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Jan 24, 2020

Doctors suspend warning strike in Nasarawa

Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association has suspended the warning strike it embarked on over an attack on its female member. Chairman of NM...

Jan 24, 2020

Man kills wife with hoe in Niger

Police in Niger State said one Gimba of Maratu village in Nasko Local Government Area of the state, allegedly killed his wife, Aishatu, after a minor misunderst...

Jan 24, 2020

Pensioner receives award for returning N1m excess gratuity

An Abuja-based not-for-profit organisation, Accountability Lab. Nigeria, has honoured a pensioner in Bauchi State, Abubakar Garba, for returning N1million exces...

Jan 24, 2020

Countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus

A SARS-like virus has claimed 26 lives since emerging on December 31 in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Here is a list of countries that have confirme...

Jan 24, 2020

BREAKING: Coco Gauff, 15, stuns title-holder Osaka at Australian Open

Unseeded 15-year-old Coco Gauff beat reigning champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets in a major upset at the Australian Open on Friday. The American prodigy,...

Jan 24, 2020

States working with FG, others to control Lassa fever – NGF

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it is working with the Federal Ministry of Health and other agencies to intensify efforts to control Lassa Fever in the...

Jan 24, 2020

States panic as Lassa fever death toll hits 24

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said the number of deaths associated with Lassa fever in January 2020 has risen to 24, with 163 reported cases confir...

Jan 24, 2020

Operation Amotekun: Govs meet Osinbajo, to back exercise with law

The Federal Government and the governors of the South-West states on Thursday reached a middle ground on the controversial security outfit, Operation Amotekun,...

Jan 24, 2020

Hoodlums invade Lagos community, destroy 100 shops

Hundreds of businessmen and women, whose shops are located in the Alakuko and Dalemo areas, which are border communities in Lagos and Ogun states, were shocked...

Jan 24, 2020

Lagos begins recruitment in health sector

The Lagos State Health Service Commission has commenced mass recruitment of health sector workers to address the deficit in manpower requirements in the public...

Jan 24, 2020

Full Interview :U.S. new visa rules for pregnant women

On Thursday, the Department of State announced amendments to some visa regulations aimed at curtailing what is known as “birth tourism’’ in the United States....

Jan 24, 2020

IPOB condemns shutdown of Nnamdi Kanu’s Facebook page

The Indigenous People of Biafra has flayed Facebook Nigeria for allegedly shutting down the page of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group’s Media and Publicit...

Jan 24, 2020

FG to stop bulk salary release to varsities, polys

The Federal Government may stop the release of funds for the payment of January salaries to federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. T...

Jan 24, 2020

FG, P&ID resume $9.6bn battle in London today

Legal battle between the Federal Government and a British Virgin Island firm, Process and Industrial Development, over the controversial of a $9.6bn judgment ag...

Jan 24, 2020

Wozniacki's career ends in tears with defeat at Australian Open

Caroline Wozniacki's glittering tennis career ended in tears at the Australian Open on Friday when she was dumped out by lower-ranked Ons Jabeur of Tunisia....

Jan 24, 2020

Sokoto re-runs: Tambuwal sues for peaceful conducts

Ahead of the January 25 re-run and supplementary elections scheduled to hold in Sokoto state, Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has urged the supporters of the People’...

Jan 23, 2020

Breaking: Amotekun remains illegal-AGF, Malami insists

..Says Nigeria’s constitution makes no room for regional army For the second time in about a week, the Federal Government has declared the Southwest Securit...

Jan 23, 2020

Amotekun: VP, South West govs begin meeting

A meeting between Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the governors of the South-West states has begun at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The agenda is the sec...

Jan 23, 2020

Armed robbers invade MTN office in Kebbi

The Kebbi Police Command have confirmed the invasion of MTN office in Tudun Wada area of Birnin Kebbi by three armed robbers on Wednesday. The Command Public...

Jan 23, 2020

Alleged $1.09bn Malabu scam: Adoke, 6 others plead not guilty

The former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, and six other co-defendants charged with 42 counts in connection with the controversial 1.09 bill...