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Drunken soldier fatally shoots Customs officer In Lagos

A bombed soldier has allegedly shot a Customs officer dead at Seme border in Lagos State, Persecondnews reports. The tragic incident, it was...

N2.5bn bulb Onions destroyed by fire in Sokoto

No fewer than 200,000 bags of onions worth N2.5 billion have been destroyed by fire at the Ramin Kura local onion storage facility...

COVID-19: 36 states, FCT to get new oxygen plants — FG

  To cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic and stave off a third wave, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N5.6 billion...

Ogoni: FG reports progress, says 17 contaminated sites cleaned up

At least 17 contaminated sites have been cleaned up and certified in the ongoing Ogoni clean-up exercise, the Federal Government said. It also...

Felling of another high-profile Nigerian in Jos: Police say “some suspects” have been nabbed

Following the cutting down of another high-profile Nigerian and top security officer in Jos, Plateau State on Monday, the Police said it has...

Twitter deletes Buhari’s tweet on “Nigerian Civil War’’

  Twitter, the social media giant, has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets on Biafra civil war, a comment that drew the ire of...

USAID, UNICEF partner to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene for 300,000 people in Northwest Nigeria

  In its commitment to bolster up Nigerian government’s initiative to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara...

Breaking: NECO Registrar, Prof. Godswill Obioma, assassinated in Minna

Barely three days after a political figure, Ahmed Gulak, was assassinated in Imo State, another high-profile murder has occurred in Minna, Niger State...

Ambassador recalled after wife throws caution to the wind, assaults store clerk over shoplifting allegation

An ambassador’s wife brawl at a public store over allegation of shoplifting has cost her husband his job as he is being recalled...

Ex-SGF, Kingibe, is Nigeria’s Special Envoy to Chad, Lake Chad Basin Region

Erstwhile Vice-Presidential Candidate to the late Chief MKO Abiola, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, has been appointed as Special Envoy to Chad and the Lake...

Aborted protest in Abuja: Omoyele Sowore, Saharareporters publisher, shot

  Omoyele Sowore, publisher of SaharaReporters, an online newspaper, has been hit by a teargas canister shot at him by the police in...

2023 polls,insecurity: Restructure Nigeria now, zone Presidency to South, Southern and Middle Belt Leaders tell Buhari

Ahead of the 2023 polls and the worsening security situation in the country, the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has demanded...

Just in: After 40 days in abductors’ den, 14 traumatized Greenfield Varsity students breathe air of freedom

After about 40 days in the bush, the remaining 14 students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, have been released by their abductors. The 14...

COVID-19: Okonjo-Iweala at UBA forum, calls for vaccine equity in Africa for sustainable recovery from virus

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has canvassed tackling inequality in global COVID-19 vaccine distribution for Africa’s sustainable...

Football Supporters in Nigeria extol Sports Minister Dare at 55

  A rare gesture came from the Nigeria Football Supporters Club to the 55-year-old Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on...