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The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is being pressured to prematurely halt the ongoing continuous voter registration exercise by powerful political interests, SaharaReporters has gathered. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood…

Nigerian are really wonderful as they immediately bakes out a bread and labeled it Assurance bread toasted by Chioma.

The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old woman identified as Mrs. Chioma Ibina, for reportedly clubbing her 75-year-old mother in-law identified as Mrs. Ibina to death. According to eyewitnesses, Chioma clubbed…

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a single mother identified as Ezechi Nwanneka, who reportedly sold her baby boy for N300,000. The suspect,  a native of Akama Oghe village, in the Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu…

The UK ministry of justice has introduced online divorce applications in England and Wales to make the process easier for interested parties. NAN reports that the whole process from payment to providing supporting evidence can now be…

Spokesman of the Vice President, Laolu Akande has responded to claims that the allegations of corruption against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government led by former President Goodluck Jonathan  are mere lies. He also denied…

We probably all know that there are myriads of bio-metric datasets currently available to the Nigerian government. If you have an international passport, driver’s license, voters card or national identity card, your unique bio-metric…

A Nigerian lady with the Twitter handle, Pamela O. (@pamelathepundit), has shared the disadvantages of migrating to North American country, Canada – a country where many Nigerian professionals are migrating to in droves. According to…

Determined to recover the cash realised from the sale of 61 assets traced to a former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Oceanic Bank, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has written to the National Crime Agency…

The Lagos State government has begun the payment of compensation to owners of properties that gave way for Right of Way (RoW) for the various construction works across the state. Over N6 billion has been earmarked for the payment, which…

The Kaduna State Police commissioner, Austin Iwar, on Sunday confirmed that 45 villagers were killed by bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state.PREMIUM TIMES reported how armed bandits attacked Gwaska village in…

Oluremi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District on Sunday urged the federal government to declare public holidays for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), ahead of the December 2018 deadline.Mrs Tinubu,…

The police have confirmed that the candidates to be recruited in the ongoing process will have to write an examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).President Muhammadu Buhari recently announced that…

The Nigerian Police force has been hit with the sad news of the death of 5 junior police cadets. It was gathered that the 5 junior police cadets met their untimely death in an accident which occurred along Kano – Zaria express road, while…

The 12th edition of Headies was, by far, better than those held in recent years. In terms of coordination, organisation, timeliness, and stage setting, the Headies, thankfully, recorded growth. Although the most prestigious music…

Some properties traced to Cecilia Ibru, former managing director/chief executive officer of Oceanic Bank, are reportedly entangled in controversy, years after they were confiscated. In 2010, a federal high court in Lagos convicted…

Your grey hair might not be a sign of old age; a new study from researchers at the University of Alabama says sickness or stress may also be responsible. The study, which was published in the PLOS Biology journal, used mice in…

Aisha Wakil, better known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’, says members of the Boko Haram insurgent group will surrender to the federal government. Wakil said this on Saturday during a fundraising for Complete Care Aid Foundation, a…

Ex-international, Mutiu Adepoju, speaks with TOFARATI IGE about his childhood, experience in the Super Eagles, marriage and other issues  What are some of the most memorable experiences of your childhood? I was born into a loving family…

Having heard and seen several amazing testimonies of people who had received the touch of God, some sections of the congregation at the monthly Holy Ghost Services of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) sometimes show little or…

Tanzanian President Magufuli, has likened looting of public funds to consuming poison and wants public officers in the country to detest from it. John Magufuli, who is known for his no nonsense approach to corruption has issued a stern…

   Dealers go underground in Zamfara, Kano, Jigawa, others   Addicts look for alternative Despite the ban on cough syrups containing codeine, its sellers are still in business. Daily Trust on Sunday has learnt. In some of the…

• Violence mars exercise as thugs run riot The 33 governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State have another date to determine who flies the party’s flag in the July election. This follows the…

Just as the federal government have placed a ban on the use of codeine, research have revealed that about 30,000 bottles of codeine made of cough syrup are consumed daily in Niger state. The research carried out by the Development…