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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...

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...

Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum to Buhari: Act fast, save Nigeria from death

  For the umpteenth time, Chief Edwin Clark, has alerted President Muhammadu Buhari of the death-knell of Nigeria and to act fast to save it....

What We Know About the Shooting Death of Ahmed Gulak …

  Six armed bandits intercepted and shot at Ahmed Gulak, former aide of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on his way to the Owerri airport....

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...

Irredeemable South African serial rapist bags world’s record of 1,088 years in jail for raping 56 women, teenagers

  An irredeemable serial rapist, Sello Abram Mapunya of South Africa may have entered the World’s Guinness Book of Records by bagging 1,088...

Uzodimma says Imo state is safe, calls for prayers

  Governor Hope Uzodimma has reassured Imo indigenes that the state is safe and well protected from any form of violence, incursions and...

Niger State boat tragedy: 156 feared dead

Niger State has been devastated by grief as no fewer than 156 passengers including artisanal miners, traders and some Nigerien nationals are feared...

Human parts seller smashes friend’s head with pestle, sells organs to self-styled “pastor” for rituals

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   For allegedly killing his friend and selling off his vital organs to a man, who claims to...

Nigerians in South Africa protest exorbitant consular charges

  Nigerians living in South Africa on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest against alleged excessive charges by the Consulate General of Nigeria for...

Buhari’s swipe at Southern governors: Withdraw your statement; it’s bad, uncharitable, very unfortunate — Clark

  …. “Statement is capable of causing the country’s breakup. Being the President of Nigeria, it is very unfair and provocative for him to...

Nigeria is a nation and must be kept as one, says Tinubu at Aso Rock

“Nigeria is not just a rat village, it is a nation and we want to keep it as one,” so declared Asiwaju BolaTinubu...

OML 118: NNPC, Bonga agreement to produce additional 2 billion barrels of oil

About two billion barrels of oil will be produced for Nigeria under the Oil Mining Lease 118 following an agreement signed between the...

Deaths of Army Chief, 10 other officers: Nigeria’s security challenges compounded, says Buhari

Nigeria’s Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and President Muhammadu Buhari, who lost some generals and other officers to last Friday’s air crash, says...

Ban on open grazing: Buhari gives Southern governors bum rap, says their stance has questionable legality

  Amid grieving over the deaths of the Chief of Army Staff and 10 other officers, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday took a swipe...