The Appeal Court in Lagos has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to pay an account officer in the Akwa Ibom State Accountant-General’s office, Mrs Margaret Ukpe the sum of N1 million for unlawfully putting her name on a wanted persons’ list.
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Peace Ogor a.k.a Peace has emerged the first head of house in the ongoing BBNaija Shine Ya Eye reality show.
Read moreJummai Nache, a Nigerian medical worker based in Minnesota, United States has had the most horrific experience taking Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine.
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill submitted to the National Assembly in June.
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The Traditional Ruler of Jaba Chiefdom in the Jaba local government area of Kaduna state, Gyet Maude, has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.
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The Lagos State Government, through its Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has threatened to prosecute a Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi, for contempt of court over airing a movie about the facts of a case under judicial consideration.
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Yoruba Nation campaigner Sunday Igboho was on Monday scheduled to appear in a Republic of Benin court to face “likely extradition charges to be brought against him by the Nigerian Government.”
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The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Monday admitted two videotapes as evidence against Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, popularly known as ‘Baba Ijesha’.
Read moreYouths from the four Ogoni-speaking Local Government Areas of Rivers State on Monday morning blocked the Eleme-Onne axis of the East-West road to protest the poor condition of the federal highway.
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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu will remain in the custody of the Department of State Services despite a request to transfer him to Kuje correctional centre.
Read moreThe spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has berated the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), over its management of Nigeria, saying that by 2023, the party would have completely wrecked Africa’s most populous nation.
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Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have called on the National Assembly to entrench Electronic transmission of results of elections in the nation’s electoral jurisprudence.
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The government of Benin Republic has no legal basis to extradite Sunday Igboho to Nigeria, but politically, anything can happen.
Read moreDiary Room for BBNaija season 6 house The sixth season of Africa’s biggest reality Television show, Big Brother Naija, as kick into action. The show began on a high note as the host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, took viewers on a tour around the house. “The Shine Ya Eye House” was colorful and has exquisite rooms. Don’t worry, we got you covered. Take
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The Returning Officer, Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Olumide Metilelu, on Saturday declared All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of chairmanship election in Ikorodu Local Government (LG).
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The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and Air Peace Airline have denounced reports that an Air Peace plane crashed in Ilorin on Friday morning.
Read moreA 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who uses multiple identities and wears a hijab to evade security scrutiny has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Benue state along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra state to Gombe
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The police in Edo State on Friday rescued an 11-year-old boy from kidnappers, authorities confirmed.
Read moreThe United States announced on Thursday it has named a special envoy to help Haiti get back on its feet after its president’s assassination and work toward holding long-overdue elections.
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Three persons have been shot dead by gunmen in a reprisal attack by rival cult groups in Ondo town, the headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Read moreNovak Djokovic launched his quest for Olympic gold on Saturday with a straight-sets win at the Tokyo Games as tennis stars toiled in the searing summer heat on the opening day of the tournament.
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US celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich agreed to pay $600,000 in a settlement to 20 former employees over sexual harassment allegations, the New York Attorney General said Friday.
Read moreFour competitors including a shooting world number one saw their Tokyo Olympic dreams dashed on Wednesday after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Read moreChina claimed three gold medals on the first day of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday and cyclist Richard Carapaz became just the second competitor in Ecuador’s history to top the podium, with victory in the road race.
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday said certain people are working behind the scenes after Yoruba Nation campaigner Sunday Igboho was arrested in the Republic of Benin.
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The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has backed the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah over his recent comments on insecurity.
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Sixty-six passengers onboard an Air Peace aircraft narrowly escaped death as the plane’s tyre burst on landing at the Ilorin Airport in Kwara State.
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Many eligible voters failed to turn up as local government elections were held in Lagos and Ogun states on Saturday.
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Enugu State Government has confirmed the outbreak of cholera at the new Artisan Market in Enugu metropolis.
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Germany’s Olympic team walked off the pitch during their friendly with Honduras after defender Jordan Torunarigha was allegedly racially abused.
Read moreUgandan weightlifter, Julius Ssekitoleko has fled from camp in Japan after he failed to qualify for the games in Tokyo.
Read moreThe U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed a rare case of human monkeypox was detected in Texas.
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The Federal Government says, in line with operative conventions and laws, it will take possession of the 1,130 looted Benin bronzes being expected from Germany.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has designated Dangote Sugar Refinery, Bua Sugar Refinery and Golden Sugar Company as the sole importers of sugar.
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has accused President Buhari of deceit and hypocrisy over his stand on open grazing for cattle.
Read moreA man known as the “Hollywood Ripper” was sentenced to death Friday for the gruesome killings of two women in their homes in the early 2000s.
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The tenure of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has again been extended for another three months.
Read moreCandidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (PDP) in the Anambra Election, Valentine Ozigbo has announced that he is still in the governorship race.
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A 37-year-old man, Adeyemi Morenikeji, has been sentenced to death after he was found guilty of killing one Mrs Racheal Ayanwale, his boss’s wife.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday suggested it has the capacity to transmit election results electronically from remote areas across the country.
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The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Amendment Bill, moments after opposition lawmakers walked out of the heated session at the National Assembly chambers in Abuja on Friday.
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An emotional Britney Spears scored a victory in her bid to end her father’s control of her affairs Wednesday, as a judge ruled she could appoint her own lawyer to help end a guardianship that the pop superstar slammed as “cruelty.”
Read moreNigeria’s consumer price index (CPI), a measurement of the rate of change in prices of goods and services, has declined to 17.75% in June from 17.93 recorded in May 2021.
Read moreMany cars were partially submerged in Marina Lagos Island on Friday as heavy rainfall persisted for more than eight hours.
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The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Kukah of misrepresenting facts and deliberately exploiting the nation’s diversity to further his undisguised agenda against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
Read moreA Nigerian Olympic official has become the first visitor to the Tokyo Games to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19, broadcaster TV Asahi said on Friday.
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Nigeria is seeking $1 billion so work can continue on a gas pipeline costing up to $2.8 billion after Chinese lenders failed to disburse cash as quickly as expected.
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A group of rich countries said on Friday that it would cancel much of the debt owed by Sudan to help the country back into the international fold.
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Authorities of Edo State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, on Wednesday arrested four women in Benin City, the State capital, for allegedly selling donkey meat, known as ‘jaki’ to unsuspecting buyers at the New Benin Market.
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