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A Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja, on Friday dissolved a 10-year-old marriage between Blossom Ameh and her husband, Simon, over childlessness. The judge, Doocivir Yawe, dissolved the marriage on the grounds that parties have lost interest in the union. Doocivir ...

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of Aisha Wakil, also known as Mama Boko Haram, alongside Tahiru Alhaji, Saidu Dura and Lawal Shoyode. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a ...

Worried by the danger posed to his ambition in next year’s presidential election by the camp of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) flag bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has offered the governor a new deal. Both ...

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Friday apologised to Nigerians over the harsh economic realities and insecurity experienced under the Buhari-led regime. “The regime might not have been a perfect one, but I want to seize this opportunity ...

  INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S 62ND INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON 1ST OCTOBER, 2022 Fellow Nigerians, I address you today, with a ...

Global tech company, Google, today joined Nigerians to mark the country’s 62nd Independence Day celebration. A look at Google’s page shows the proud green and white colours of Nigeria. Goggle mostly celebrates the country’s independence on a yearly nasis and regards ...

Obideints have defied police order and are currently holding a rally in Lekki. The supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, known as the ‘Obidients’ were seen in mass as they marched at the Lekki-Epe Expressway, ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, nullified the nomination of Governor Isiaka Oyetola of Osun as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the July 16 governorship election. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, nullified Oyetola and his deputy governorship ...

The Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, cleared the air on a viral photo allegedly of the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu. The photo showed an old man who looked ...

  A suspected cultist, identified as Jeremiah Moses, has been arrested by the management of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja. The arrest is coming barely 21 days after the arrest of one Friday Momoh, a suspected illicit drug peddler and cultist, ...

The Federal Government has said that the Abuja-Kaduna rail lines will remain shut until those held captive by bandits are released. Speaking to journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed that four railway workers ...

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has banned tricycle and shuttle bus unions in the state. The governor also sacked touts operating in motor parks in the state. Solido stated this in a press release by the state Commissioner for ...

The Chinese national who allegedly murdered a Kano lady, Ummulkulsum Buhari, Mr. Geng Quangrong, has been arraigned before a State High Court competent to handle the homicide case. The Court, presided by Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji, fixed 4th October 2022 ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised the alarm that the coming election will either make or break Nigeria. This is just as he warned that politicians may wreck the country if religious leaders are not watchful. He, therefore, appealed to ...

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has promised that he and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, will lead Nigeria to its best future. Tinubu disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the ...

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three suspected traffic robbers for allegedly robbing motorists of their valuables in the Ketu area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident ...

A female civil servant’s response to a schoolgirl’s request for free sanitary pads has sparked backlash in India. The teenager made the request at a workshop organised with Unicef in the eastern state of Bihar. The official responded by saying ...

The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 3 as a public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence anniversary. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement in a statement issued in Abuja by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, ...

  The secretary, Lokoja traditional rulers council, Muhammed Nalado, has announced the death of the Maigari, Dr Muhammad Kabir Maikarfi III. According to the statement late Wednesday, the 80-year-old Maigari died on Wednesday evening after a brief illness in a ...

Mozambican forces say they have captured four jihadists involved in recruiting and radicalising people and have announced the death of 16 others. Police commander Bernardino Rafael said some of the jihadists died from gunshot wounds during confrontations with the authorities, ...

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has denied endorsing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, describing it as absolutely false and malicious rumour. The Governor in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Projects, Crusoe ...

Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it has commenced full investigations into the death of three years old male patient, who reportedly died while undergoing medical treatment at the Eti-Osa Maternal and Childcare Centre, Lekki-Ajah area of the state. The ...

  Gunmen have killed at least five soldiers in Umunze, a community in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has condemned the incident. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday at about 12:30 p.m. beside ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat has renewed its commitment to eradicating the transmission and spread of dog and cat-mediated rabies infections. Commemorating the 2022 World Rabies Day on Wednesday in Abuja, the mandate secretary ...

The results of a survey conducted for Bloomberg News have shown that 72 per cent of its respondents will vote for former Anambra state governor Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) at the 2023 general elections ...