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18-year-old boy drowns in Kano pond

An 18-year-old boy identified as Aminu Mu’azu has drowned while bathing in a pond…

Court orders woman to refund N500 bride price

A Sharia Court l sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State on Tuesday ordered a…

Kano Assembly passes bill seeking life pension for speaker, deputy

The Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into law a controversial bill…

Pharmacists shut drugstores in Ondo, protest non-assent to bill

Members of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) in Ondo State on…

Corruption not Nigeria’s problem – Dogara

The Speaker of House of Representative, Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday, said Nigeria’s…

Again, container falls off Ojuelegba bridge

A container has fallen off the overhead bridge at Ojuelegba area of Lagos state.…

Insecurity: Senate quizzes IG behind closed doors

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Adamu Mohammed, on Tuesday appeared before the Senate…

I was abducted by Fulani herdsmen, they collected N5.045m ransom – OAU lecturer

An orthopaedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, who was…

I lost respect for Dokpesi, when I heard his name on list of looters, witness tells court

A witness, Mr Ide Eguabor, on Tuesday, told an FCT High Court that, he…

Alleged certificate forgery: Court grants Senator Ademola Adeleke N2m bail

An Abuja magistrate’s court has granted bail to Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the…

Liberia’s President, George Weah, suspends minister over hate speech

Liberia's President George Weah has suspended the country's junior press minister, Eugene Fahngon, for…

Protesters block Osinbajo’s convoy on Abuja airport road

Some aggrieved protesters on Tuesday morning blocked the convoy of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo along…

Five injured as truck rams into two tricycles, passersby in Ibadan

No fewer than five people were severely injured when a truckload of sand rammed…

FG directs CAC to extend 50 percent discount for MSMEs registration

The Federal Government has directed the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to extend by three…

Ebonyi receives fleeing refugees displaced by inter-communal crisis in Cross River

The Ebonyi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday received indigenes of the state…