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The Nigerian Army said two female suicide bombers were killed on Friday while trying to infiltrate troops in Kawuri, Konduga local government area of Borno State. The Deputy Director of Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation…

The former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Mr. Kole Ajayi, is dead. Ajayi, a lawyer, reportedly died of heart attack on Friday while traveling to Lagos for a function of Ekiti State…

Doctors at FMC Yola achieved a great feat on May 14, as they separated four month old conjoined female twins. The team of surgeons led by the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Professor…

Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, the Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Provence, Anglican Communion, has raised an alarm over the medical bills for the burial of former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme. According to Archbishop Chukwuma,…

Alhaji Tunde Balogun has emerged the Lagos State chairman of the All Progressives Congress. There was no election as the new state executives were chosen based on affirmation by the delegates. The Chairman of the state APC…

Anti-graft detectives are closing in on Bamikole Omishore, an aide to Senate President Bukola Saraki who was recently exposed for allegedly using his wife as a ghost-worker, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.Official confirmation and other…

The Nigerian Air Force said its newly acquired Mi-35M helicopter gunships have successfully unleashed their firepower on Boko Haram Terrorists at a camp, 9.7km South East of Bonne in its ongoing “Operation Thunder Strike” The NAF’s…

The supreme court has discharged and acquitted Alban Ajaegbu, one of the suspects, accused of killing Ikechukuwu Okoronkwo, an 11-year-old, in Owerri, Imo state. Okoronkwo, said to be a groundnut seller, was on lured into a hotel…

CELEB guests from Oprah Winfrey to Idris Elba this morning arrived for the Royal Wedding - as Prince Harry was whisked out of his hotel with an entourage. Among the early arrivals were Princess Diana's brother Earl Spencer, Prince Harry's…

The Christian Association of Nigeria has warned that there may be religious war in Nigeria should Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi Christian girl still being held by Boko Haram, die in captivity. The Special Assistant (Media and Communications)…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, on Friday, said the army panel set up to investigate the violence and killings in Taraba State found out that the Nigeria-Cameroon common borders in the state were porous. Buratai, at a…

Don Dee as he is fondly known in the Somolu area of Lagos, is quite an intelligent young man. A graduate from the Olabisi Onabanjo Univeristy, Ogun State, the 34-year-old, who refused to disclose his real name when our correspondent met…

The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Oyegun, of collaborating with the National Organising Secretary of the party, Sen. Osita Izunaso, to cause problem…

The federal government on Wednesday approved the transfer of about $650 million (about N198.9 billion) to the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) as initial funding for the take -off of the Presidential Infrastructure…

The father-in-law of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Christopher Abebe, was on Friday buried in his hometown, Iruekpen, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo.The late Mr Abebe, who died on March 22 at the age of 99, was the…

Liberty Television journalist, Aminu Nurudeen, who is suspected to have posted the viral video of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, while he struggled to read a speech at a public event in Kano, has gone into hiding.…

News coming from the Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) indicated that Mr. Tunde Balogun has been anointed to take over from Chief Henry Dele Ajomale as the new Chairman of the party in the state.…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced plans to divert traffic ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) state convention. A section of Acme Road in Ikeja will be closed, the body has announced,…

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over Sea Petroleum Oil & Gas Ltd. and other assets belonging to Sen. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi over an unpaid debt of about N20 billion. AMCON said the takeover followed…

Two bottles of rare 60-year-old Macallan whisky fetched a total of more than $2 million under the hammer on Friday in Hong Kong, Bonhams said, with both sales shattering the previous world auction record for the spirit. One bottle,…

According to online sources, a Nigerian man reportedly killed his girlfriend shortly after they had sex in Ivory Coast. It was gathered that the Nigerian man who tried to escape before he was arrested, used a knife to…

Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), joined President Muhammadu Buhari to observe prayers at the Aso Rock mosque, Abuja, on Friday. According to NAN, the IGP walked up to the president after the prayer session, and while…

The suspected killers paraded by the Kwara State Police Command in Ilorin last week have named the Senate President, Mr. Bukola Saraki and Kwara State governor, Mr. Abdulfattah Ahmed, as two of the men who ordered them to kill many…

The Federal Government has faulted claims by the Lagos State Government that a Federal High Court had shut down the Ikoyi marriage registry, insisting that the report was false.The Ministry of Interior said that the court, presided over…