“The Police shot at the young man on the head. The young lady, seeing that her boyfriend had been shot at, raised her voice against the policemen, who promptly shot at her also. The young lady Adaobi Ojide died…
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ATIKU ABUBAKAR IS NOT A NIGERIAN, APC TELLS TRIBUNAL
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the Presidential Tribunal that former Vice President and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar is not a Nigerian by birth. According to the APC, by…
Read MoreHOW AFOLABI HID DRUGS ON HER BODY, ARRESTED, EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA – PRESIDENCY
The Federal Government on Friday said that drugs were hidden on the body of Kudirat Afolabi, who was executed in Saudi Arabia on April 1. It said Afolabi was among the 20 persons arrested with drugs hidden in their…
Read MoreCOURT HEARS ORAL EVIDENCE IN $8.4M FORFEITURE SUIT AGAINST PATIENCE JONATHAN
A Federal High Court Lagos, Friday, took oral evidences in a suit seeking final forfeiture of about 8.4 million dollars, and N7.4 billion found in accounts linked to a former first Lady, Patience Jonathan. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Read MoreAFCON 2019: NIGERIA TO FACE GUINEA, MADAGASCAR, BURUNDI
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn in Group B along with Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi at the African Cup of Nations, AFCON, tournament in Egypt in June. At the draw held in Cairo, Egypt on Friday, hosts Egypt will face…
Read More5 KILLED AS FRSC OFFICIALS PURSUE TAXI DRIVER INTO A DITCH
No fewer than five persons were confirmed dead on Friday after a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) van chased a taxi driver into a ditch along the Oyo-Ibadan Express road. The five passengers in the taxi died whie the…
Read MoreFOOD VENDOR FOUND DEAD WITH CHARMS IN HER HOME IN ONDO AFTER CALLING ‘ALFA’ AT EXACTLY 1AM
“By 6am, she would have come out and started selling food to the people, but we did not see her early this morning,” her neighbour said. “We decided to check her room, and knocked the door but she failed to…
Read MoreBURATAI LAUDS TROOPS OVER DEFEAT OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENTS IN DAMATURU
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday lauded the doggedness of gallant troops over defeat of Boko Haram insurgents at Maisadari community in the outskirts of Damaturu, Yobe. In a statement, Lt. Njoka Irabor, the…
Read MoreU.S.-BASED MEDICAL GROUP PLANS REVAMPING NIGERIA’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
A multi-billion-dollar healthcare system in the United States, Montefiore Health System, has expressed readiness to help find a lasting solution to Nigeria’s healthcare problem. President of Montefiore, Prof. Phillip Ozuah, stated this when the Consul General of Nigeria in New…
Read MoreFG STEPS UP YOUTH, VOTER EDUCATION TO CHECK ELECTORAL MANIPULATION — LAI MOHAMMED
Minister of Information and Culture Alh. Lai Mohammed said on Thursday that the Federal Government had stepped up its youths and voter education campaigns to check electoral violence. Mohammed, who disclosed this in Lokoja at a two-day Annual Round…
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