A 46-year-old woman, Aisha, on Wednesday lost her 21-year-old marriage to her husband, Ashimiyu, over poor cooking. The petitioner, Ashimiyu, 54, approached the court and asked...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday hiked the Monetary Policy Rate by 200 basis points from 12 per cent to 14 per cent to combat...
South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir, on Tuesday in Juba swore in opposition leader, Taban Deng, as his Vice President to replace Riek Machar. Machar’s whereabouts have...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Zoning Committee, on Tuesday in Abuja, released the zoning arrangements of the 21 available positions between the North and the South....
Chelsea FC midfielder and Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi has been named Captain of Team Nigeria to the 2016 Olympic Games at Rio in Brazil, which...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for merging of government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as part of efforts to curb wastage of scarce resources. Obasanjo...
Two suicide bombers detonated two vehicles laden with explosives at around 9AM local time close to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeping base and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has again postponed the legislative re-run elections in Rivers. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday...
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo-Udoma said the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework would be ready and submitted to the National Assembly for...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has said that there is no leadership crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) because the federation has a president, who was...
At least 19 people were killed and 25 others wounded in a knife rampage at a facility for the mentally disabled near Tokyo on Tuesday, local...
Senate leader, Ali Ndume has assured that there is no impeachable offence against President Muhammadu Buhari and as such there is no contemplation of impeachment by the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to increase the tempo on crude oil exploration activities in the Northern part of the...
The former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin has accused Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three principal officers of diverting money meant for...
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, on Monday in Lagos said there were no longer camps of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-Eastern...
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday delivered messages from the Presidents of Liberia and Gambia to President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo made this known while answering questions...
Dr. Justin Okonoboh (APC-Igueben) was on Monday sworn-in as Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly after the former speaker, Elizabeth Ativie (APC- Uhunwonde), relinquished the office....
For stealing a cell phone valued at N6,000, a labourer was on Monday sentenced to “carry two buckets filled with water up and down a staircase...
The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said on Monday that the authorities are investigating 60 asylum seekers in the country on suspicion of belonging and...
A fire outbreak on Sunday night destroyed goods and properties worth millions of Naira at the old market in Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria (...
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