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Couple nabbed for theft of friend’s 3-day-old baby

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A couple has been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command for stealing a three-day-old baby. The couple, Kabiru Suleiman...

Lagos NUJ poll: Leye Ajayi’s sweet taste of victory as Chairman

  By Ayodele Akinsola   A whiff of fresh air blew on the concourse of media professionals in the nation’s media hub, Lagos...

Breaking: Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona, dies at 60

  A world-class football legend, Diego Maradona, has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest. The Argentine had a heart attack...

#EndSARS sanction threat: FG begins talks with UK Government 

    Following the United Kingdom Parliament’s move to impose sanctions on some officials over their roles in attacking and shooting #EndSARS protesters,...

Buhari may reopen land borders soon

    An indication emerged on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon receive a report of a Presidential Committee on the reopening...

Excitement, gamboling in Africa as U.S. President-Elect Biden nominates Linda Thomas Greenfield, a lover of Africa, as UN Ambassador

      By Femi Soneye     Just as the US President-elect Joe Biden has begun to name his cabinet choices ahead...

#EndSARS protest: UK lawmakers mull sanctions against Nigerian govt, security officials

  The United Kingdom Parliament on Monday took a swipe at the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the attack and clampdown on...

Trump finally agrees transition of power to Joe Biden can begin

  US President Donald Trump has agreed that the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden can begin. The head of the General...

COVID-19: PTF asks schools to send home any child with respiratory symptoms

    The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has directed school authorities to send away any child with respiratory symptoms to reduce the...

Corruption charges: FIFA slams 5-year ban on CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad

    By Boye Ajayi   The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), says it has suspended the President of  Confederation of African...

Recession: SERAP to Buhari: Cut cost of governance, jumbo salaries of senators, others

  Following the sliding of Nigerian economy into the worst recession ever, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu...

Buhari expresses grief over deaths of Ndoma-Egba’s wife, Amaka, Prof. Bida

  President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with a former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, over the death of his wife, Amaka. He also expressed...

After years of intractable funding crisis, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, transferred to Oyo State

  The decade-long crisis of funding that had bedeviled the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso in Oyo State jointly owned by Osun...

Corruption: It’s all over for Magu as Justice Salami Probe Panel recommends his sack

  …Magu’s albatrosses include non-prosecution of ex-Gov. Godswill Akpabio now Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and others, graft, insubordination Mixed reactions have trailed...

Breaking: Black Friday: Senator Ndoma-Egba loses spouse in ghastly road crash

  It came like a black joke but it is true as Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, former Senate Leader, on Friday lost his wife, Amaka,...

FG, governors blame rising food prices on #EndSARS protests, banditry

The Federal Government and the 36 state governors have hinged skyrocketing food prices across the country on the October #EndSARS protests. They said the protests,...