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A woman has been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Ebonyi State, for allegedly attempting to sell her three children in Enugu State. The Desk Officer of NAPTIP, Mrs. Florence…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday announced an increment to the death insurance benefit for police officers who die in active service to the State to N10 million, saying that his administration would stop at nothing to…

Corp members are avoiding to participate in the legislative rerun election scheduled for Saturday in Rivers State. Investigation revealed that corps members who are being contacted to serve as ad hoc staff of the Independent…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given reasons why the six houses seized from Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose may never be returned to him. The EFCC said the houses – both in Lagos and Abuja – were…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday came down hard on President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo, who visits Buhari in Aso Rock frequently, accused the president of dwelling on the past. Delivering the keynote at the First…

The Federal Government on Wednesday said while it had met seven out of the eight demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, it could not meet the union’s demand for earned allowance worth N284bn. This, the Federal…

The Lagos State Government has cancelled the monthly environmental sanitation exercise held every last Saturday of the month. The cancellation followed a resolution arrived at in Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting which approved…

Former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, is dead. He died Monday and will be buried Tuesday, according to Muslim rites.  The late Sultan Dasuki, father of ex-National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, was deposed in 1996 by the…

A prosecution witness, Mrs. Fatima Dauda, on Monday told a Federal High Court that she opened a “Visa Gold Account” for the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh. The witness made this known to Justice Okon Abang of…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted bail to a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani- Kayode, in the sum of N50m after he was arraigned on five counts of N26m fraud. Fani-Kayode, a Director of Media and Publicity in…

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, says he will not be tearing his green card yet. According to him, everyone should wait until Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the US on January 20th. Nigerians on social media…

The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on banking and currency and financial crimes to investigate the operations of the internet based wonder bank, known as “MMM Nigeria scheme”. This resolution was adopted by the…

Nigeria’s cocoa exporters are smiling to the bank as the steep devaluation of the naira has resulted in a sharp increase in the naira income from cocoa exports. “Despite a drop in the country’s cocoa output, farmers and exporters are…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, over the Tuesday killings in his state. The meeting was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has expressed that inadequate funding posed a challenge to the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Speaking on Wednesday, when he received a delegation of…

Embattled Ondo state Peoples Democratic party candidate, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim has congratulated the US President-elect, Mr. Donald Trump. Ibrahim on his social media account also pleaded with Prophet TB Joshua over his 'fake'…

An economist and an analyst on Wednesday said the election victory of Donald Trump as U.S. president-elect would not affect the Naira. They told newsmen in telephone interviews that Nigeria should focus more on policies that would…

Residents were left dumbfounded after a young man was apprehended for having sexual intercourse with a goat in Irun Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspect, Afolabi Bamidele, was said to have raped…

Oyo State Government on Monday said it has reduced the salaries of political office holders by 50 per cent. Secretary to the State Government, Olalekan Alli made the disclosure at a news conference held in Ibadan on Monday.…

A middle aged Hausa man has been arrested by the Kaduna state police command over having sex with a female horse.   According to Commissioner of Police, Kaduna, Usman Abdullahi disclosed that the suspect was arrested at the state polo…