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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang took the honours among the African stars in Europe at the weekend, scoring twice as Arsenal edged Everton 3-2 in an English Premier League thriller.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2VtZUFt Get More Nigeria Sports News

Four officers of the Kogi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, were reportedly kidnapped on Thursday, February 20, 2020, around Ajegwu, Ofu LG, by unknown gunmen. The officers were reportedly on their way to Benue State, to attend a promotion examination...

The Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, the national body of Fulani herdsmen in Oyo state is seeking inclusion of its members in operation Amotekun, a security outfit. Speaking at a public hearing on the Oyo state security network agency bill 2020, also known as...

A pan-Yoruba group, Yoruba Youth Forum (YYF), has raised an alarm over what it described as a plot by some Fulani elements to smuggle weapons into the South-West under the guise of transporting cows as cover-up. The group speaking through its President-General, Comrade Abiodun Bolarinwa...

Armed bandits in Niger state have warned people in some communities in Rafi local government to stop moving between the hours of 4:00 pm and 7:00 am, the period which the people said the bandits operate. As a result, no member of the communities is seen outside during this period... Read...

The Katsina State Police Command has busted a notorious syndicate of bandits, kidnappers, and armed robbers terrorizing Malumfashi, Faskari, Dandume, Bakori, Kankara and Sabuwa LGAs and neighbouring Kano and Zamfara states..... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2Vlc5Eu Get...

Lesotho’s prime minister Thomas Thabane surprisingly appeared in court on Monday alongside his current wife, Maesaiah, 42 to face allegations of murdering his ex-wife Lipolelo Thabane, and asked the court to grant him immunity, arguing his position as Prime Minister grants him automatic...

A 42-year-old Ghanaian man has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, for impregnating his 14-year-old daughter. The man identified as, Daniel Kwame Baah, was jailed by an Accra Circuit Court, after engaging … Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2urX2xv Get more...

Italy on Monday reported five deaths and more than 200 coronavirus cases, amid growing anxiety about the spread of the virus in the heart of Europe. Two virus clusters developed last week in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto, Infections have also been reported in the neighbouring...

$500 million cash paid by Aliyu Abubakar is alleged to come out of the $1.3 billion licence fee paid by Eni and Shell for access to OPL-245 offshore oilfield located in southern Niger Delta.... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2PjYWaU Get more: Nigeria Business News

Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the country have started informing their customers to bank any remaining Diamond Bank cheques they may have before the end of this month when the lenders would stop accepting such cheques.... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2usc0DP Get more: Nigeria...

Electricity consumers, yesterday, protested the planned 50 per cent tariff increment by the electricity distribution companies (DisCos). The 50 per cent tariff increase, which is expected to begin from April 1, will raise the average tariff from the… Read more via Newtelegraph –...

Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of third degree rape and a criminal sexual act but was acquitted of being a serial sexual predator in his high profile New York trial.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2T9Q9cI Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

A tearful Michael Jordan on Monday commemorated his “little brother” Kobe Bryant at a star-filled memorial in Los Angeles for the basketball great and his daughter Gianna who died with seven others in a helicopter crash last month.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2HRIQkz...

Beyonce kicked off a star-studded memorial ceremony in Los Angeles on Monday for basketball great Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash last month.... Read more via TODAY – https://ift.tt/32oSc0q Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa filed a lawsuit on Monday against the operators of the helicopter that crashed on January 26, killing the NBA icon and eight others.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2TayUIa Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yoruba Land, Iba Gani Adams, on Monday said that the successful implementation of ‘Amotekun’ would attract more investments to the six states in South-West. Adams said this while addressing newsmen on the sideline of a … Read more via Vanguard News –...

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission says it is exploring suitable options at its disposal following the ruling delivered by a Kano Federal High Court. The ruling is on the commission’s interim investigation report on the alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion by...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that he is hopeful that the Federal Government will refund State resources used to execute Federal Projects in the state. Governor Wike said that his optimism stems from the fact that the Federal Executive Council has sent a verification …...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos has said that if the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, declares to run for the 2023 presidential election, it will not be out of place owing to his political record. Disclosing this at a briefing in Lagos on … Read more via Channels...