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12-year-old girl married off to 50-year-old man in Benue as third wife rescued

The officials of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued a 12-year-old-girl who was married off to a...

Disrespectful girl locked up, chained in room for eight years by mom

A girl, who was chained and locked up in a room for eight years by her mother in Kaduna State, has been rescued...

US-based Nigerian teenage girl engages in philanthropy, donates tons of clothes, other items to the vulnerable in Abuja

Driven by the need to promote social good and human welfare particularly among the vulnerable, a 19-year-old US-based Nigerian girl, Michelle Ayomide Soneye,...

Kuje prison escapee arrested in Ogun

One of the inmates who fled the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje in Abuja, following an attack on the facility by terrorists, has...

Adding salt to your food at the table ‘increases risk of premature death’ – Researchers

The researchers, led by Professor Lu Qi, of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, USA, say their findings...

Loan utilization, repayment: NIRSAL embarks on monitoring of beneficiaries in six states

As part of its post-Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG) issuance activities, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc  has embarked...

Alleged organ harvesting: Ekweremadu, wife exonerated as UK court rules donor not a minor

The West Minister Magistrate’s Court, United Kingdom, on Thursday ruled that the kidney donor in the case of former Deputy Senate President, Dr...

Africa Cup of Nations moved to January 2024

With the World Cup in Qatar taking place in November and December this year, the decision has been taken to postpone the finals...

Prolonged ASUU strike: NLC mobilizes for national warning strike

After about five months of federal government’s inability to resolve the dispute between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the...

3m Nigerians suffer from drug use disorder, NDLEA boss raises alarm

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that approximately three million Nigerians are suffering from Drug Use Disorder (DUD) as a...

16-year old boy’s eyes plucked by ‘friend’ in Bauchi

A teenager, Uzairu Salisu, has had his eyes plucked out by his ‘friend’ in the Dutsen Jira area of Yelwa area, Bauchi State....

Lagos ranks 171 out of 172 worst liveable city in the world

Nigeria’s commercial hub and capital city, Lagos, has been ranked as the world’s second least liveable urban area due to social unrests, terrorism...

How Forex scarcity, power outage, others trigger food inflation, food insecurity, short-changing of consumers by manufacturers

“How much do you sell your Grand loaf bread?” , a shopper asks a young man who owns a provision shop beside the...

Alleged organ harvesting: Ekweremadu, wife risk 12 months or life imprisonment

Former Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, risk 12 months or life imprisonment in the UK if found...

Nigeria to exit petrol importation soon, says Wunti,  NAPIMS boss 

 He said rather than trying to replace hydrocarbons in Nigeria’s energy transition, the nation’s focus is on how hydrocarbons are delivered in a clean,...