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Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has given Super Eagles defender, Shehu Abdullahi, a house, plot of land and money. The governor also assured the player of free sponsorship to attend hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Shehu, and indigene of Sokoto, was one of … read more via...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has signed a new long-term contract with the club, the Premier League side said, yesterday. Salah had a remarkable first season with Liverpool, scoring 44 goals in all competitions and helping the club reach the Champions League final. He was named the PFA...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that Kebbi State recorded the lowest rate of reported crimes with 2,915 cases, representing two percent of total cases nationwide in 2017. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the year under review, the total number of reported crimes...

For the second consecutive year, Nigeria has been placed on Tier-2 Watchlist by the United States government for failing to meet minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The latest report accused the Nigerian government of turning a blind eye to allegations of trafficking levelled...

A lovely couple based in Warri, Delta state are currently trending online after showing Nigerian husbands how to take care of their wives during their pregnancy. The pictures show how the pregnant wife had issues with fixing.... Read more via Nairaland Forum – https://ift.tt/2KuQ7dK Get...

The Police Command in Enugu State on Monday said it has commenced investigations into an alleged shooting to death of a policeman by his colleague in Enugu. The culprit reportedly mistook his arms-bearing colleague for a robber because he was in mufti. NAN reports that the incident … Read...

Saleh Alhassan, the Secretary-General, Miyetti Kautal Hore has demanded an apology from the Benue State Government, for linking the association to the killings in the state. Alhassan stated this on Monday while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. According to him, the recent...

Further pointing that the directive was not from him but was a court order Dalung said: “This is a court order and not from Dalung. I will not want to go to Kuje prison because of disobedience of court orders... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/2KqGT2m Get More Nigeria...

Mr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Chief of Staff to Senate President Bukola Saraki, has announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the ruling party has grossly under-performed in its duties to the country. Baba-Ahmed said this while speaking to newsmen in Kaduna … Read...

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, has attributed insecurity and killings in the country to corrupt politicians. He said the politicians involved were those who no longer had access loot public treasury. Mr Shehu, who stated this on … Read...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of ongoing killings linked to herdsmen has drawn heavy concerns from members of the United Kingdom House of Lords. The senior lawmakers at the upper chamber of the British Parliament said the latest killings in Plateau State have placed Nigeria’s...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday charged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to “offer tangible explanation” to Nigerians on how its Permanent Voter Card, PVC, allegedly became a “commodity for sale online.” PDP was reacting to the apprehensions being expressed by...