Troops rescue 85 people, kill five terrorists in Borno
Troops of 7 Division Nigerian Army, Operation Lafiya Dole have rescued 85 people, comprising mostly women and children held hostage by insurgents in Borno north. A statement by the army spokesman, Col....
View ArticleSexual abuse: Police deploy 100 female personnel to Borno IDPs camps
The Borno Police Command said on Sunday that it had deployed 100 female policemen to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the state following allegation of abuse of women by camp officials. The...
View ArticleUS election: TB Joshua predicts Clinton as winner
General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, has predicted that the next President of the United States will be a woman. Joshua said this on his official Facebook...
View ArticleGunmen kidnap Akwa Ibom politician, Amaete Akpan Ntuk
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a prominent politician and businessman, Mr Amaete Akpan Ntuk from Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that...
View ArticleFayose reveals why he visited Segun Oni
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Sunday, revealed why he paid a courtesy call on former governor of the state, Engr Segun Oni at his Ifaki Ekiti country home. A statement by his Chief Press...
View ArticleNPFL: Kano Pillars appoint Kadiri Ikhana as new coach
The management of Kano Pillars Football Club has appointed Mr Kadiri Ikhana as its new Technical Adviser following the departure of Muhammad Babaganaru. The club’s Media Officer, Idris Malikawa,...
View ArticleUS election: Clinton narrowly leads Trump ahead voting Tuesday
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a modest lead over Republican Donald Trump in the latest Washington Post-ABC Tracking Poll released on Sunday. This is as General Overseer of...
View ArticleItaly earthquake divine punishment for same-sex unions – Catholic priest
A catholic priest, Father Giovanni Cavalcoli has said that the earthquake that left hundreds of people dead and thousands homeless in Italy is a “divine punishment” for same-sex civil unions, which are...
View ArticleKatsina Senator blames Buhari for Senate rejection of loan request
Senator Bukar Mustapha (APC, Katsina North) has said that lack of regular communication between the executive and legislative arms of government was reason behind failure of President Muhammadu...
View ArticleNational assembly members lament inability to recoup campaign expenses
Some members of the National Assembly have cried out over their inability to recoup the millions they spent on campaigns, prior to the 2015 general elections. As stipulated in section 91 of the...
View ArticleI won’t continue with Mimiko’s orange colour if elected – Jimoh Ibrahim
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr. Ibrahim Jimoh, has declared that he would discard the official colours of the state for...
View ArticleSouthern Kaduna facing worst situation since Independence – SOKAD-USA
The people of Southern Kaduna in the diaspora (SOKAD), United States branch has said that their people back home are facing worst time since Nigeria got its independence in 1960. Among issues raised by...
View ArticleNaira drops at interbank market
The Naira on Monday fell freely at the official interbank market, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The naira exchanged at N350 to a dollar from N328 it traded last Friday. At the Bureau De...
View ArticleBuratai weeps as Lt.-Col Abu-Ali, 6 other soldiers are buried
The Chief of Army of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, wept on Monday as he read the funeral oration at the graveside of the seven military men killed by the Boko Haram terrorists. They are: late Lt.-Col....
View ArticleN500,000 bribery scandal: APC national legal adviser, Banire steps down
The National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr. Muiz Banire (SAN), has stepped down. Banire is currently facing probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for giving...
View ArticleCNPP dares FG over plans to increase fuel pump price
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has strongly kicked against the purported plans by the Federal Government to increase pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol....
View ArticleUS election: Nigerians to vote Clinton, predict her victory
The Nigerian community in the U.S. will vote en masse for Democratic party candidate Hillary Clinton ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential election, Mr Michael Adeniyi...
View ArticleI will not expose my buttocks, partake in sexually explicit scenes again –...
Popular Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel, has confirmed his ‘born again’ status after he said no one will henceforth see his private parts in movies, neither would he feature in sexually motivated movies....
View ArticleMy husband keeps me away from home whenever I’m pregnant – Woman tells court
A mother of three, Kudirat Ajoke, on Tuesday pleaded with an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve her marriage to Baba Mutairu over persistent battering and lack of care. According to the petitioner, a...
View ArticleNorthern leaders involved in child marriages are kidnappers – Rev. Datiri
The President of Church of Christ in Nations, COCIN, Rev. Dachollom Datiri, has blasted Northern elders involved in allegedly converting and forcefully marrying minors. He described the action as...
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