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Lea Adri-Soejoko, 80, was discovered by police in a locked shed at Colindale allotments in north London with a flex wrapped around her neck An 80-year-old grandmother was strangled with a lawnmower cord in a ‘cold-blooded’ bid to cover up a shocking assault by a fellow allotment holder, a …...

The All Progressives Congress said it would not participate in Tuesday (today’s)) by-election for the Ughelli North and Ethiope East council areas of the state. The Chairman, Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, Mike Ogbodu, had on Sunday ordered a re-run election in the two councils …...

…Gov declares three-day mourning Wife of the Benue State governor, Dr. Eunice Ortom, yesterday burst into tears and wept uncontrollably when hundreds of women marched to the Government House in Makurdi to commiserate with her over the gruesome killing of unarmed people in Guma, Logo and other...

Security has been beefed up in Umuahia the Abia State capital, in preparation for the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo to the state today (Tuesday). They will be in the state to attend a mega rally of the All Progressives Congress. … via Naijaloaded |...

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has appealed against the December 12, 2017, judgment of the Court of Appeal which reversed his acquittal by the Code of Conduct Tribunal where he was prosecuted false assets declaration and other related charges. Delivering a unanimous judgment in …...

Fashola: APC generates 4,000mw of electricity in two years Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday said the current All Progressives Congress (APC) led government had generated 4,000 megawatts of electricity in the last two and half years. The minister, who spoke...

Proposed view of Pen Cinema in Agege axis of Lagos State The Lagos State government on Monday allayed the fears of property owners whose structures were removed for the construction of the Pen Cinema Flyover. In a statement by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr...

Benue Killings: IGP to relocate to Benue on the directives of the President, moving in with 5 additional units of PMF personnel and other Police special Forces, reads riot act, sends warning signal to any would-be trouble maker Date: 8th January, 2018 PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT ORDERS IGP TO MOVE...

The Nigerian Government has expressed concerns over the growing wave of violent altercations between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the different parts of the country. He, however, admitted that government had not done enough to carter for the needs of the herders. The Federal Government said...

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Monday threanted to sue a leader of the Northern Elders Forum, Paul Unongo, for accusing him of being a financier of the Miyetti Allah, an association of cattle breeders. Atiku issued this threat in a letter by his lawyer, Mahmud …...

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