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Sokoto State government, Friday said it had uncovered no fewer than 6,000 ghost health workers in the health sector in the state. Governor Aminu Tambuwal made this known at the commencement of Reproductive, Maternal, New Born Child and Adolescents Health Plus Nutrition Programme (RMNCAH+N) …...

Exactly two months and four days after doctors exhumed the body of Fr Peter Kasooli Bwayo in Bulambuli District, his family is stuck with the remains with no clear programme for reburial. The body has been under refrigeration at the Mbale municipal mortuary where the family opted to keep …...

Bogota (AFP) – Police in Colombia said Friday they have recaptured one of late drug lord Pablo Escobar’s top hitmen, Jhon Jairo Velasquez — alias “Popeye” — who was wanted for extortion. Popeye, 56, who was released from prison in 2014 after 23 … Read more via Yahoo News – Latest News &...

Harvey Weinstein marched into a New York police station on Friday morning and turned himself in. He was charged with rape and sexual abuse in cases involving two women; he surrendered his passport; and he was released on $1 million bail. The women who brought charges – one is Lucia … via...

Late popular Nollywood actress Aisha Abimbola aka Omoge Campus was buried in Canada just some few days after her demise.......... via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2ksDsZB Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Nicki Minaj has never been one to shy away from speaking her mind and when a troll hopped on her post to accuse of her not writing her raps, the Chun-Li rapper called out their sexism. Drama started after she took to her page to promote her new collaborative feature, Big Bank featuring …...

Eminem might be one of the kings of the rap game, but the relationship game isn’t one of his strong … via AskMen – https://ift.tt/2s8rHM1 Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

According to reports in Brazil, Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho, 38, is reportedly engaged to two beautiful women, and he’s set to tie the knot in August with the pair Priscilla Coelho and Beatriz Souza. The Former World Player of the Year proposed to the ladies in January last … read...

Soccer’s World Cup organisers divided fans by releasing the tournament’s official song on Friday a fast-paced dance tune titled “Live It Up” featuring American actor and rapper Will Smith. Some on social media asked how the tune’s Latin American feel fitted in … read more via IOL section...

In fulfillment of the promise made by the Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, during the 2018 Workers’ Day celebration in Benin City, the state government has released N1.5billion for the payment of arrears of local government pensioners in the state. The commissioner for Local Government...

A businessman, Innocent Chukwuma, has appealed a judgment of a Lagos High Court declaring him wanted. Mr Chukwuma has also proceeded to the Court of Appeal to challenge the order. In his reaction to the court’s judgment, Thursday, Mr Chukwuma described the action as predetermined … Read...

Ladies please if your spouse shows a slight sign of been an abuser, run for your life, Me i have said my own, Just today we’ve seen over 4 cases of Domestic Violence from Ladies, and another one is now crying after been battered by her dear Husband, … Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA –...

Billionaire kidnap suspect, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike also known as Evans, on Friday again asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere to quash all the charges filed against him by the Lagos State Government. Evans said similar charges were pending before a Lagos High Court (Ikeja Division)...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he is ashamed that Nigeria is now being used as a negative example in the international community. He cited recent instances when the Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, mocked the poor state of security in Nigeria and the naira’s weakening status...

The governors of Ekiti and River States, Ayodele Fayose and Nyesom Wike respectively, yesterday said the deployment of soldiers and police won’t save the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2xe6oO3 Get More Nigeria Political News

Immediate past governor of Edo State, and Chairmanship hopeful of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday stated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements would propel him to victory in 2019. Oshiomhole, who declared … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The knives came out from the young and old and from some unexpected quarters immediately President Buhari made his desire to contest for the presidency in 2019 official. Some of the criticisms against his eligibility were true. Some were false. Many were exaggerated. All of that … Read...

Muslims in Enugu State on Friday unanimously endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwunayi for a second term in office for promoting peace, security, national unity and good governance in the state. Rising from the Jumat prayers commemorating this year’s Democracy Day held at the Central Mosque, Owerri...