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FOLLOWING reports that the governments of Enugu and Abia states have rejected the proposed cattle colonies by the Federal Government, Imolites are apprehensive that Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has not toed the same line. Okorochaokorocha Some who spoke to Vanguard, yesterday in Owerri...

Residents yesterday woke up to see a baby wrapped in a white cloth and abandoned at the middle of the road among heaps of refuse. An unknown person suspected to be a single mother had allegedly dropped the one-day old baby in front … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World...

The Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has condemned an Abuja High Court over its Thursday’s verdict on the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The group described the court’s judgment, which declared IPOB as a terrorist group as height of nepotism and denigration of the nation’s...

The lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial District in the National Assembly said he was not surprise that the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, will quickly meet with the Minister of Agriculture in order to make the Confluence State a testing ground for the proposed Cattle...

Matthew Maffei, aka “Uncle Matt,” has been convicted of sexually abusing the seven-year old daughter of his friends. Maffei committed the horrific crime right in the victim’s own home, as her parents slept in the next bedroom. He also forced the victim’s five-year old brother to witness his...

NAN A father, Andrew Koku, who pleaded guilty to cutting off his six-month-old daughter’s head, is to spend the next 37 days in prison, an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court ruled on Thursday, January 18. Chief Magistrate Adeola Adelaja, who handed down the verdict, said the accused should remain...

For encroaching on government land, the Lagos State Building Control Agency, (LASBCA), Thursday demolished 21 buildings built illegally on government’s land meant to develop mass housing around Ogudu area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the parcel of land measuring 7.6 hectares nestled at...

Kaduna NUT calls off strike — 18th January 2018 Noah Ebije, Kaduna The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kaduna State chapter, has called off the indefinite strike action embarked upon in all the state public schools. The strike had lasted for … via The Sun News – http://ift.tt/2DmidV4 Get...

The burial committee set up to plan a state burial for Late Alex Ekwueme says the former Vice President will be buried on February 2. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha, made this known while briefing journalists on Thursday in Abuja. Mr. … via Premium Times...

Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has called on Boko Haram insurgents to lay down their arms and embrace peace. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2Dm5gdQ Get More Nigeria Metro News

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) spent N2 billion to fund Child Development Grand Programme (CDGP) to support nursing mothers and pregnant women in Zamfara from 2014 to date. Hajiya Fatima Musa, an official of Save the Children International, the NGO implementing the...

A dreaded kidnapping kingpin in Delta State, Anthony Ogbalor, also popularly known as Dracula, has reportedly died in police custody in Asaba, the state capital. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2Divc66 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Wednesday night attacked a supermarket in Katsina, killing a police officer, Ibrahim Batsari. The spokesman of the police command in the state, Isah Gambo, who confirmed the incident, said the gunmen had also stolen the slain police officer’s riffle. “The...

Cheyenne Rose Antoine (left) was wearing the woven belt she used to strangle Brittney Gargol in a selfie posted hours before the teen’s death.Facebook Canadian cops say they nabbed a cold-blooded killer who revealed herself to them when they tracked down a selfie she snapped wearing the … via...

2017 continued the string of warmest years on record, federal scientists announced Thursday. via USA Today – http://ift.tt/2mTC7fM Get more World News

The FBI is investigating a Russian banker for allegedly funneling money to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign through contributions made to the National Rifle Association. As special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe continues, investigators are now looking into Russian banker Alexander...

The 2019 general elections will be apparently be great. A governorship aspirant, comrade Sani Garba Gusau has become an online sensation after "melting hearts" of online users with his campaign posters. The aspirant is contesting for the governorship of Zamfara state under the Independent...

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