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It’s pro bono, I didn’t receive salary as NOUN facilitator – Obasanjo

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday denied receiving N40,000 annually as a facilitator…

Policeman beats NSCDC official to death in front of children and wife

A policeman has allegedly beaten and killed a two-star officer of the Nigeria Security…

Prostitutes go into hiding in Abia

Commercial sex workers in Umuahia, the Abia capital, have gone into hiding to evade…

Police Sergeant hospitalised after hoodlums attack in Mile 12

Hoodlums, on Wednesday, attacked operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit…

14-year-old girl electrocuted after dropping phone into bath while charging it

A Russian schoolgirl drowned in the bath after she was given a massive electric…

‘My wife gave me a deafening slap, attempted to slap me’

Oluwatosin Bakare, an Ibadan-based businessman, on Wednesday, told an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court sitting in…

Pregnant mom, her two kids burnt to death in Anambra house fire

A pregnant woman and her two children have been burnt to ashes in Umuoffor…

Clinton invites eight-year-old Nigerian Chess champion

Former US President Bill Clinton has invited eight-year-old Nigerian Chess champion Tanitoluwa Adewumi and…

Three injured as earthquake of 5.6 magnitude hits western Turkey

A moderate 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey’s western province of Denizli on Wednesday, damaging…

Lagos govt defends racist Chinese restaurant as more victims speak up

The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, cleared the Chinese restaurant accused by some Nigerians…

Kenyan police seize $20m of counterfeit banknotes from deposit box

Kenyan police on Wednesday seized 20 million dollars of counterfeit banknotes that had been…

‘Obasanjo earns N40,000 yearly as NOUN lecturer’

When asked how the former President was doing after being employed by the university…

Drunk security guards attack worshippers on the way to mosque

Some Muslim faithful were going for early morning prayers in a mosque around Halleluyah…

U.S. mathematician, 76-year-old Karen Uhlenbeck, wins Abel Prize for 2019

U.S. mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck wins the Abel Prize for 2019 for her pioneering achievements…

How I escaped New Zealand attack on mosques – Nigerian Imam

One of the survivors of the attack on two New Zealand mosques has been…