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People have been left in a state of shock in Ughelli, Delta State after a female banker took her own life over her husband’s alleged infidelity. Read more via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2pc4cj1 Get More Nigeria Metro News

A woman who was just about to get married, has ended up suffering a really tragic fate after celebrating her bachelorette party, Read more via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2IgYx3P Get More Nigeria Metro News

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has debunked speculations that Alexis Sanchez is not happy at the club. Sanchez moved to Old Trafford in January from Arsenal. The Chilean has scored only once in nine appearances for United in all competitions. Mourinho was asked whether Sanchez was...

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr will be left frustrated over the fitness of two players he has called up for the pre-World Cup friendlies against Poland (March 23) and Serbia (March 27). Ebuehi Tyronne Ebuehi was substituted in his team’s 2-0 loss to Umar Sadiq’s NAC Breda in … read more via...

Coach Abdullahi Biffo has said that Katsina United could have got a result at Lobi Stars, but his team failed to put away the several chances they created. read more via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2HrERsJ --------------- Get More Nigeria Sports News

As the deadline for the tax amnesty period under the Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), draws near, Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr. Tunde Fowler, in this interview, gives more perspective to the scheme. Excerpts: By Emeka Anaeto and Prince Okafor You set a...

No less than 16 people were killed while another 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in Rwanda, said a local official on Sunday. Fourteen victims were killed on the spot as lightning hit the church in the Nyaruguru district in the Southern Province on … Read...

Lawyers at the weekend expressed worry over influx of fake lawyers despite policy of Seal and Stamp put in place by their umbrella body—the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). FOLUSO OGUNMODEDE reports Notwithstanding a policy of seal and stamp put in place to curb infiltration of quacks or … Read...

Worried by increasing traffic gridlock across the state, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State Government has directed the State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) to collaborate with the federal government agencies and the drivers’ unions...

Many people have been injured in Ughelli area of Delta state – The incident occurred when a cow went berserk at the Awhinawhin area of Oghenevweta street – The cow was being led to slaughterr when it went … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian newspapers 24/7 –...

The Nigerian Army has arrested asuspected kidnapper Okene local government area of Kogi state – The kidnapper is said to have been involved in the killing of an Army Corporal, Mamman – The Nigerian Army has arrested a … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian...

Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), sitting in a plenary session have elected Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji of Nigeria as President of the Court for a three-year term with immediate effect. Judge Robert Fremr from Czech Republic … Read more via The Guardian...

By Ola Ajayi IBADAN—THE Teachers Registration Council, TRCN, has threatened to take decisive action against the 13 debtor governors owing their teachers backlog of salaries and other allowances despite the bailouts they had received from the Federal Government. The Chief Executive and Registrar...

SMOG… AIR POLLUTION PHOTO CREDIT: http://ift.tt/2IjWoEp Air pollutants like smog is more likely to make you ill than the Deoxy ribonucleic Acid (DNA)/genetic material you inherited from your parents, a new study claims. Little is known about how damaging environmental factors … Read more via...

By Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu Worried by the deplorable state of roads in the South-east Zone, governors of the zone rose from a closed door meeting last night in Enugu with a resolve to to construct a Ring road covering a total area of 450 kilometers that would connect … Read more via...

Bayode, who recently broke the Guinness book of records for Longest Marathon Read Aloud contest spoke to OSA AMADI, Arts Editor and Chris Onuoha at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, where he was lodged to recuperate from the ordeal he passed through achieving the feat. Olubayode Tresures … Read...

No fewer than eleven persons have been allegedly killed in a renewed communal clash that ensued between two communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. DAILY POST gathered that the clash, which broke out on Thursday between Beebo and Okwabang communities, lasted till Saturday...

Image copyright EPA Image caption At a rally on Friday, Patricia Ramirez (l) and Angel Cruz (c) appealed to whoever had their son to return him home The body of a missing boy has been found in the boot of a car being driven by his father’s partner, … Read more via BBC News –...

Monika was minutes away from becoming one of India’s many child brides when she sabotaged her parents’ plans to marry her off. The teenager is one of a growing number of girls in India rebelling against the outlawed but still widely practised custom of child marriage. Click here … Read more via...