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Suspected Fulani herdsmen, numbering at least nine, have attacked the palace of Onigedegede of Gedegede in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, threatening to kill the monarch, Oba Walidu Sanni. The monarch said the suspected herdsmen stormed his ...

Life imprisonment, fine against rapist Katsina State government on Friday announced stiffer penalty of a death sentence against kidnappers and cattle rustlers in the state. This was also as it penciled life imprisonment against rapist as well as fine and ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested four suspected fraudsters for an alleged involvement in internet crimes. The suspects are: Salako Segun, Bryan Emeka, Jason Odunola and Daniel Ezo. The suspects were arrested on Friday, ...

“It is really me, l assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and l’m still going strong. I only get harassed by my grandchildren; they are getting too many.”   He made the declaration in Poland while reaching ...

He was admitted to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, on Tuesday, but passed on in the early hours of Saturday. He was 83 years old at the time of his death. Sun re o !

The Nigerian Union of Traders Association Ghana (NUTAG), has commended President Mohammadu Buhari-led government, ECOWAS, Ghanaian authority and others for their intervention in the reopening of Nigerians shops in Ghana. The President of NUTAG, Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, said this in ...

The meeting of the committee set up to reach an agreement on a new national minimum wage has ended in stalemate. However, this end is only temporary, as the committee is set to reconvene at 10pm. Briefing journalists at the ...

A 23-year-old Nigerian footballer, Ekundayo Ebenezer Mawoyeka, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match, yesterday, in Turkey. The Sarayköyspor striker collapsed in the 35th minute of his side’s match against Yeşilköyspor at the Servergazi Stadium and was ...

President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Abuja his administration will continue to implement policies that will make Nigeria’s economy, which is already looking good, better. Speaking at an audience with Mr Jesper Kamp, the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of ...

Patrick Obahiagbon, former house of representatives member and the aspirant for the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Edo south senatorial district, has reacted to the death of a former works minister and elder statesman, Tony Anenih, whose death was announced ...