Midnight fire destroys Ebonyi market
A midnight fire has destroyed the popular Eke Market in Afikpo, Afikpo North Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi. A...
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Lagos Assembly denies alleged secret passage of Sharia Bill
The Lagos House of Assembly had denied an unfounded report that it had secretly passed a Sharia Bill to get...
Youths match to INEC office in Lagos, demand more enrollment machines
A political group, Youths In Politics (YIP), Nigeria on Wednesday staged a peaceful walk to INEC headquarters in Lagos to ...
Court remands 2 farmers for allegedly abducting their colleague
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that two farmers be remanded for allegedly abducting their colleague. The police...
ASUU group denies soliciting financial help from Nollywood actor
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), has urged the public to disregard a recent...
Evans’s absence stalls suit seeking repayment of £223,000 ransom
Absence of convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (a.k.a. Evans) on Wednesday stalled a suit filed against him by a kidnap...
My daughter’s gift to Peter Obi, divine, says Onyebuchi’s father
Mr Denis Onyebuchi, father of Miss Convenant Onyebuchi, the 19 year old girl who gave undisclosed amount to Mr Peter...
Allow Nigerians with expired passports to return home -Aregbesola orders NIS
The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to...
Pope names women to bishops advisory committee for first time
Pope Francis has named three women, two nuns, and a lay woman, to a previously all-male committee that advises him...
Nigerians to access affordable surgical care — FG
Dr Deborah Bitrus-Oghoghorie, Consultant Grade 1, Federal Ministry of Health, Hospital Services, has said that Nigerians would began to access...
FRSC laud IGP on SPY number plate ban
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has commended Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali,...
Families escape death as two-storey building collapses in Lagos
Four families occupying a two-storey building at Onipanu area of Lagos on Tuesday night scampered to safety before the building...
NiMet predicts 3 days of sunshine, thunderstorms from Wednesday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet`s weather output...
Alleged missing N10bn: Ex-militant leader berates Senate for threatening PAP boss, Dikio
Ex-militant leader Reuben Wilson on Tuesday berated the Senate Committee on Public Accounts over its threat to issue a warrant...
Adopting Kiswahili as Africa’s official language will unite, strengthen continent -Tanzanian Envoy
Dr Benson Bana, Tanzanian High Commissioner to Nigeria on Tuesday, said that the adoption of Kiswahili as Africa’s official language...
Kuje jailbreak: Osinachi’s husband, Wadume still in custody
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, and a...
NAFDAC warns against use of YW cosmetics glycolic acid
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned against the use a cosmetic product, YW Cosmetics...
Nigeria signs agreement with Germany for repatriation of 1,130 Benin bronzes – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday said that Nigeria had signed an agreement for the...
Anambra: 43 constituents to get N1m grant each for dry season farming — Rep Obidigwe
No fewer than 43 Anambra farmers drawn from Anambra East and West Federal Constituency who underwent dry season training in...
Buhari in Daura, shares emotional moment with classmates
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State, had an emotional reunion with his primary and secondary school classmates...
