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Miyetti Allah blows hot over killing of members
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), Bauchi state chapter, has called on security agencies and government to tackle the activities of outlawed...
Lagos supplementary election: INEC announces winner of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency seat
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Kolawole Taiwo, winner of the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency...
PDP rejects Okorocha’s reason for failing to pay workers’ salaries, pensions
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has rejected claims that the state government’s inability to pay salaries and pensions arrears was...
Lawyers blame police for congestion of prisons in Ebonyi
Lawyers in Ebonyi State under the aegis of Good Leadership and Peace Advocates of Nigeria (GOLEPAN) have blamed Nigeria Police for the increase...
Armed bandits chase mourners from graveyard in Kaduna community
Armed bandits on Saturday chased away mourners from a graveyard in Kagi village, about three kilometres from Science Secondary School Birnin-Gwari, Brinin Gwari...
Dickson probes activities of appointees, PDP leaders during 2019 elections
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has inaugurated committees to investigate the activities of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders and his appointees during the...
Irepo LG Chairman, Adediran-Sulaiman suspended
The Chairman of Irepo Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mr. Hasif Adediran-Sulaiman, has been suspended by seven councillors from the council area....
Osun West: Adeleke reacts to suit seeking his sack from Senate, reveals ‘sponsor’
The Senator representing Osun West senatorial district, Ademola Adeleke has dismissed as laughable and an abuse of court process a suit seeking his...
FG to employ 168 recipients of President’s NYSC honours awards
The Federal Government has offered employment to 168 corps members who won the President’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Honours Awards. The Vice...
Malawi mums and their newborns on their first day of life
British photographer Jenny Lewis has visited a remote district in Malawi to document mothers and their newborn babies on their first day back...
Ajimobi issues strong warning to NURTW members in Oyo
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Friday warned members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state to...
Celebrations, demonstrations and innovation
A selection of photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week: Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christian...
Shugaba emerges new University of Maiduguri VC
Professor Aliyu Shugaba is the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). Shugaba was before his appointment, the Deputy Vice Chancellor...
TCN confirms shutdown of 4 generating plants as blackout hits states
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday announced that the National Grid is experiencing reduced power generation. It said this was due...
Shell personnel abducted, policemen killed
Two staff of Shell Nigeria have been kidnapped in Rivers State. Two police escorts were also killed during the kidnap, The Nation reports....
Boats and moths
Finally, a moth that looks a lot like this model jet, sent in by Roger Warren. The next theme is “spur of the...
