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Detained former presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, has told the EFCC that he does not have any money to refund to the government. Sources told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Abati told interrogators that he had no immediate means of sourcing the ...

Today, a Kano Magistrates’ Court odischarged all the five suspects, who allegedly killed a trader, Mrs. Bridget Agbahime, in Kano on June 2 over allegations of blasphemy. The suspects, Dauda Ahmed, Abdulmumeen Mustafa, Zubairu Abubakar, Abdullahi Abubakar and Musa Abdullahi ...

Troops of 8 Task Force Division Nigerian Army on a fighting patrol along Monguno-Brimari road, Borno State, today intercepted a group of Boko Haram terorists suspected to be on a mission to loot logistics supplies in surrounding villages.   On ...

The Su-33 aeroplane has been developed on the platform of the Su-27; it is manufactured in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The Su-33 is a single-seat ship-based STOBAR fighter, with upward folding wings and horizontal tail surfaces (for hangar storage); it is equipped with ...

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 ...

Cute picture of 8-year-old Prince Muhammad Sanusi, son of the Emir of Kano, in his full regalia

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, ...

Last, year, Alhaja Asiata Adupe Onikoyi Laguda gained popularity as, arguably, the oldest person living with sickle cell, in the world. Yesterday, she clocked 91 and her elated granddaughter took to Instagram to celebrate her.