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The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the killing of 16 people, including two Catholic priests, in fresh attacks on Mbalon community in Gwer Local Government Area. Mr Owoseni Fatai, commissioner, told newsmen on Tuesday in Makurdi that unknown ...

Some parents of the the abducted Chibok girls were involved in an accident along Song-Yola road in Adamawa, North-east Nigeria. Sources say the parents were on their way to a parents/teachers meeting at the American University of Nigeria Academy in...

The management of one of the commercial banks attacked by robbers in Offa, Kwara State, has reportedly sacked five of its workers for releasing Closed Circuit Television footage of the robbery to the public. A reliable source in the bank said the m...

Advil, Motrin, Propinal — whatever the brand name, all these versions of ibuprofen sold over the counter are pretty much ubiquitous for an easy ache-and-pain remedy. Part of the reason these drugs are a painkiller of choice is because in low doses,...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike dabiri –Erewa, on Monday described the killing of Clement Nwaogu, another Nigerian in Rustenburg, South Africa as unfortunate. Mrs Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement in ...

The University of Maiduguri on Monday said it produced 78 First Class graduates for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 academic sessions. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Ibrahim Njodi, made the disclosure at a pre-convocation press conference in Ma...

A 50-year-old man, Taiwo Oyelabi, has been arrested for allegedly sleeping with his biological daughter. The suspect, who is currently being detained at the Gender Section of the … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/...

ABUJA—A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Abuja has awarded N5 million against the Nigeria Police Force for the arrest and detention of two journalists, Messrs. Daniel Elombah and Izuchukwu Elombah. Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, ha...

Sulaiman Kazaure, the Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says the increase in corps members monthly allowance would be determined by the new national minimum wage ”when it takes effect.” The official said this on Monday while fi...

A housewife, Amina Aliyu, on Monday asked a Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari in Kaduna State, to dissolve her marriage to Abdulsalam Sani, citing hunger and persistent assault. Amina, a mother of seven children, told the court that her husband ...

A woman in Houston set her car on fire as she sat inside with her three children, at one point declaring, “We’re going to see Jesus,” The Associated Press reported citing police. Police said the woman was at a car wash Sunday (April 22) when she be...

It has been revealed that the 12 suspects currently being interrogated by Police operatives in Kwara State over the recent bank robbery in Offa were arrested through the tracking of mobile phones the robbers collected from victims. Read more via...

The Lagos State Government says it has saved a total of N4.5billion in the last three years since it stopped funding pilgrimages. According to it, the feat was recorded following the decision of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to stop the sponsorship of ...

The Federal Government has denied reports that the ministers who were invited to the US-Nigeria Investment Summit in Washington, D.C. shunned the forum. Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, faulted the reports in a statement on Mon...