Heartbreak: Woman admits committing adultery
An estranged husband, Alex Imukoro, on Thursday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his marriage because of the adulterous
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Pastor Ashimolowo’s Church under criminal probe in London
The City of London police are investigating an alleged fraud involving a former Premier League footballer who lost £3.9 million from a British
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Burundi’s Nkurunziza shuns peace talks
The government of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi has said it will not attend peace talks scheduled to resume in Tanzania today, although
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Australian catholic church pays $212m to sexual abuse victims
Australia’s Catholic Church paid 276 million Australian dollars (212 million dollars) in compensation to thousands of people who were victims of sexual abuse
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Israel-Palestine: Trump rejects two state deal
President Donald Trump rejected the long-established US framework for Middle East peacemaking at a White House visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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CCTV exposes how Rivers police killed painter by roadside
A painter, Mr. Ese Akpan, had told his family on Tuesday that he was going out to get the money owed him by
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Police arrest Omoni, kidnap kingpin
The Police said they have arrested “a notorious and vicious” kidnapper, linked with recent major kidnapping incidents in Lagos-Ogun axis. The suspect Joseph Omoni, 38
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UK Visit: “The Buhari I saw is healthy”, says Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki, who led a team of National Assembly leaders to visit President Muhammadu Buhari in London, said at the end
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Noose tightens on Akpabio as EFCC seizes wife’s school.
A school allegedly belonging to Unoma Akpabio, the wife of the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been seized
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Police arrest 3 FUT Minna students for protest
Niger Police command this Thursday announced the arrest of three persons in connection with the protest by students of the Federal University of
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Petrol tanker fire raze buildings, banks, filling station in Onitsha
A petrol tanker fire Wednesday night, razed down more than 10 buildings including shopping malls, banks, residences and a Mobil filling station near
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Zamfara Govt House, hospital in darkness over unpaid electricity bills
Zamfara State Government House in Gusau has remained in darkness following the disconnection of electricity supply to the premises by the Kaduna Power
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Bayern Munich destroy Arsenal, Madrid win
Bayern Munich ruthlessly destroyed visiting Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie. The visitors conceded five goals
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Football headers risk brain damage, say scientists
Repeated headers during a footballer’s professional career may be linked to long-term brain damage, according to tentative evidence from scientists in the United
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‘Ojukwu would have joined APC
A governorship aspirant in Anambra state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Ralph Okeke on Wednesday said the late
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Court awards lawyer N20m against Nigeria police
An Owerri High Court on Wednesday awarded N20 million as damage against the Nigeria Police for assaulting an Owerri-based lawyer, Chukwuemeka Amaghiro, in
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Dangote targets one million tonnes of rice yearly
Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group of Companies, says his company plans to produce one million tonnes of rice within the next three
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NCC clamps down on illegal registration centres
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) through its Enforcement Department on Wednesday in Abuja clamped down on some illegal sim cards registration centres. The
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Solanke: Nigerian legal system is bleeding internally
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) , Mrs Folake Solanke, has described the recent linking of judges and senior lawyers with acts of
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FIRS makes N3.3 trillion in 2016
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) made a record N3.303 trillion in 2016, its chairman Babatunde Fowler disclosed in Lagos, shredding earlier reports of the
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Buhari: Saraki, Dogara visit to UK in pictures
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday traveled to London to visit
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Okorocha confesses: Buhari marginalising Igbo •Says nothing to show that South East is part of Nigeria
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State yesterday dispensed with partisan considerations to broach issues of core interest to the Igbo nation when Acting
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CAC workers protest poor welfare, shut offices
Business activities were this Wednesday grounded at the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission in Maitama, Abuja following protests by the workers over
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Nigerian asylum seeker arrested in Switzerland for murder
A 27-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker has been arrested by Swiss police in connection with the murder of a volunteer at the centre run
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Police get FG’s approval to recruit 10,000 officers annually
The Federal Government has approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen every year to address the shortfall in the numerical capacity of the Force. The
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Pro Buhari protests in Kano
Thousands of people, including women and youths, on Wednesday in Kano held a rally, organized by group, ‘’I STAND WITH BUHARI’’, in support
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Suspected killer of Kim Jong Nam arrested
Malaysian Police has detained a woman in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim
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BREAKING: Saraki, Dogara visit Buhari in UK
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and some principal officers of the National Assembly are
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Guinea suspends beauty pageant over bikinis
The government of Guinea has placed a temporary ban on beauty pageants amidst outrage over bikinis. The announcement followed the conclusion of a
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Less than one per cent fake naira notes in circulation – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday debunked claims that about 20 per cent of the naira notes in circulation were counterfeit. The
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