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The military has confirmed that an additional four people had died from their injuries in the Deeper Life Church attack in Okene. The National Emergency Management Agency’s central region chief, Ishaya Chonoko, said several people were also ...
Mr Ayinla Kangu of Pakata Area in Ilorin on Monday asked an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve his five-year-old marriage to Raliatu Ologede, over alleged impatience and domineering attitude. The complainant cited an instance when his wife slapped him for h...
The Borno Government said on Tuesday in Maiduguri that it planned to set up six irrigation centres across the state in line with the ongoing agricultural transformation programme The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs,...
Residents of Aba, the commercial hub of Abia, have expressed concern over the filthy condition of the city and its possible health hazard. Some of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Aba, expressed concern o...
The Dandume Local Government of Katsina State has awarded a N20 million contract to tackle erosion menace threatening communities in the area. Alhaji Abdulkadir Muhammad, the council’s caretaker committee chairman, disclosed this in an interview ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that the nationwide continuous voter registration (CVR) has been scheduled to take place after the Ondo governorship election. Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC ...
Condemnation on Monday trailed the request by the violent Boko Haram sect that President Goodluck Jonathan should become a Muslim or resign from office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sect had in an internet broadcast on S...
An as Asaba Chief Magistrates' Court on Monday sentenced a businessman, Edwin Asoro, to six years imprisonment for attempted kidnap The Chief Magistrate, Mr Sylvester Ehikwe, who did not give the convict an option of fine, said that the p...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said that it impounded 50 vehicles during a special patrol on the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway. Mr Fatai Bakare, the Itori Unit Commander in Ogun, told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) ...
A 43-year-old commercial bus driver, who allegedly raped a teenage food vendor, on Monday appeared before a Yaba Magistrates' Court in Lagos on a one-count charge. Felix Adedayo is standing trial before Magistrate Patrick Adekomaya, but he pleaded ...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the Presidency and the National Assembly to urgently investigate claims by the State Security Service (SSS) that it has arrested the suspected killers of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, a former senior aide ...
The Jamaatu Ahlis Sunnah Lil Daawati wal Jihad, popularly called Boko Haram, has said that it would not negotiate with any government representative and had no plans to do so. In a half-hour video made in Hausa and posted on YouTube, the sect called on...
The Ponyan community in Kogi State have staged a peaceful protest over the sudden demise of Mr. Simon Ige Olutimayin,one of the newly appointed commissioners in the state. LEADERSHIP gathered that hundreds of youths of the community, ...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday, slammed the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over its comment on state creation in the ongoing constitutional review by the National Assembly. The ACF had in its memorandum told the National Assembly...
More public outcry and condemnations have continued to trail an alleged blackmailer, Ebubeagu Ekenulo, who was said to have attempted to extort money from the Senator representing Orlu Senatorial District of Imo State, Chief Hope Uzodinma. Ebubeagu was...