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Some Nigerian doctors in Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America have knocked the Federal Government for its alleged failure to invest in the health…

It’s the day that nearly every Nigerian movie lover has been waiting for – the day of the return of the King Of Boys. After a successful run in cinemas back in 2018,…

Rahma Hussein, a 23-year-old woman, has been pardoned seven years after she was convicted for killing her husband. In 2014, Hussein, then a 16-year-old, was arrested and charged to a…

... Flags off Disbursement at Apapa Local Government Lagos State, one of the 34 States in Nigeria selected for the cash transfer programme of the Federal Government, has…

Nigerian musicians, writers, sculptors, musical instrument inventors, and former wrestlers are known for their noble joromi musical style. Born in Benin, Edo State, Nigeria in…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to increase their tariff effect from 1st September 2021.…

The probe panel set up by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to investigate the erstwhile Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari, over…

An unspecified number of members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) and one policeman were killed in at least two clashes in Imo yesterday. The…

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has pledged the commitment of the Scheme towards the sustenance of strict…

Abubakar Bello, governor of Niger, says one of the pupils abducted from Salihu Tanko School in Tegina, Rafi LGA of the state, died in captivity. The pupils, who were kidnapped on May 30, on Thursday — they spent more than…

The United Kingdom donated 592,880 additional doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria. The development brings the total number of COVID vaccine doses donated to Nigeria by the UK, via the COVAX facility, to…

The Federal Government has declared that there is no Nigerian in Afghanistan who needs evacuation, following the takeover of the country by the Taliban. The Nigerians in…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria will continue to exist, despite the challenges the country is facing. Speaking on Friday at the the book launch and 85th birthday of Sunday Mbang, prelate emeritus of the…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has charged the Federal Government to ensure prudent management of the nation’s resources in order to secure it for future generations. He said…

The Feminist Womanifesto Group, a gender advocate organisation, says it will not tolerate the “harassment” of persons, especially women, appointed into public offices in Nigeria. The group, in a statement by Biola…

A 29-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Victor Ukachuckwu, has confessed to using an online application he downloaded from the Internet to defraud Point of Sales (POS)…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, is set to preside over the National Executive Committee meeting of the party scheduled to hold in Abuja on…

The federal government has commenced the implementation of the no work, no pay rule for striking doctors with effect from Monday August 2, 2021. In a letter dated Friday, August 26 and signed by the Director of Hospital…

COVID-19 has killed 10 people in Lagos, as 618 new cases have been reported in 15 states across the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, disclosed this…

• She’s born again with no boyfriend, no IPOB links • Police officers took her to Abuja after extorting N280,000 from us • We sold our motorbikes to raise money for police The story of Glory Okolie who hails from…

It was tears of joy for parents yesterday as 90 children kidnapped from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School, Tegina, Niger State reunited with their parents after spending over 80 days in…

Three residents of Maryland, USA, have been indicted over allegations of exporting arms and ammunition to Nigeria. According to a statement issued on Friday by the US department of justice, the indictment was announced by…

The Federal Government has said that articulated vehicles carrying cargoes exceeding 12 tonnes on federal roads across Nigeria, will henceforth pay between N1 million and N10…

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is hail and hearty, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have said. Led by its…