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Border closure: Dangote Cement to start exports from Congo

Dangote Cement, on Wednesday, said it planned to start exports from its Congo Republic…

Punishment for refusing prostitution is merciless flogging, if you survived, you beg to be prostituted – Libyan returnee

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received another batch of 116 Nigerians who volunteered…

Third term bid: Guinea’s President Alpha Condé marches on, ignores West Africa’s power-packed delegation

Guinea's President Alpha Condé has refused to meet a delegation of West African leaders…

Longlist for International Booker Prize 2020 announced [See full list]

The judges of the 2020 International Booker Prize, on Thursday, announced the ‘International Booker…

Innocent man spends 23 years in jail, gets $1.5m as compensation

A man who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t…

Just in: Another Uber passenger jumps into Lagos lagoon

Barely two weeks after a man alighted from a cab on the third mainland…

Incantations, concoctions can not cure cancer, Alaafin of Oyo says

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Olayiwola Adeyemi lll, has said no amount of spiritual…

Court nullifies impeachment of ex-Kogi deputy governor, says it’s a constitutional coup

A High Court sitting in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital has declared the impeachment…

Court strikes out Ambode’s bid to stop probe by lawmakers over purchase of 820 buses

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja, on Thursday, struck out a suit filed by…

Leah Sharibu: Mother begs British government to help rescue her daughter

Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of Leah Sharibu, one of the Dapchi girls abducted has…

US assembly hosts Abike Dabiri, others to dialogue

The Maryland General Assembly, United States, on Wednesday hosted a Nigerian delegation to a…

South-West to pass uniform bills on Amotekun

The six houses of assembly in the South-West have agreed to jointly adopt a…

Soldier goes berserk in Borno, shoots four colleagues dead, then kills self

An yet-to-be-identified soldier in the Nigerian Army, serving in Borno State, on Wednesday opened…

Herdsmen killings: Resign if you can’t protect Delta citizens, Publisher tells Okowa

The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of a Delta-based news magazine, Daily Watch, Mr. Cletus Opukeme…

FCT set to open up roads under construction

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has said it has resolved to opening up more roads,…