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At least 17 vehicles were at the weekend mistakenly set ablaze by scavengers at Mgbuka Obosi market, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Metro gathered that the scavengers were said to have set a refuse dump in a…

State governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Monday expressed their displeasure on how they were being sidelined in the choice of those being given federal appointments in their states by President…

At least 60 were killed when a packed passenger train derailed between Cameroon’s two main cities, a hospital source in the capital Yaounde said Saturday, giving a new toll the day after the accident. Almost 600 people were injured…

Embattled Supreme Court judge, Justice John Inyang Okoro, whose home was invaded by the Department of State Services, DSS, has alleged that his travail in the hands of the operatives was in connection with alleged desire of  the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged  a review of Nigerian  laws  to enable anti-graft agencies in the country  retain a percentage of  the loot recovered to fund their operations. The Acting Chairman of the…

A prince from the Saudi royal family was executed on Tuesday for murdering a man during a brawl in the capital Riyadh, the Interior Ministry announced. The execution of Prince Turki Saud-al-Kabir is an extremely rare case of a…

The University of Lagos has ordered the immediate expulsion of 125 students of the institution for forgery and academic misconduct. Authorities of the school also rusticated 198 students over various offences including examination…

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has denied reports that he’s planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fayose also described the APC as a collapsing house which will soon be voted out of power. “It is only a mad…

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has completed the acquisition of a gas processing firm,  Twister B.V. with its  headquarters in the Netherlands. The new acquisition was announced in a statement by Dangote Industries Limited…

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State  has sacked his entire cabinet. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this  was  contained in a statement issued in Uyo, the state capital, on Saturday, by the Secretary to the State…

The teenage daughter of US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay died on Sunday after a shooting at a restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., local media reported. Trinity Gay, 15, – herself a rising track athlete – was shot in the neck about…

EXPERTS in plant quarantine department, federal ministry of agriculture, have raised the alarm that the new pest ravaging corn farms in the country is destructive. A team led by an acting director of the ministry, Mr John Abba,…

THE Ondo State government will, tomorrow (Monday), mark the 2016 World Food Day with the graduation of over 400 young university graduates trained to become pro-farmers and agropreneurs. The ceremony will also witness the…

AT least one person was reported killed while 10 people were injured in a renewed Shiite and youths’ violence in Kaduna State. This was coming barely four days after youths killed three members of the Shiite sect at Zango road, Tudun…

Twin boys who were conjoined at the tops of their heads have been separated by a team of surgeons in New York. Thirteen-month-old Jadon and Anias McDonald underwent 16 hours of surgery, and are now undergoing additional procedures to…

-35962 VP Osinbajo this evening led some other government officials to visit the 21 Chibok girls who were released today at the DSS Medical Centre, in Abuja, where the girls are currently receiving medical attention. Speaking during the…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's wife has warned him that she may not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government. In a BBC interview, Aisha Buhari said the president "does not know" most of the top officials he…

This may seem far from the truth but it actually happened in Nigeria where a girl presumed dead resurrected inside the grave. It was a strange sight to behold after a 15-year-old girl who was presumed dead, suddenly resurrected at…

Emir of Kano have professed his love for Jesus Christ while explaining that it doesn't stop him from being a Muslim. The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has reportedly explained that he is a Muslim with love for Jesus Christ.…

The midfielder who scored in Brazil’s 2-0 win in Venezuela on Tuesday October 11, dedicated the goal to his mother. Photo: Reuters Chelsea midfielder, Willian recently lost his mother, Dona Zeze who died following a two-and-a-half year…