75 people to be sentenced to death in Egypt
An Egyptian court said it would transfer the cases of 75 people accused of security-related offences, including senior Muslim Brotherhood figures, to…
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NGO advocates tougher laws against human trafficking
Devatop Centre for African Development (DCAD), an NGO, has called on the Federal Government to make tougher laws against human trafficking, to…
NGO organises free Hepatitis testing for 1,000 Nasarawa residents
Beacon Youths Initiative (BYI), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has organised free medical testing for over 1, 000 people in Nasarawa State to…
Zamfara Speaker demands security over killings
The Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, on Saturday appealed to the Federal Government to provide sustainable security…
13 LG chairmen defect to PDP
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost 13 out of the 23 local governments chairmen in Benue state to Peoples Democratic…
South Africans kill another Nigerian
Another Nigerian has been killed in South Africa, bringing the number of those killed since January 2016 to 121. Mr Chibuzo Nwankwo,…
Twitter begins purge of accounts
Twitter kept to its promise of clamping down on “problematic” and “fake’’ accounts signaling a major new effort to restore trust on…
Buhari set for Lome tomorrow
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart Abuja for Lome, Republic of Togo, to participate in two high-level meetings. A statement by…
New evidence shows far-reaching impact of expanded US “global gag rule”
Researchers shared alarming evidence at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) today of negative impacts of the US Government’s “Mexico City…
Police insist Sarakihas case to answer on Offa robbery
IN response to his letter to Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, a team of police officers, yesterday, stormed the office of…
Customs intercepts container load of military uniforms, other items
Mr Joseph Attah, the Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said the Service seized a container load of military uniforms and…
FG, States, LGs share N821.9 b in June
The three tiers of government, Friday shared the sum of N821 billion representing federation revenue for the month of June. The Minister…
Diarrhea, malaria, malnutrition hit children in Benue IDPs camp
No fewer than 15,000 children displaced by the herdsmen crisis in Benue state who are down with various ailments including malaria, malnutrition…
Arrest, punish those responsible for killings, US tells FG
United States Deputy Chief of Mission Nigeria, David Young, has urged the Federal Government not to allow perpetrators of deadly violence in…
Gov. Okorocha places N20m bounty on killer of APC LG Chairman
The sum of N20 million has been staked as reward for anyone with information concerning the killer of Ideato North local government…
Nigeria Army plans weapon production
The Nigerian Army has produced a prototype for some of its needed military hardware in preparation for the full scale production of…