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Ganduje’s aide dares Kano State APC chairman to go for drug test

By Ismail Auwal An aide of Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has dared the State All Progressive Congress (APC) acting chairman to undergo...

NCC staff, family laid to rest after ghastly accident on Saturday

  By Ismail Auwal A staff with Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) in Abuja, Nuhu HammanGabdo and his family have been laid to rest today ( Sunday)...

Breaking news: Court convicts former bank MD, 3 others for stealing N18 bn

By Ismail Auwal A High Court, sitting in Lagos, has convicted Managing Director of the defunct Finbank Plc and 3 other Executive Directors of the...

Breaking: Former acting Chairman of National Population Commission is dead

By Salim Yunusa Alhaji Yusuf Muhammed, former acting Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC), is dead. He died earlier this morning in Anka, Zamfara State. Details later.

Former education minister, Dauda Birma, dies at 80

By Ismail Auwal A former Minister of Education and ex-presidential aspirant, Alh Dauda Birma, is dead. Birma died of undisclosed illness. He was born on 21 July...

Just in: NERC approves hike in electricity tariff

By Ismail Auwal   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has on Tuesday approved a hike in electricity tariff across the country.   The NERC in a directive...

Zulum visits hunters injured by Boko Haram’s landmine

By Ismail Auwal  The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum, has on Saturday visited the hunters injured as a result of a landmine attack. The...

Man sets self ablaze after quarrel with father, siblings

By Abba Gwale   A 30-year-old man, Muhammad Ibrahim set himself ablaze after he had a quarrel with his father and his siblings, resulting in his...

El-Rufai demolishes “sex party” hotel

By Ismail Auwal Kaduna State Government has demolished the hotel where the aborted sex party was to take place. The organizers of the maiden edition of...

Court jails activist for “insulting” China’s national flag

By Ismail Auwal A Chinese court has sentenced a 19-year-old pro-democracy activist to four months in prison for insulting China’s national flag. Tony Chung was convicted...

Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Nuruddeen Muhammad, loses father

By Ismail Auwal Former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nuruddeen Muhammad, has lost his father at the age of 75. He died in the early hours...

Argentine Senate approves bill to legalise abortion

Argentina becomes the fourth country in Latin America to legalise abortion. Argentina’s Senate has passed a landmark abortion bill, becoming the fourth country in Latin...

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