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A 30-year-old man, Moruf Mohammed, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter, was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2nob4Zo Get More Nigeria Metro News

Turkey has called on the United States to withdraw its military personnel from northern Syria’s Manbij region after announcing Ankara’s plan to push Syrian Kurdish fighters from the area, according to local media. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DJghWZ Get more World News

Three persons were reportedly killed and several others injured Friday night by suspected Fulani herdsmen who attack Hukke village, in Maingo District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2GnS326 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is set for the conduct of its newly introduced January/February West African Senior School certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2rJN1K3 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The power outage in Bayelsa and parts of Rivers was the handiwork of youth who shut down a transmission station at Ahoada in Rivers state. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DOTw37 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Abdullahi Lawal has told a Lagos High Court how Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia lied about being hospitalised. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DFibUa Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Management of Yaba College of Technology says it is dialoguing with the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to resolve a disagreement delaying take-off of the college’s radio station. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2rIzMcv Get More Nigeria Metro News

Congolese President Joseph Kabila on Friday rejected charges that his forces had violently broken up pro-democracy protests, stirred by his refusal to step down at the end of his mandate. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2nfMqdu Get more World News

The U.S. drone strikes against the Al Shabaab in Somalia are “eradicating” these jihadist militants, said the head of the African Union mission in the country (Amisom) on Friday. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2nhtxXy Get more World News

Security agents in Germany are holding a suspected Nigerian terrorist of Boko Haram. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DF2gJH Get More Nigeria Metro News

UN says 30 African refugees and migrants drowned off the coast of Yemen this week in a boat heading toward Djibouti operated by smugglers who are reported to have fired on passengers. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2Bv2s8r Get more World News

A train has crashed near the Italian city of Milan, killing at least two people and injuring more than 100. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2FcNkit Get more World News

Abia State Government is set to close substandard schools as a strategy to improve education standards. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DIs4Ed Get More Nigeria Metro News

No fewer than 10 persons on Wednesday lost their lives while five were critically injured in a fatal road accident that occurred on Akure-Owo Expressway at the Agbogbo area of Akure, the Ondo State capital. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DzHf3b Get More Nigeria Metro News

After nearly four months without a reported case of Zika virus infection, the first case of 2018 was confirmed, last Thursday. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2E0eaLb Get more World News

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A 35-year-old woman, Jane Ochiagha, who allegedly stripped and assaulted a 12-year-old girl before expelling her from her house over missing N200, is facing trial at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused, a trader, who resides at 15, Ayoade St., Somolu...

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Border Command, intercepted 2,200 jerry cans of smuggled of petrol with a Duty Paid Value worth over N10 million between Dec. 1, 2017 till date. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DWrOir Get More Nigeria Metro News

Heavy consumption of alcohol during adolescence can lead to greater risk of developing liver diseases later in life, researchers have said. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DsSXs0 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Some suspected mobile phone thieves have set a 12-year-old boy ablaze to prevent him from exposing them. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DSeATV Get More Nigeria Metro News

Fire on Friday night gutted three duplexes on 34 Road, B Close of Gowon Estate, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Egbada, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2mRDuLa Get More Nigeria Metro News