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Some of the 344 schoolboys kidnapped in Katsina State by suspected bandits and released on Thursday, six days later have recounted their experiences in the den of the kidnappers.   The pupils were kidnapped last Friday from the Government Science ...

South Africa’s Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshega disclosed that almost 1,500 teachers died of the novel coronavirus. An estimate of 1,493 teachers succumbed to the virus this year. The minister said the 2020 academic year was most challenging due to ...

The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Abdulkadir Jimoh, is dead. He died this morning at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital allegedly of Covid-19 related ailment. The Chief Medical Director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Prof. Ikpeme ...

A security guard took a woman to a car park he was employed to patrol and raped her after she got into his vehicle believing it was her pre-booked taxi. Nigeria’s Sola Austin Warikwah, 39, has been jailed for the ...

A 27-year old Indian hemp farmer, Owalum Benedict Ochin, has been remanded to prison custody by Akure Magistrate’s Court for beheading his friend and roommate identified as Ekon. Benedict was said to have committed the act after a brawl over ...

The Nigerian government has ordered the cancellation of N20 fee for the retrieval of National Identification Number (NIN) on mobile networks. NIMC USSD service to retrieve NIN usually attracts a N20 fee which is deducted from the phone credit balance ...

Burundi’s former president Pierre Buyoya has died in Paris of Covid-19 at the age of 71, relatives said Friday, just weeks after he resigned as the African Union’s special envoy to Mali and the Sahel.   Buyoya, who was credited ...

They were both his friend. They died same day at the same age of 58.  And they are the reason FFK says December 11th was an evil day. Taking to twitter the former minister explains what they both had in ...

President Buhari is presently meeting with the students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State. Recall hundreds of the schoolboys were kidnapped by suspected bandits on Friday, December 11. They were released on Thursday, December 17 in Zamfara ...

Unidentified gunmen have attacked the convoy of the Emir of Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Sanusi Muhammad, killing eight people and injuring others. The incident, according to an eyewitness who escaped during the attack, said, “The Emir’s convoy was ...

Pa Israel Akojede and his wife, Mama Esther, who were married for 72 years and died few hours apart were buried on Friday at the Apostolic Faith Church Cemetery, Ijeja in Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Niger Sector Command, has confirmed the death of six persons in an accident that occurred on Bida/Kutigi road on Thursday.   Mr Joel Dagwa, the state’s Sector Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

Niger State Government has directed all civil servants to stay at home from December 21st, 2020. This is to avert the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, following the increased number of cases in recent times. The Governor’s directive was ...

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANU) is beginning a warning strike on January 4 next year, the President of the association, Adebanjo Ogunsipe, says. In a press statement on Thursday, Mr Ogunsipe said the strike will last 14 ...

Hundreds of schoolboys abducted last Friday from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, have arrived Katsina State. They arrived the Katsina State Government house on Friday morning, December 18, and were received by Governor Aminu Masari. Masari had on Thursday night ...

Russian airline Aeroflot has announced it will designate specific seats on board its planes for passengers who refuse to wear masks. “It is critically important for us to ensure the safety of all passengers,” Yulia Spivakova, a spokeswoman for the ...

A heavy duty truck today lost control on the Enugu road, Nsukka expressway and rammed into a car squashing it beyond repair.   But shockingly, eye witnesses who gathered to help the accident victims, discovered the driver of the squashed ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reiterated the need for stronger synergy between the leadership and the citizens in addressing the multiple challenges currently besetting the country, saying it has become evident that government cannot do it alone.   Obasanjo spoke ...

Osun State Government, on Thursday, directed all primary and secondary schools in the state to proceed on Christmas and New Year break, starting from Friday. This was contained in a Public Service Announcement signed by the Coordinating Director, Ministry of ...

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State, led by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Aminu Wali, on Thursday expelled ex-Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged “anti-party activities.”   The group also accused Sen. Kwankwaso, a former ...

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State says no ransom was paid to secure the release of the abducted students. Masari disclosed this in an interview with a German radio, Deutsche Welle, DW on Thursday night. The Governor said the ...

A medical doctor, Ijeoma Idaresit, who described herself as having a dream of improving Nigeria’s poor health sector, has died in a fire along with her two children. Idaresit, who was until her death, the Conference Director at Postpartum Support ...

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa, on Thursday, sentenced a 29-year-old mechanic, Sola Emorua, to death by hanging for armed robbery.   The defendant was first arraigned before Justice Isiaka Adeleke on January 29, 2018, on two counts ...

Nigeria Thursday night posted 1,145 COVID-19 cases, its highest daily record till date, according to data published by the NCDC.   Two states, Lagos and Kaduna and the capital Abuja accounted for 64 percent of the monster cases. Lagos recorded ...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Thursday, said the Federal Government had done everything possible to please the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end its protracted strike that had paralysed academic activities in universities for about ...