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13-year-old hawker fighting for dear life after brutal rape by neighbor

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   A 13-year-old hawker has lost lots of blood and currently fighting for her life after she...

Lagos Speaker, aides arrested, quizzed by EFCC over N286m fraud

  The Speaker,  Lagos State House of Assembly,  Mudashiru Obasa, was on Thursday quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of...

Another fire rocks Lagos, 8 dead, million of naira properties destroyed

  By Boye Ajayi Few weeks after experiencing a fatal  lfire incident in Lagos, another fire triggered by gas explosion has rocked the...

Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami

FEC approves N654m to monitor illegal frequencies in South-east 

  The Federal Government has approved  N653.88 million to procure and deploy hybrid spectrum monitoring system that will cover the Southern part of...

IMF warns of record debt levels

    The International Monetary Fund is set to revise upward its forecast for the global economy in 2020 following better-than-expected growth in...

Downstream deregulation will facilitate local refineries, efficiency in oil and gas value-chain — Kyari

  The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, says the deregulation of the downstream sector of...

Buhari, NASS leadership to APC: Bridle  your members, frown at lawlessness in the party

The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been advised to whip its members on line to resolve its internal crises....

Concerned Abia Professionals to open isolation centre

  The Concerned Abia Professionals has announced the opening of Abia Care Centre, a 50-bed ultra-modern isolation centre with a functional molecular laboratory....

At last, teachers’ rewards are here as Buhari approves special salary, retirement age for them.

As the world marks Teachers Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has announced a mouth-watering package for teachers including a special salary scale. He also raised...

FSARS ban, greatest relief ever, say Nigerian governors 

  The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has hailed the banning of routine patrol by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other Tactical Squads...

Anti-smuggling operations: Nigeria Customs dissolves, reconstitutes National Strike Force

    By Boye Ajayi   Poised to sustain the present border closure and the anti-smuggling campaign,  the Comptroller General of the Nigeria ...

Sen. Ndoma-Egba to Gov. Ayade: Save Cross-River Judiciary from quagmire, needless crisis of succession

  …extols late legal icon, Mr Oriri Ekom Oriri A former Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) has taken a critical look at...

Qatar accused of ‘under-reporting Covid-19 deaths for fear of losing World Cup’

  Qatar has been under-reporting its Covid-19 related deaths for fear of putting the FIFA World Cup it is due to host in...

Jealous wife kills her children, injures niece to settle scores with hubby marrying second wife  

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Diso village in Gwale Local Government area of Kano State has been thrown into panic and mourning...

NPA CEO Usman re-elected International Maritime Organization Facilitation Committee Vice-Chair

      The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has been elected Vice-Chairman of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...

Ekiti pastor shot dead on his banana plantation

        A part-time pastor and staff of a local government in Ekiti State has been gunned down and his body...