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PHOTOS: Taxi drivers protest humiliation, unlawful arrest in Abuja
Taxi drivers in Wuse market, Abuja, are protesting the humiliation, unlawful arrest and detention by police and the joint task force on Wednesday. Photos: Olatunji obasa
View ArticleFCE Pankshin expels nine students, rusticates one over exam malpractice
The Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau has expelled nine students and rusticated one for various examination malpractices, the Provost, Dr Amos Cirfat, has said. Cirfat on Wednesday in...
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[PHOTOS] Buhari presides over FEC meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House in Abuja. See the photos: President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at...
View ArticleLift up your hearts, not your cell phones, Pope tells selfie-loving priests
Pope Francis on Wednesday chastised priests and bishops who take pictures with their cell phones during mass, saying they should focus on God instead. Francis told tens of thousands of people at his...
View ArticleI feed, clothe my husband yet he beats me – Estranged wife
An Idi-Ogungun Customary court sitting at Agodi, Ibadan, on Wednesday has dissolved the eight years marriage between Abayomi Idowu and his wife over complaints of brutality and lack of care by the...
View ArticleProbe deaths of 26 Nigerian female migrants, FG tells UN
Nigeria on Wednesday called for an international inquiry after 26 women and girls drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. The bodies of the victims – all believed to be Nigerians –...
View ArticleUS tourist, 20, falls to death from Myanmar temple
A 20-year-old American tourist fell to her death while trying to view the sunset from a 20-foot pagoda in Myanmar’s ancient former capital of Bagan, the government said Wednesday. The traveller,...
View Article[BREAKING] Misau: Finally, IG appears before Senate panel
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has arrived before the Senate ad hoc committee set up to investigate the allegations and counter-allegations between him and Senator...
View ArticlePDP chairmanship: My corruption trial not an obstacle –Daniel
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja A former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, has said his trial for alleged corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is not a threat to his desire to run for...
View ArticleFord, Chinese firm to invest $756m on electric cars
US auto stalwart Ford announced on Wednesday a $756 million investment with its Chinese joint venture to produce electric cars, just as US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for thorny trade...
View ArticleArmy denies forcing Boko Haram suspects to drink urine
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday denied forcing the 486 Boko Haram suspects arrested on their way from Jigawa to Port Harcourt on June 15, 2014, in 33 buses to drink urine. Army witness, Maj. Chudi...
View Article[BREAKING] Maina: Senate panel meets FG officials behind closed doors
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate ad hoc committee investigating the controversial reinstatement of the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdul-Rasheed Maina, into the service of...
View ArticleAgain, gunmen attack Plateau villagers, kill 11
Friday Olokor, Jos About 11 persons have been confirmed dead during an attack carried out by unknown gunmen at Rim Dyan community junction in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The PUNCH was...
View ArticleAlleged N1.2bn fraud: FG asks court to seize Peace Corps’ assets
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal Government, on Wednesday, urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to make an order of interim forfeiture to enable it to take over the assets and the headquarters of the...
View ArticleJAMB delists 72 CBT centres
Chux Ohai The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said that it delisted about 72 designated Computer-based test centres for engaging in various acts of misconduct during the 2017 Unified...
View ArticleSenate indicts CBN over MTN’s $13.9bn repatriation
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate has blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria in its investigation of the alleged illegal repatriation of $13.9bn by telecommunication giant, MTN. Adopting the report by the...
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Catalan parliament speaker to appear in court for sedition
The speaker of the Catalan parliament is due to appear before a Spanish court Thursday accused of sedition for declaring independence, after a union strike over the detention of separatist leaders...
View ArticleItaly arraigns two suspects over 26 Nigerian women’s death
Olaleye Aluko with agency report The police in Italy have arrested and charged two men, Al Mabrouc Harar and Mohamed Al Bouzid, to court over the deaths of 26 Nigerian women while trying to cross the...
View ArticleOgun lawmaker sues police for alleged assault
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Majority Leader of Ogun State House of Assembly, Yinka Mafe, has said he has instructed his lawyer to institute a legal action against the Nigeria Police Ogun State...
View ArticleControversy over alleged $1.4m scam in defence ministry
General detained, court-martialled Military denies messy contract deal I have not been briefed –Buhari’s spokesman Olalekan Adetayo and Olaleye Aluko with agency report TheRE was controversy on...
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