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A 2022 Batch B Youth Corp member deployed to Nasarawa State, Friday morning, slumped and died at her place of primary assignment, PPA, Government Junior Secondary School, Mangar, Farin Ruwa Development Area, Wamba Council Area. Late miss Ajang Blessing Ajiji, ...

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Friday defended Nigeria’s worsening economic indicators with a reference to global conditions. According to Mr Fashola, the cost of living is not only rising in Nigeria but across the world. He ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of a vacant plot of land situated at plot 13, Block 1, Oniru Chieftaincy Family Private Estate, Lekki, Lagos linked to Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Nigeria ...

J.K. Rowling has slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin after he compared the West’s treatment of his country to a public backlash faced by the Harry Potter author. In a message shared on her Twitter account on Friday, the writer said ...

Ebelechukwu Obiano, the wife of former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has finally apologized for fighting with a former Ambassador to Spain, Bianca Ojukwu. Ebele and Bianca engaged each other in a messy fight on Thursday, March 17, during the inauguration of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has been told to sack himself as the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources. Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, is asking the President to resign without further delay, having shown clearly that he would ...

Former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday, donated the sum of N1 billion for the establishment of a Centre of Leadership Development at the Lagos State University. The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, who represented Tinubu, ...

The kidnapped son of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Ali Isa Pantami, has been reportedly found at a checkpoint in Bauchi. According to Daily Trust, the Minister’s son, Alamin Isa Pantami, was found on Friday at a ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja admonished the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to avoid being used for partisan politics or to settle personal disputes. The president gave the warning at the unveiling of EFCC’s Standard Operating Procedures, ...

Did you miss FirstBank’s recent webinar on 8 March 2022, to commemorate the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD) – themed Breaking the Bias – and are yet to recover from the grumble of missing the event, following the experiences and ...

Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has assured personnel nationwide of salary increment. The IGP stated that President Muhammadu Buhari already approved the implementation and will soon take effect. Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Research & Planning and Supervising) Johnson Babatunde ...

A mother of two simply known as Tina Idoroyen, has allegedly put her five-year-old daughter’s hands in hot water for stealing her fish. The survivor lives with Idoroyen, her biological mother and elder sister at N02, Gregory Street, Ikot Ansa ...

    The Federal Government has disclosed that the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta states, scheduled for completion in February 2022, is now 91 per cent completed. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this announcement on ...

  Members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Oyo State have asked Governor Seyi Makinde to warn members of the Park Management System against further threatening them or attacking them in order to avoid bloodshed. The NURTW ...

The Kano State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old man, Abdulsamad Suleiman, of Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Gwale, Kano, alongside an accomplice, Mu’azzam Lawan, 17, over the alleged murder of a housewife. The spokesman for the state police command, SP Abdullahi ...

An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Wednesday, sentenced one Tunmise Abraham to death by hanging for raping and killing his landlady, Bukola Olanrewaju. Abraham was found guilty of raping and killing his landlady at Olorunda Zone 7, Adebayo area of Ado-Ekiti ...

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, Monday, announced the appointment of a former mayor of London, Anambra-born Ernest Ezeajughi, as chief of staff. Mr Soludo also announced the appointment of Ben Chiobi as his special adviser on security and Richard ...

A teenage student allegedly killed two teachers at a high school in southern Sweden on Monday – then reportedly called police and confessed to the grisly attack. The 18-year-old suspect allegedly carried out the killings on the third floor of ...

Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday night that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild” cold-like symptoms. The former secretary of state revealed her diagnosis on Twitter, where she said she is “feeling fine” and credited vaccines for protecting ...

Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed a bill to prevent open defecation across the state. The bill was passed on Tuesday during the House plenary presided by the Speaker, Hon Idris Garba Jahun. He said the bill is aimed ...

    Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal tour of the Caribbean in celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee continues to encounter resistance as a movement to remove the monarch as head of state of Jamaica is reportedly gaining traction. ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State have disclosed that it has appealed the Federal High Court Judgment and also filed a motion for a stay of execution. This was contained in a release by the Special Adviser, ...

A toddler has died after being mauled to death by a ‘stocky Staffordshire terrier or Pitbull’, tearful neighbours have said. Bella-Rae Birch was 17-months-old when she suffered fatal injuries after being attacked by the pet, which the family only bought ...

A woman has set her 10-year old daughter on fire. Operatives of the Ogun State police command have arrested a housewife and mother of five for pouring petrol on her 10-year-old daughter and setting her ablaze. The suspect, Aisha Tijani, ...

Tens of thousands of girls were due to return to secondary school across Afghanistan Wednesday, more than seven months after the Taliban seized power and imposed harsh restrictions on the rights of women to be educated. All schools were closed ...