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Lassa Fever: stop eating rats, minister advises Nigerians

The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, has advised Nigerians to stop eating rats…

N10.25bn Tomato company opens in Kaduna

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele, and the…

Gambia: Police arrest 137 for asking President Adama Barrow to honour his pledge and step down

Gambian police arrested 137 people and more than two dozen were injured as protests…

Jailed Portuguese hacker is ‘whistleblower’ behind leaks on Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos 

A Portuguese hacker has taken responsibility for disclosing hundreds of thousands of files revealing…

Updated: Lagos bans ‘Keke Napep’, ‘Okada’, including Opay, Gokada

The Lagos State Government has banned the activities of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada,…

Coronavirus: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gives $10m to China, Africa

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it is immediately committing $10 million in…

Brexit: UK unveils Global Talent visa system

Britain on Sunday announced a new fast-track visa scheme for top scientists, researchers and…

Two die as suicide bombers attack Borno mosque during morning prayers

No fewer than two people were left dead and 12 others severely injured at…

Shehu Sani welcomes arraignment, faults 30-day detention in EFCC custody

Senator Shehu Sani has criticised his detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…

We don’t have highest number of single ladies among Nigerian churches – MFM

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has faulted a report that it has…

NDLEA: 28 suspects nabbed in Abia market (photos)

The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA), has raided a hide-out at Ngwa road Market…

Pregnant or with a baby, all we’re interested in is her life and safety – Leah Sharibu’s family

The family of Christian teenage schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in 2018, Leah…

Order Buhari, Osinbajo, governors, others to publish their assets, SERAP prays court

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High…

Review of Nigeria’s university curriculum in final stage – NUC

Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), said the agency…

China-Nigeria relations productive, beneficial, says Chinese ambassador

Ambassador of the people’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Dr Zhou Pingjian, said that…