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Assailants believed to be al-Qaeda affiliated attacked and killed five Nigerian and three United States special forces soldiers in an ambush on Wednesday, according to the US military. Two US soldiers were also injured in the attack, and others are ...

Success Nwogu,  Ilorin The Joint Health Sector Union on Wednesday declared a nationwide indefinite strike. JOHESU national Chairman, Mr. Biobelemoye Josiah during a media briefing in Ilorin,  the Kwara State capital, on Wednesday said the strike will become effective on Thursday. He stated that the ...

The University of Ibadan Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday directed members of the union to begin full academic activities as from Thursday, September 21. The directive was given at a Congress of the Union held ...

Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan Odu’a Investment Company Limited on Tuesday inaugurated a N500m real estate project, which was completed in nine months. The project, which is called Ace Estate, comprises of seven luxury duplex apartments with all the required facility, and ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai on Monday evening stated that the Defence Headquarters did not declare the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB a terrorist organization in the country. Speaking during the official launch of Operation Python ...

A suspected thief have met his Waterloo after he visited cut electric cables from a rod at Aro Ngwa, Aba, Abia state and the pole fell and trapped him. Photos from the scene;

A lone and serious accident just happened on the Third Mainland Bridge outward Lagos. The accident involved a Toyota Corolla car with 4 adults and 2 children. Miraculously, they all escaped death. They were returning from an eatery on the ...

In a strange turn around, the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum has urged Igbo people in the north to stay and assured them of safety. The youths also asked Igbos to ignore the directive of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ...

Billionaire Entrepreneur and Chairman of Heirs holdings, Tony Elumelu yesterday visited people affected by flood and mudslide in Sierra Leone and donated $500,000 towards the rehabilitation and recovery efforts. He was joined by former president Obasanjo and president Bai Koroma ...

Son of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Emeka Ojukwu Jr. yesterday disowned Biafra agitators, vindicating President Muhammadu Buhari on his celebrated discussions with his late father on the Unity and indivisibility of the Nigerian Nation. Ojukwu who spoke in a ...