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  Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says despite the number of Nigerians aiming to leave the country, there is also a significant number returning to the country. Dabiri-Erewa, who spoke at a press briefing at ...

The Katsina Police Command today said the 25-year-old man, Najib Shehu, who used a pestle to kill his stepmother last Thursday in katsina would be arraigned in court anytime from now. The command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, made the disclosure ...

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, today met the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London. The meeting was held a few hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of Labour Party, ...

  A 17-year-old pilot became the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a small aircraft after he landed today in Bulgaria, where his journey began five months ago. Mack Rutherford, a Belgian-British dual national, landed on an ...

  The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the killing of an Inspector by gunmen on Wednesday in Coker Aguda area of Lagos. The spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on ...

  Suspected herdsmen have been alleged of attacking two farmers at Ifira-Akoko in Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims, who were hospitalised and in critical condition after the incident. According to a youth in the ...

A three-year-old girl woke up at her own funeral after doctors allegedly wrongly told her parents she had died from a stomach bug. Camila Roxana Martinez Mendoza was declared deceased 12 hours before the service on August 17 but began ...

A Russian rocket strike on a train station killed 25 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow’s invasion began. Five of the victims of the attack in the eastern town of Chaplyne burnt to death in ...

The Majority Leader of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Nnamdi Okafor, has slumped and died in South Africa. Reports have it that Hon Okafor, who represents Awka South State constituency 1, slumped and died in the early hours of ...

The federal government has stated that it cannot recommence the Abuja-Kaduna train services for now because it will be insensitive to the plight of families whose loved ones are still in captivity. The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo told state ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said insecurity in some parts of the country is being worsened by fake news and misinformation. A statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Assistant Media, Segun Adeyemi, said the ...

The Naira opened trading at N429.07 but closed at N430.67 to a dollar on Tuesday, depreciating 0.3 per cent from N429.43 it exchanged in the previous session on Monday, data published by FMDQ website where forex is officially, revealed. Naira ...

A business man, Isma’il Ibrahim, on Tuesday dragged one Zainab Muhammad, his mother in-law, to a Shari’a Court at Rigasa Kaduna, for allegedly refusing to allow his wife return to her matrimonial home. The complainant, Resident at Police Station road, ...

  The World Health Organisation has acknowledged Togo as the first country to eliminate four Neglected Tropical Diseases globally. The WHO made this known during its Regional Committee for Africa meeting held in Lomé on Monday. Between 2011 and 2022, ...

The Nigerian government, on Tuesday, signed a fresh agreement with the U.S. government for the return of over $23 million looted by the late dictator Sani Abacha. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, represented the ...

  Four religious sisters who were kidnapped while on their way to Mass Aug. 21 have been released, according to their order. Sisters Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu were kidnapped Aug. 21 in Nigeria’s Imo state, ...

A couple have mysteriously died at home in Katsina state. The couple, Muhammad Umar and Sayyada Shamsiyya were found dead in their apartment by neigbours around 5pm on Friday, August 19, 2022. According to neigbours, the couple had partook in ...

The National Pension Commission has vowed to go tough on relatives, workers and retirees who fake deaths of contributors to the Contributory Pension Scheme in order the get the benefits entitled to deceased persons. To ensure that a worker is ...

Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, has said Nigerians do not have enough leaders to look up to in the current system. Adiche made this statement during her keynote address at the ongoing Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association at ...

  Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government to quickly secure the release of Azurfa Lois John, a 21-year-old Christian, who was one of the victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack. ...

Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu and her husband are celebrating their 24th wedding anniversary today. Sharing before and after photos of them on her Instagram page, the activist wrote; ”I was 24 years 4 months and 5 days when I ...

Francis Olagoke Oguntulu, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area chairman, Kehinde Oloyede, has been shot dead by some armed men at a party. In a statement from the media office of the LG boss on ...

  Medical doctors across Nigeria may embark on strike if the President Muhammadu Buhari regime and all the state governments do not attend to their lingering demands within two weeks. Godiya Ishaya, the president of the Nigerian Association of Resident ...

Defeated governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, says he is confident the Osun Election Petition Tribunal will upturn the victory of his challenger and declare him winner of the July 16 election won by Ademola Adeleke. Mr Oyetola made the ...

  A notorious bandit kingpin Bello Turji has embraced the peace initiative of the Zamfara State Government as part of efforts to end banditry in the north-western state. Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Hassan Nasiha, disclosed this during a ...