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Voters in Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government of Kaduna State have hailed the use of the electronic voting system in the ongoing local government election in the state. Those who voted told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the process was easier and faster. … Read more...

An 18-year-old Nigerian, Oluwadamilola Odeyingbo, has died from injuries sustained in a squabble in Chislehurst, East London. Odeyingbo was found wounded in the garden of a home in the street few minutes past 9pm and died the following morning in a hospital, Evening Standard reports. An...

A woman has bathed herself with a substance suspected to be home-made acid. However, she first told the police that a black beggar was responsible for the “attack,” until police investigations proved otherwise and she confessed to the self-inflicted injuries. Lizzie Dunn from Staten Island in...

A native medicine seller in Katsina State, Usman Saidu, has been remanded in the prison custody in connection with the death of a 27- year - old man, Aliyu Yahuza. Yahuza, it was learnt , died after being shot with a dane gun. The deceased was said to have drunk a ‘ bullet- repelling ’...

The Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export Programme says it is targeting the export of about 480 tonnes of yams per month in 2018. According to the committee, the United States has already requested for the supply of five containers monthly, which amounted to 120 tonnes of yams monthly and...