Michael Odibe, who once played for Siena in Serie A, talks about…
Edo drums support for Insurance against Kwara
The Edo State Government has called on fans to come out in their numbers as Bendel…
Yoruba rascals and Igbo idiots (II)
At the Admin Block, where I had to pay some fees and do some paperwork, something…
Sacked LP chair blames APC as police occupy secretariat
The crisis rocking the Labour Party deepened on Thursday as seven members of the National Working…
A Nigeria Labour Congress strike is purely academic
The Nigeria Labour Congress threatens to embark on industrial action and has even postponed it. Their…
Doctors reject Reps’ proposed five-year compulsory service
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act (Amendment)…
Sterling Bank relists on NGX as HoldingCo
Sterling Bank Plc on Thursday announced that it has completed a significant milestone in its ongoing…
It’s worrisome youths fleeing Nigeria – Don
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Trinity University, Pastor Samuel Olatunji, has said Nigeria would require…
Reps probe alleged N20bn diversion by NNPCL officials
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the Nigerian…
Naira lost 10% value in 2022, says World Bank
The naira lost 10.2 per cent of its value in 2022, according to the World Bank.…
Fuel marketers, FAAN clash over airport fee, passengers stranded
Fuel marketers and officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria clashed at the Abuja airport…
Man dupes Abuja commercial s6x worker, steals cell phone
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Victor Emeka,…
MTN investors to buy shares with dividends at N232.68
MTN Nigeria has announced the price for its shares per unit under the scrip dividend plan…
Ogun community cries out over one-year blackout
Residents of Ogijo in the Sagamu Local Government Area, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun…
Man defiles neighbour’s nine-year-old daughter in Lagos
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State on Thursday remanded one John Taiwo to the…
Kaduna couple, daughter die in midnight fire
A man, Abdurrahman Abdullahi; his wife, Zainab; and their daughter, Husna, have been reportedly burnt to…
Suspected cultists stab Ondo student to death
Men of the Ondo State Police Command on Thursday stopped students of the Adekunle Ajasin University,…
Gunmen kill three cops in Edo ambush
Three mobile policemen were on Thursday morning killed while one other was injured as gunmen reportedly…
Carbonated drink tax affected manufacturers in 2022 – MAN
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said that a major setback that plagued the productive sector…
Alleged racism: Court reverses Seplat CEO’s removal
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday vacated its interim order, which restrained Mr Roger…
WAEC honours Ghanaian, Nigerian candidates
The West African Examinations Council has said a total of 2,276,112 candidates sat for the Senior…
Post-poll crisis: Enugu APC expels Chime, suspends Nnamani
The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday expelled a former governor of…
Police probe killing of three in Lagos estate
The Lagos State Police Command has launched an investigation into the killing of three persons by…
NDLEA extends recruitment application deadline by one week
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday extended the deadline for the ongoing recruitment application…
Three policemen killed in Edo, one injured
Three mobile policemen were on Thursday morning killed while a fourth was seriously injured as gunmen…
Decriminalise suicide, groups urge FG
No fewer than 41 health Civil Society Organisations have called on the Federal Government to end…
Democracy still best option, Buhari tells outgoing diplomats
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, said despite the several episodes of unconstitutional…
Global growth to fall below 3% in 2023 – IMF
A continued slowdown in almost all the world’s advanced economies is expected to drag global growth…
Why Biden didn’t pardon Trump – Ex-minister, Akinyemi
A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, on Thursday, explained why the United States…
‘Navy committed to improving personnel welfare’
The Nigerian Navy has emphasised its commitment to improving the welfare of its personnel to enhance…
Why Chelsea owners brought Lampard back
Chelsea on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Frank Lampard as caretaker manager until the end of…
FAAN, fuel marketers’ disagreement disrupts passengers’ Easter plans
As airlines continue to experience delays over the scarcity of aviation fuel called Jet A1, petroleum…
Couple, daughter die in Kaduna fire incident
A couple and their daughter have been reportedly burnt to death while asleep during a fire…
Nigeria records 823 Lassa fever cases, 144 deaths
No fewer than 823 confirmed cases of Lassa fever were recorded out of 4,108 suspected cases…
I’ll curb insecurity with vigilante, local hunters – Plateau gov-elect
The Plateau State Governor-elect, Caleb Mutfwang, has promised to incorporate local hunters and vigilante organisations into…
How Okada riders killed Lagos cop – Eyewitnesses
Eyewitnesses have recounted how a yet-to-be-identified policeman was killed on Wednesday by rampaging commercial motorcyclists, known…
Police arraign man for forced labour of girl
A 25-year-old man, Sunday Agosin, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrate’s court sitting in the…
Zamfara NSCDC arrests three for circulating N2m fake currency
The Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested three persons…
NAFDAC seals Abuja shops for selling unregistered s6x enhancers
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Wednesday in Abuja sealed two…
Nigeria, Canada partner, tap 68 researchers for Mpox study
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research and other stakeholders in the country have launched the Canada-Africa…
Obi, ‘daddy’ and a nation’s hypocrisy
The recently leaked audio, alleged to be a pre-election conversation between the presidential candidate of the…
LandWey partners Virtuitis Solaris to deliver sustainable energy solutions for Isimi Lagos
LandWey Investment Limited, a Nigerian real estate development company, has announced a landmark deal with Virtuitis…
Customs intercept contraband worth N2.8bn in Owerri, arrest13 suspects
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ’C’, Owerri, of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted contraband goods valued…
Incoming govt faces weak growth, multiple policy challenges – W’Bank
The World Bank has said that the incoming administration in Nigeria will face weak economic growth…
Suspected herders kill three in fresh Benue attack
Suspected herdsmen, on Tuesday, launched another attack on Umogidi, Entekpa Adoka district in the Otukpo Local…
FG borrows $800m for mass transit, cash transfers
The Federal Government has secured $800m from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)…
Again, manufacturing activities shrink over cash scarcity
Manufacturing activities in the country contracted for a second consecutive month in a row in March…
Two die, five injured in Bauchi crash
No fewer than two people were killed in a lone fatal crash that occurred on Tuesday…
Diya for burial July 29
The burial arrangements for a former Chief of Defence Staff, the late Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya,…
New House leadership: Opposition Reps-elect plot to upstage APC
The House of Representatives members-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party and other opposition…
Soldiers return to Lagos-Ibadan Expressway illegal checkpoint, continue extortion
Soldiers have returned to the checkpoint mounted at the Orimerunmu, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan…
Court remands Lagos Eze Igbo over inciting comment
The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, on Wednesday, ordered that the Eze Igbo of Ajao…
This is how democracy will end in Nigeria
Once again, the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission imposed a heavy-handed fine on Channels TV, following a petition…
I’m sad leaving Nigeria, I’ll be back – Outgoing UK envoy
Outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said she is sad to leave the…
Businessman jailed six years for smuggling cocaine
A Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted and sentenced a 49-year-old businessman, Celestino Kingsley,…
Rivers govt, others rally support for ailing Ebiede
Ailing former Super Eagles forward, Emmanuel Ebiede, has been assured of medical support from the Rivers…
Court adjourns ex-PUNCH staff N950m fraud case
The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, on Wednesday, adjourned till June 28, the trial of…
Guinea seizes 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from Sierra Leone ship
Guinea seized more than 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from a Sierra Leone-flagged ship, the army said…
Okada riders on the rampage kill cop, injure DPO
A yet-to-be-identified policeman was killed on Wednesday by rampaging motorcyclists protesting against the enforcement of the…
NCDMB launches N7bn pipe manufacturing plant
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr Simbi Wabote, has performed…
Borno to repatriate 200,000 refugees from Niger
The about 200,000 Borno State refugees in neighbouring Niger Republic, who left their homes on the…
Falcons World Cup group difficult, admits Waldrum
Super Falcons head coach, Randy Waldrum, says his side face a daunting task at the 2023…
Ward expels Bauchi APC chair
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State has degenerated following the expulsion of…
Maiden NBA Academy Showcase Africa holds Thursday
NBA Africa on Wednesday announced the 71 high-school-age prospects from 26 countries who will participate in…
FRSC prepares 200 mobile courts for traffic offenders
The Federal Road Safety Corps says it has set up more than 200 mobile courts to…
Italy police probe Roma, Lazio, Salernitana over transfer dealings
Police carried out searches at the offices of Serie A clubs Roma, Lazio and Salernitana on…
Lampard to return as interim Chelsea boss
Frank Lampard is set to return for a second spell in charge of Chelsea on an…
Ex-Springboks coach McIntosh dies at 84
Former Springboks coach Ian McIntosh died aged 84 on Wednesday in a hospital near Durban…
Subsidy removal: Nigerians to benefit from $800m W’Bank palliative
The Federal Government has secured $800m from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (a.k.a, the…
Again, suspected herders kill three in Benue
Suspected herdsmen launched another attack on Umogidi, Entekpa Adoka district in Otukpo Local Government area of…
98 community-initiated projects ongoing, says Osun govt
The Osun State Community and Social Development Agency has said about 98 micro projects spread across…
Court stops Abure from parading self as LP national chair
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Wednesday ordered Julius Abure to desist from parading himself…
Organ harvesting: Obasanjo writes UK court, pleads for Ekweremadu
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written to the United Kingdom court that found former Deputy Senate…
JUST IN: FG to splash over N320bn on tertiary institutions
The regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the sum of…
Full list of Forbes’ 25 world billionaires in 2023
American business magazine, Forbes, in its 2023 list of 25 richest people in the world,…
IMC fines Remo Stars N1.2m over assault on referee
Following an assault on a match official during their Nigeria Professional Football League matchday 12 encounter…
Rivers APC suspends party chair, legal adviser over anti-party activities
The Rivers State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday suspended the party’s…
Ex-Kano first lady, Ladi Bako, dies at 93
Ladi, the aged widow of the maiden Kano State Governor, Audu Bako, is dead. The pioneer…
Varsities, others to get N320.3bn intervention funds
The regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has approved the sum of N320,345,040,…
Borno to repatriate refugees in Niger Republic May
The about 200,000 Borno State refugees in neighbouring Niger Republic, who left their…
Kogi community killings: Gov Bello visits, vows to hunt down perpetrators
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has vowed that perpetrators of recent attacks on communities in…
UEFA president wins third term re-election
Aleksander Ceferin was re-elected unopposed for a third term as president of UEFA at a meeting…
Three die, 13 injured as bus burst into flames in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service said three female passengers died while 13 other passengers…
10th Assembly: Opposition Reps-elect vow to protect democracy
Some opposition parties’ House of Representatives members-elect under the standards have pledged to work together…
Billionaire Rupert Murdoch, 92, calls off engagement with ex-fiancèe
American businessman, Rupert Murdoch, and dental hygienist, Ann Lesley Smith, have called off their two-week-old engagement.…
Extrajudicial killings: Release Anambra whistleblower now, CSOs tell police
A coalition of civil society groups against impunity has called for the immediate release of a…
Ohanaeze decries killing of Igbo youths in South-East
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…
Stakeholders task firm on patent right for HIV, hepatitis drugs
Stakeholders task coy on patent right for HIV, hepatitis drugs Lara Adejoro, Abuja Stakeholders have called…
Sports aid learning – School
The Bridge International Academies has said sports aid effective learning. A statement by Bridge International Academies’…
Group protests payment delay as underwriter probes claim
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Zhero Tolerance for Social Immoralities-Africa, has petitioned NEM Insurance Plc over an alleged…
The Weeknd: Most Popular Artist In The world
A 33-year-old Canadian singer, Abel Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd, is statistically the most popular…
Foreign investors shun Kano, Rivers, Ogun, 24 states
Foreign investors shunned Kano, Rivers, Ogun, and 24 other Nigerian states as foreign investments fell by…
Lagos Assembly summons Sanwo-Olu’s aide, commissioner
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned one of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu‘s aides and…
Man strangles pregnant girlfriend in Kano
Men of the Kano State Police Command have arrested one Philibus Ibrahim for allegedly strangling his…
Brain drain among healthcare workers worrisome – Professional
The Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals has expressed worry over the high rate of brain…