Former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme on Tuesday assured the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of fatherly support.
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Kano Assembly raises panel to probe Sanusi over fresh claims
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The Kano State House of Assembly yesterday raised an eight-man committee to investigate fresh allegations against the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II. Read More…
Couple sells six-year-old daughter for N400,000
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The Commissioner of Police in Cross River State, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, yesterday said they had arrested a couple for allegedly selling their six-year-old daughter for N400,000. He said the suspects were arrested at Ikom Local Council on April 26 following a tip-off. Read More…
Niger Delta indigenes give terms for modular refineries’ takeoff
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The proposed investments in community-based modular refinery projects across oil-bearing states of the Niger Delta will become a pipedream unless government reviews its model to accommodate divergent interests among youths in the region, according to stakeholders of the region. Read More…
Civil Servant Gets Life Imprisonment For Raping Minor
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An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Wednesday sentenced a local government employee in Ekiti State, Ojo Ayodele, to life imprisonment for raping a minor. Read More…
God Brought You Back, Aisha Buhari Tells Freed Chibok Girls
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The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has met with the 82 freed Chibok Girls and assured them of the Federal Government’s commitment to the rescue of those still in Boko Haram captivity. Read More…
Nigerian soldier shoots civil servant in public
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Doctors at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH, Akwa Ibom State, are battling to save the life of a man who was shot in the face by a soldier in Uyo. Read More…
No Need For Debate Over Buhari’s Letter – Lai Mohammed
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the ongoing debate over the status of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo as Nigeria’s Acting President is a needless distraction. Read More…
Plane crash: Family of late Deji Falae sues Associated Airlines, NCAA
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The family of late Deji Falae, the son of a former Governor of Ondo State Olu Falae, on Wednesday urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to hold Associated Aviation Nigeria Ltd and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) culpable for his (Deji Falae) death in a tragic air crash in 2013. Read More…
Reps pass NLNG Bill to end gas flaring, protect environment
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The House of Representatives yesterday passed into law “A bill for an act to amend the Nigerian LNG (Fiscal incentive, Guarantees and Assurances) to make its statutory contribution to the NDDC fund and for other matters connected therewith.” Read More…
BREAKING: Enugu Deputy Governor’s aide shot dead
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Unknown gunmen have killed an aide to the Deputy Governor of Enugu State.
The gunman struck Tuesday night in Enugu, the State capital killing the aide-de-camp, ADC, to Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo. Read More…
Is Buhari’s vacation letter to National Assembly on Osinbajo different from previous ones?
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The choice of words employed by President Muhammadu Buhari in his latest letter to the National Assembly has elicited controversy. Read More…
Nigeria remains hotspot as pirates kidnap 58 seafarers
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As the global shipping sector grapples with the activities of pirates on the seaways, the latest ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) report showed that about 43 ships and 58 seafarers were captured in the first quarter (Q1) 2017. Read More…
Outrage In Bayelsa Over Teenager’s Murder
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The Police on Tuesday prevented what would have resulted in brutal attacks on Igbo traders by angry youths in Biogbolo community in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Read More…
NASS To Pass 2017 Budget On Thursday
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The Appropriation Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Tuesday laid the report of the 2017 budget before the National Assembly. Read More…
Released Chibok girls: Security analyst, David Otto reveals identities of negotiators
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A security analyst and counter-terrorism expert, David Otto, has revealed some persons that participated in the negotiation that successfully saw the release of 82 Chibok girls by the Islamic insurgents, Boko Haram. Read More…
Doctors Will Determine When I’ll Return, Buhari Informs Senate
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President Muhammadu Buhari has informed the Senate that his length of stay in the United Kingdom will be determined by his doctors. Read More…
BREAKING: Cross River senator, Enoh, dumps PDP for APC
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John Enoh, senator representing Cross River central, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Read More…
Zaria gay marriage: 45 suspects jump bail, court orders arrest
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No fewer than 45 out of the 53 suspects of gay marriage that were granted bail by a Magistrates’ Court in Chediya-Zaria, Kaduna State, have jumped bail. Read More…
BREAKING: Finally, National Assembly to disclose own budget after years of secrecy
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The leaders of Nigeria’s federal legislature have finally agreed to make the 2017 National Assembly budget open to the public, ending eight years of secrecy. Read More…
Confusion in Owukpa as residents exhume corpses of married women
No Comments 589 Views | by Liz Ajala
In the extant time, life was lived in the society based on the working system or what could be termed the way of life of a people. It is this way of life that has remodelled the society to what it is today. Read More…
Court orders Police IG to pay N4 million for violation of right
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police to pay N1 million each to four men for violation of their fundamental right. Read More…
Fresh Killings Spark Violence In Kaduna Communities
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An uneasy calm is said to prevail in the Kabala West area of Kaduna South, after three persons were reported to have been killed in the area at the weekend. Read More…
Buhari begins fresh medical vacation in London
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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday night left for London, United Kingdom (UK) to meet with his doctors. The presidency said the length of his stay in London would be determined by his medical team. He transmitted a letter to the National Assembly in this respect. Read More…