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A woman in Ilorin told a court to dissolve her two year marriage because she refused to stay in purdah, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The purdah practice requires married Muslim women to stay in separate rooms, behind a ...

Police operatives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Obehie in Abia State have arrested a police officer identified as Sergeant Matthew Elah for allegedly snatching a motorcycle from its owner at gunpoint, Punchng reports.   It was gathered that Elah, ...

Police in Borno said nine persons were killed on Tuesday in Maiduguri in a vehicle explosion. Spokesman of the command, Mr Victor Isuku, said in a statement that the dead were all in the vehicle when it exploded. Isuku said ...

Kerosene explosion has killed two children and injured three others in Akwa Ibom State. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred in Ikono Ibom Clan in Uyo LGA. One Mr. Nsikak Michael, a tricycle operator and father-of-3, suffered severe burns ...

An awful accident occurred yesterday at Fiditi area in Oyo state. The fatal accident reportedly claimed nothing significantly less than four persons such as the driver who was on the way to Ibadan for a church program. In accordance with a witness, one ...

EFCC, on Thursday October 27, 2016, secured the conviction of one Mrs. Chika Amsy Charles, who was convicted by Justice D.V Agishir of the Federal High Court Enugu, and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment on each of the 30 count ...

Veteran Nollywood actor, Prince James Uche, who has been at a healthcare facility struggling to survive has become blind. So sad !.Nollywood actor, Prince James Uche New photos and reports which emerged online few hours ago reveals that veteran Nollywood ...

A militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has claimed responsibility for the blowing up of Chevron’s Escravos Export Pipeline at Escravos Offshore. A statement by the group, signed by Major General Mudoch Agbinigbo, said the pipeline attack took place ...

Emmanuel Okechukwu, Ikechukwu Orji, and Chisom Azubuke, all employees at Peakins Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, Mobolaji Johnson, Lekki, as well as two Estate guards – Uchechukwu Ofoepeka and Goddy Ogobi were apprehended following a complaint by the firm’s boss, Isaac Ugwu. ...

According to PremiumTimes, Abati, who was spokesperson to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was arrested today by the EFCC. He is being questioned for allegedly receiving some money from former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.