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Police nab 2 secondary school dropouts, uncover shallow graves in Benue (Pictures)
Two secondary school dropouts who were arrested in Osun State by the police led the men of Operation Zenda to the unearthing of six...I’ll leave my twin sister behind if I get somebody that’ll marry me – Kannywood actress, Hassana Musa Abdullahi
Kannywood actress, Hassana Musa Abdullahi has disclosed that despite the bond she shares with her twin sister, Hussaina, she will leave her behind if...Nigerian Gov’t to increase doctors’ retirement age to 65, 70 years for consultants
The Nigerian Government has announced that it is proposing to increase the retirement age of normal health workers and doctors to 65 years and...Kidnapped Adamawa female journalist regains freedom
The kidnapped female journalist in Adamawa State, Amrah Ahmed has regained her freedom. Amrah, a news editor with the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation Yola, was on...- Local
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Police nab 2 secondary school dropouts, uncover shallow graves in Benue (Pictures)
Two secondary school dropouts who were arrested in Osun State by the police led the men of Operation Zenda to the unearthing of six...EFCC recovers $153 million, 80 houses from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has disclosed that the Commission has recovered $153 million from the former...Nigerian army repels Boko Haram invasion on Maiduguri
A combined troops of ground and air component of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on Tuesday evening pushed Boko Haram fighters out of Maiduguri after the...Army to summon lawyer over allegations of 3,000 northerners camping in Okitipupa, Ondo
The Nigeria Army has said that it will summon a legal practitioner, Mr Wale Odusola, for spreading fake news. Odusola, had said there were about...- EFFC
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A General, Nigerian Youths: Making the difference, by Shuaibu Ajani
Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, current and the 18th director-general of the 48-year-old National Youth Corps Scheme, NYSC, is a soldier, an officer, a gentleman and...Mohammed Idris @55: Celebrating a PR Avatar, Brand Builder, by Jibrin Baba Ndace
He would have been a professor if he had remained in academia. He would have been a successful General if he had chosen the...Palm oil packaging business venture, by Chinedu Agbaji
Today’s Agribusiness Palm oil, a product gotten from the processing of fresh fruit bunch (palm tree), forms an important part of the local diet in...TY Danjuma, Nigeria’s present, future (1), by Dr Hassan Gimba
The Arbiter Lieutenant General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, former Chief of Army Staff, former minister of defence, better known as TY Danjuma or TY for short,...- Column
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I’ll leave my twin sister behind if I get somebody that’ll marry me – Kannywood actress, Hassana Musa Abdullahi
Kannywood actress, Hassana Musa Abdullahi has disclosed that despite the bond she shares with her twin sister, Hussaina, she will leave her behind if...Man City crowned Premier League champions after Manchester United loss
Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after Manchester United crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Leicester...“FELA!”: Veteran Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji joins cast of musical on Afrobeat star premiering on Clubhouse
Veteran Nollywood actress and filmmaker Genevieve Nnaji has joined the cast of an audio adaptation of the Broadway musical “FELA!” premiering on the Clubhouse...Table Tennis tourney: 2021 National championships to gulp N4.5 million
The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) has staked N4.5 million for the 2021 National Championships taking place on 18 to 22 May at the...- Drama
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Men in Benin Republic humiliate, beat up 3 crossdressers, force them to strip naked
On Saturday, 1 May 2021, three crossdressers who suspected to be homosexuals, escaped death after they were attacked by some men in the Republic...28-year-old lady hatches duckling from supermarket egg, feels too attached to eat it (Photo/Video)
A 28-year-old Adele Phillips admits she’s a little ‘skeptical’ about eating eggs after she managed to hatch a duckling from an egg she bought...Woman narrates how neighbour paid people to pour acid on her
A woman has narrated how her neighbour who was jealous of her created a fake account, tarnished her name, and then offered money to...Meet Tani Adewumi 10-year-old Nigerian refugee who became a national chess master
Tani Adewumi, the Nigerian refugee in the US who secured the NY State chess championship in 2019, has won yet another competition to officially...- Tribute
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National Assembly passes 2021 budget, raises it by N505 billion
The National Assembly has passed the 2021 budget raising the proposed estimate of N13.082 trillion to N13.588 trillion. This is an increase of N505 billion...Emir of Kano, HRH, Ado Bayero, calls for revival of nation’s economy
The Emir of Kano, HRH, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has called on government at all levels to place a priority on reviving the industrial...Joe Biden’s economic team beats Trump’s goon squad – But it faces a steep challenge, Robert Reich
It’s a good team. They’re competent and they care, in sharp contrast to Trump’s goon squad. Many of them were in the trenches with...COVID-19: Africa to lose 30 million jobs by end of 2020 – Akinwumi Adesina
President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says up to 30 million jobs will be lost in Africa by the end...
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Bauchi teachers urge Gov Bala to confirm Suleiman Madara as permanent secretary
Bauchi State teachers under the aegis of the 'League of professional teachers in Nigeria' (LOPTIN) have urged the state Governor, Bala Mohammed, to confirm...State lawmaker knees boy in crotch during a religious rant in classroom
A state lawmaker serving as a substitute teacher allegedly kneed a male student in the crotch during a religious rant in the classroom. Mark Samsel,...Unilorin mounts CCTV across campus to prevent untoward security breach
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has adopted proactive measures to prevent untoward security breaches by mounting Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), also known as video...Tears of joy as freed Kaduna forestry students reunite with families, colleagues (Pictures/Video)
The 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Kaduna who regained their freedom on Wednesday, 5 May reunited with their family members...After 56 days in captivity, gunmen release 27 students of Kaduna college (Video)
The 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, who were kidnapped have been freed by their abductors after 56...
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Nigerian Gov’t to increase doctors’ retirement age to 65, 70 years for consultants
The Nigerian Government has announced that it is proposing to increase the retirement age of normal health workers and doctors to 65 years and...Travel Restriction: UK places ban on Nigeria, 188 others to curb COVID-19
The United Kingdom has placed a travel restriction on travellers from Nigeria and other countries in order to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19)...Cross River Gov’t to deploy drones to supply drugs, medical essentials to hard-to-reach areas
The Cross River government is set to deploy drones to hard-to-reach areas of the state to supply drugs and other medical essentials. Speaking on Monday...Coronavirus: Nigerian Gov’t restores midnight curfew, restriction on mass gatherings
The Federal Government has re-introduced a nationwide 12: am to 4: am curfew as part of efforts to curtail the further spread of Coronavirus...
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Teenage comedian Emanuella, gets 2nd in 2021 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award nomination
Hally Abdul - 0The teenage comedian is nominated alongside Ikorodu Bois, Elsa Majimbo, Ghetto Kids. Emmanuella Samuel, the child star is a YouTube child comedienne on Mark Angel's...
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Meet Nthabeleng Likotsi, South Africa’s first woman to own a Mutual Bank
Nthabeleng Likotsi is South Africa’s first woman to own a Mutual Bank, after being approved by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). She holds a...Meet Ashaba Faridah, commercial pilot, philanthropist, CEO of Bambino Life Foundation
Ashaba Faridah is a commercial pilot, CEO of Bambino Life Foundation, TEDx Speaker, International Speaker, UN Women Model, Director of STEM Queens Uganda and...Audrey Maame Swatson becomes Ghana’s youngest female commercial pilot
Audrey is currently a first officer with Passion Air, a Ghanaian airline company, flying the Dash8 Q-400 aircraft. She had her primary education at the...Yobe Gov’t disburses N75 million cash grant to 1,500 women (Photos)
The Yobe State Government, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has disbursed N75 million empowerment grants to 1,500 female Internally Displaced...Things to know about newly appointed female FUTO Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nnenna Oti
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) has appointed Professor Nnenna Oti as a new Vice-Chancellor to succeed the outgoing...
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Police nab 2 secondary school dropouts, uncover shallow graves in Benue (Pictures)
Two secondary school dropouts who were arrested in Osun State by the police led the men of Operation Zenda to the unearthing of six...I’ll leave my twin sister behind if I get somebody that’ll marry me – Kannywood actress, Hassana Musa Abdullahi
Kannywood actress, Hassana Musa Abdullahi has disclosed that despite the bond she shares with her twin sister, Hussaina, she will leave her behind if...Nigerian Gov’t to increase doctors’ retirement age to 65, 70 years for consultants
The Nigerian Government has announced that it is proposing to increase the retirement age of normal health workers and doctors to 65 years and...Kidnapped Adamawa female journalist regains freedom
The kidnapped female journalist in Adamawa State, Amrah Ahmed has regained her freedom. Amrah, a news editor with the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation Yola, was on...- Local
- Nation
- International
- North East
- North West
- South South
- South West
- House of Representatives
- Crime
Police nab 2 secondary school dropouts, uncover shallow graves in Benue (Pictures)
Two secondary school dropouts who were arrested in Osun State by the police led the men of Operation Zenda to the unearthing of six...EFCC recovers $153 million, 80 houses from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has disclosed that the Commission has recovered $153 million from the former...Nigerian army repels Boko Haram invasion on Maiduguri
A combined troops of ground and air component of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on Tuesday evening pushed Boko Haram fighters out of Maiduguri after the...Army to summon lawyer over allegations of 3,000 northerners camping in Okitipupa, Ondo
The Nigeria Army has said that it will summon a legal practitioner, Mr Wale Odusola, for spreading fake news. Odusola, had said there were about...- EFFC
- Law
- Military
- Police
- Custom
- Opinion
A General, Nigerian Youths: Making the difference, by Shuaibu Ajani
Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, current and the 18th director-general of the 48-year-old National Youth Corps Scheme, NYSC, is a soldier, an officer, a gentleman and...Mohammed Idris @55: Celebrating a PR Avatar, Brand Builder, by Jibrin Baba Ndace
He would have been a professor if he had remained in academia. He would have been a successful General if he had chosen the...Palm oil packaging business venture, by Chinedu Agbaji
Today’s Agribusiness Palm oil, a product gotten from the processing of fresh fruit bunch (palm tree), forms an important part of the local diet in...TY Danjuma, Nigeria’s present, future (1), by Dr Hassan Gimba
The Arbiter Lieutenant General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, former Chief of Army Staff, former minister of defence, better known as TY Danjuma or TY for short,...- Column
- Sports
I’ll leave my twin sister behind if I get somebody that’ll marry me – Kannywood actress, Hassana Musa Abdullahi
Kannywood actress, Hassana Musa Abdullahi has disclosed that despite the bond she shares with her twin sister, Hussaina, she will leave her behind if...Man City crowned Premier League champions after Manchester United loss
Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after Manchester United crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Leicester...“FELA!”: Veteran Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji joins cast of musical on Afrobeat star premiering on Clubhouse
Veteran Nollywood actress and filmmaker Genevieve Nnaji has joined the cast of an audio adaptation of the Broadway musical “FELA!” premiering on the Clubhouse...Table Tennis tourney: 2021 National championships to gulp N4.5 million
The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) has staked N4.5 million for the 2021 National Championships taking place on 18 to 22 May at the...- Drama
- Entertainment
- Gist
Men in Benin Republic humiliate, beat up 3 crossdressers, force them to strip naked
On Saturday, 1 May 2021, three crossdressers who suspected to be homosexuals, escaped death after they were attacked by some men in the Republic...28-year-old lady hatches duckling from supermarket egg, feels too attached to eat it (Photo/Video)
A 28-year-old Adele Phillips admits she’s a little ‘skeptical’ about eating eggs after she managed to hatch a duckling from an egg she bought...Woman narrates how neighbour paid people to pour acid on her
A woman has narrated how her neighbour who was jealous of her created a fake account, tarnished her name, and then offered money to...Meet Tani Adewumi 10-year-old Nigerian refugee who became a national chess master
Tani Adewumi, the Nigerian refugee in the US who secured the NY State chess championship in 2019, has won yet another competition to officially...- Tribute
- Economy
National Assembly passes 2021 budget, raises it by N505 billion
The National Assembly has passed the 2021 budget raising the proposed estimate of N13.082 trillion to N13.588 trillion. This is an increase of N505 billion...Emir of Kano, HRH, Ado Bayero, calls for revival of nation’s economy
The Emir of Kano, HRH, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has called on government at all levels to place a priority on reviving the industrial...Joe Biden’s economic team beats Trump’s goon squad – But it faces a steep challenge, Robert Reich
It’s a good team. They’re competent and they care, in sharp contrast to Trump’s goon squad. Many of them were in the trenches with...COVID-19: Africa to lose 30 million jobs by end of 2020 – Akinwumi Adesina
President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says up to 30 million jobs will be lost in Africa by the end...
- Education
Bauchi teachers urge Gov Bala to confirm Suleiman Madara as permanent secretary
Bauchi State teachers under the aegis of the 'League of professional teachers in Nigeria' (LOPTIN) have urged the state Governor, Bala Mohammed, to confirm...State lawmaker knees boy in crotch during a religious rant in classroom
A state lawmaker serving as a substitute teacher allegedly kneed a male student in the crotch during a religious rant in the classroom. Mark Samsel,...Unilorin mounts CCTV across campus to prevent untoward security breach
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has adopted proactive measures to prevent untoward security breaches by mounting Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), also known as video...Tears of joy as freed Kaduna forestry students reunite with families, colleagues (Pictures/Video)
The 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Kaduna who regained their freedom on Wednesday, 5 May reunited with their family members...After 56 days in captivity, gunmen release 27 students of Kaduna college (Video)
The 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, who were kidnapped have been freed by their abductors after 56...
- Health
Nigerian Gov’t to increase doctors’ retirement age to 65, 70 years for consultants
The Nigerian Government has announced that it is proposing to increase the retirement age of normal health workers and doctors to 65 years and...Travel Restriction: UK places ban on Nigeria, 188 others to curb COVID-19
The United Kingdom has placed a travel restriction on travellers from Nigeria and other countries in order to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19)...Cross River Gov’t to deploy drones to supply drugs, medical essentials to hard-to-reach areas
The Cross River government is set to deploy drones to hard-to-reach areas of the state to supply drugs and other medical essentials. Speaking on Monday...Coronavirus: Nigerian Gov’t restores midnight curfew, restriction on mass gatherings
The Federal Government has re-introduced a nationwide 12: am to 4: am curfew as part of efforts to curtail the further spread of Coronavirus...
- Kids
Teenage comedian Emanuella, gets 2nd in 2021 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award nomination
Hally Abdul - 0The teenage comedian is nominated alongside Ikorodu Bois, Elsa Majimbo, Ghetto Kids. Emmanuella Samuel, the child star is a YouTube child comedienne on Mark Angel's...
- Woman
Meet Nthabeleng Likotsi, South Africa’s first woman to own a Mutual Bank
Nthabeleng Likotsi is South Africa’s first woman to own a Mutual Bank, after being approved by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). She holds a...Meet Ashaba Faridah, commercial pilot, philanthropist, CEO of Bambino Life Foundation
Ashaba Faridah is a commercial pilot, CEO of Bambino Life Foundation, TEDx Speaker, International Speaker, UN Women Model, Director of STEM Queens Uganda and...Audrey Maame Swatson becomes Ghana’s youngest female commercial pilot
Audrey is currently a first officer with Passion Air, a Ghanaian airline company, flying the Dash8 Q-400 aircraft. She had her primary education at the...Yobe Gov’t disburses N75 million cash grant to 1,500 women (Photos)
The Yobe State Government, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has disbursed N75 million empowerment grants to 1,500 female Internally Displaced...Things to know about newly appointed female FUTO Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nnenna Oti
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) has appointed Professor Nnenna Oti as a new Vice-Chancellor to succeed the outgoing...