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Another Christmas Tragedy: DSS officer’s bullet misses his boss’ fleeing Christmas cow, kills domestic staff

Another Christmas Day tragedy has been recorded, this time at Alor in Idemili South Council Area of Anambra State as a middle-aged man...

Fresh facts about deaths of vacationing UK RCCG pastor, Diya, two children in Spain

  More facts have emerged about the deaths of South-East London Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Gabriel Diya, his...

Christmas Eve tragedy: Vacationing RCCG Pastor, Diya, two children die in Spain

  A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Britain, 52-year-old Gabriel Diya, has lost his vacationing daughter and son...

Impassable roads: Bauchi locals  ferry expectant mothers, sick to hospitals on donkeys

  By Kunle Akinsola A Stone Age use of donkeys as means of transportation has resurfaced in Bauchi State in North Central Nigeria...

Buhari says conscious of his place in history after tenure

  Conscious of finishing well, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday that at the expiration of his tenure in 2023 he hoped history...

Another Nigerian, the Eighth in 2019, “dies” in Maryland, U.S. jail cell

    Another Nigerian has died in ICE custody in Maryland, United States, making the eighth to suffer such fate in 2019 alone....

Merry Christmas and a Happy Prosperous New Year!

  One million thank yous to all our wonderful readers and supporters. Where would we be without you? No, literally: where? You’re the...

BREAKING : Justice Minister, Malami, Orders DSS : Release Dasuki, Sowore Now

Like a thunderbolt, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has directed the Department of State Service (DSS)...

N7.65bn Fraud: Court denies Orji Kalu bail, remains in prison

Says no evidence to prove ill health   A federal high court in Lagos on Monday, dismissed Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s bail application...

Just In: Sowore: Trial Judge Disqualifies Himself From Rights Enforcement Suit

A Federal High Court judge in Abuja, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, on Monday disqualified himself from hearing the fundamental rights enforcement suit by the...

Exam malpractice: UniAbuja dismisses 28 post-graduate students, 72 others

  As penalties for examination malpractice, authorities of the University of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, says it has expelled 100 students. Out of the...

Saudi Arabia sentences 5 people to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

A Saudi court Monday handed death sentences to five suspects charged in connection to the gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Three others...

Crude Oil, Gas Export Sale: NNPC Nets $355.93m In Sept.

    … a 52.84 Per Cent Increase Over August’s   Crude oil and gas export sale of $355.93 million was recorded in...

Benin, Togo, 6 other Francophone West African countries dump CFA, adopt new currency

…French President Macron endorses decision Eight French-speaking countries in the West African region have dumped the CFA, severing links with their former colonial...

CBN reduces electronic transfer, ATM charges, others

…slams N2m fine on erring banks The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intervened and pared down some bank charges including electronic transfer,...

Disputed polls: In one fell swoop, Nigeria’s Apex Court clears eight governor

  Supreme Court affirms Makinde, Sanwo-Olu, El-Rufai, five others’ elections   In one fell swoop, eight governors have been cleared by the nation’s...