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An 18-year-old man identified as Imoro Abubakari has been arrested by police after he allegedly chopped off the left wrist of his 40-year-old sister-in-law, Faiza Abdellah in Kpano, a community in the Nanton District…

A two-year-old girl was abducted and r-ped beside a railway track, and left for dead on Saturday. The child, who cannot be identified, was gagged and taken away from her parents as they slept just yards away further down…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has advised the Senate to desist from interfering with the executive in the running of state affairs but to concentrate more on its duties of providing adequate legislation for the growth of…

The trial of former Governor of Ekiti State,  Ayodele Fayose began on Monday with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission calling witnesses. Fayose, charged with N1.2 billion fraud, charges he had earlier pleaded not…

The presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has pledged to establish a N1 trillion venture capital fund to unlock capital for start-ups and other businesses if elected in the upcoming…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and President, People’s Alternative Front, Mr. Femi Falana has faulted the position of the United Kingdom and United States on the $8.1 billion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the Central Bank of…

The International School Ibadan (ISI), University of Ibadan, has been closed indefinitely following a controversy over the use of hijab. The closure was announced through a notice posted in the school’s premises on Monday.…

Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria (SHIN) Ltd is trying to force the arm of the federal government by instituting a $1.6 billion arbitration case against Total Upstream Nigeria Limited in London, oil industry insiders and top…

Allison Nelson, a Rivers State-born model, has emerged as the winner of the 2018 Mr Universe Nigeria pageant. The 26-year-old Arts and Design graduate from the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede in Owerri beat 28 other finalists…

NBC is reporting that rapper 6ix9ine was denied bail Monday after a prosecutor said there was evidence that he directed or participated in multiple acts of violence as part of a deadly gang. Recall that the FEFE rapper and…

Three suspected fraudsters who reportedly impersonated President Buhari and Aisha Buhari, have been arrested by the Police Force Criminal Investigations and Intelligence department and arraigned before a Federal High Court, Lagos, over…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC office in Abuja was yesterday gutted by fire. But for the timely intervention of Officials of the Federal Fire Service, the inferno would have razed down the entire office, Premium Times …

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday held that it would go ahead with the trial of former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), whether he was present in court or not.…

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Suleiman Kazaure, has debunked speculations of an increase in corps members’ monthly allowance, adding that an increment would only be done…

The Debt Management Office (DMO) and major oil marketers are to meet this week over subsidy arrears. The meeting, which is at the instance of the DMO is designed to provide an opportunity for the debt management agency to…

THE Presidency Monday night denied the report that Service Chiefs attended the launching of the Buhari/Osinbajo Next Level campaign flag off ceremony.President Buhari on Sunday at the Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa,…

Despite Governor Rochas Okorocha’s warnings and fears, the Igbo leaders from the five Southeast states who met in Enugu on Wednesday had the right and justification to endorse the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential…

The total assets and liabilities of commercial banks stood at N36.2 trillion at the end of August 2018, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) economic report released yesterday has shown. The figure, which is for the third…

President Muhammadu Buhari is prepared for a nationwide campaign that will take him through the length and breadth of Nigeria, the Director, Strategic Communications of Buhari 2019 Campaign Organisation, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN),…

There are indications that the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and some state governors on Monday at the State House in Abuja over the proposed N30,000 minimum wage was deadlocked. Governors of Lagos, Kebbi, Plateau,…

Up to 3,000 foreign doctors in the UK are having their backgrounds checked after it emerged that a fake psychiatrist with no qualifications was allowed to practice for over 22 years. Zholia Alemi was jailed for fraud in…

Ramzan Kadyrov, a Chechnya’s strongman leader and close lieutenant of President Vladimir Putin, has given his five-year-old compatriot a luxury car as a gift for reportedly setting a record for most consecutive push-ups.…

The Atiku-Agbaje Media Engagement Network has urged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to rescind his proposed policy on the sale of the National National Petroleum Corporation if elected.The…

Attempts by some persons suspected to be armed robbers to attack some commercial banks in Lagere Area of Ile-Ife, Osun State, was, on Monday, foiled by some eagle-eyed residents of the area.Seven commercial banks have branches in…