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Gunmen in the early hours of Friday stormed Birshin Fulani, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis, and kidnapped a nursing mother of three children, Mrs Rukayyat Odedoyin.

Bandits kidnap over 30 travellers in Niger

4 hours ago

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday, said preferences placed on paper qualifications by employers in Nigeria is responsible for high incidences of examination malpractices in JAMB.

JAMB registrar: Paper qualifications responsible for exam malpractices

5 hours ago

Some landlords in Igbogbo-Baiyeku area in Ikorodu, Lagos State, have again appealed to the state government to urgently pay them compensation, four years after their houses were demolished for road project.

Lagos landlords ask governor to pay compensation for demolished houses

6 hours ago

NDIC insured financial institutions now to pay premium based on assessed risks

8 hours ago

Village head, over 1000 residents, 200 houses sacked by flood in Akwa Ibom community

8 hours ago

SEMA trains 100 women on nutrition preparedness in Kaduna

9 hours ago

Prosecutors failed to attend Tuesday’s hearing at the federal high court in Lagos, having previously failed to present some of their witnesses in a case that had been adjourned on several occasions.

Brothers docked for ‘defrauding’ accommodation seeker of N.75m

9 hours ago

The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, on Thursday announced the appointment of Mr Yomi Odunuga as his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.

2023: Senator Omo-Agege vows to sack PDP in Delta

10 hours ago

Njaba Local Government Council in Imo did not inform the police about its Tuesday’s meeting with traditional rulers where gunmen killed two of the rulers.

Police say not informed about meeting where Imo monarchs were killed

10 hours ago

A Nigerian police officer holds a bunch of handcuffs in Abuja on October 3, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun-Channels TV

Cleric arrested for ‘impregnating’ minor in Ondo

10 hours ago

Mali’s government said on Tuesday that it asked the country’s main Islamic body to open peace talks with leaders of al Qaeda’s local affiliate in an effort to end a decade of conflict.

Ignoring France, Mali tells Muslim leaders to open talks with Al Qaeda group

13 hours ago

Captive Ethiopian army soldiers get their water ration in a prison in the outskirts of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, July 7, 2021. REUTERS-Giulia Paravicini-File Photo

TV: Second air strike this week hits capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray

13 hours ago

A Texas court has convicted a nurse of capital murder after the jury found him guilty of injecting air into the arteries of four patients, leading to their death.

Nurse guilty of murdering 4 patients by injecting them with air

14 hours ago

FILE PHOTO - A Taiwanese flag flaps in the wind in Taoyuan, Taiwan, June 30, 2021. REUTERS-Ann Wang-File Photo

Taiwan says odds of war with China in next year ‘very low’

14 hours ago

Manchester City delivered a dominant Champions League performance to sweep past Club Brugge 5-1 on Tuesday and re-emphasise their status as major contenders for a first European title.

Manchester City crush Brugge to re-energise Champions League push

1 day ago