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Major General Hassan Ahmed, former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, has been assassinated in Abuja. He was murdered Thursday night in the Abaji area. The assailants also kidnapped his wife. A source close to the…
Seven persons have sustained fatal injuries and are feared dead at Dangote Sugar Company, in Gyawana, Adamawa State owned by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote. Reports from the area, which is about 70 kilometres from…
In the wake of the rearrest of Nnamdi Kanu and his ongoing trial, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the governors of Rivers, Anambra, and labour minister, Chris Ngige of conspiracy and sabotage. This…
The House of Representatives adopted pay-as-you-go and a price slash for DSTV and other cable satellite operators in the country. The House considered and approved recommendations of the Ad–hoc Committee on…
In the early hours of Tuesday July 13, 2021 a team of operatives from the Lagos Zonal Office of the Commission, acting on verified intelligence on the activities of a suspected syndicate of internet fraudsters carried…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested more suspects in connection with the murder of the late Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga. The Lagos Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, made this known during…
Treasurer of the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mrs Sumbo Ajose is dead. Recall that this came about four days ago when Nigeria lost another prominent citizen, popular hip hop artist, Olarenwaju…
All Progressive Congress APC suspends Rochas Okorocha for disrespecting President Muhammadu Buhari and Anti-party, Senator Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress APC has been reportedly suspended from the…
The Senate Committee on Basic Education has said it would work towards amending the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB to stop the board from admitting candidates below the age of 18…
Nigerian contemporary Afrobeat export, Wizkid has made his debut on this week’s Billboard 100 with his track, "Essence" featuring Tems. The song peaks at number 82 position making it the first in Nigeria. ‘Essence’…
There are indications that a former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, is currently studying in a university in the UK. Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), spoke about Atiku’s journey…
A delegation of senior US security and justice officials on Sunday arrived in Haiti to assess the security situation. The team will also meet three Haitian politicians. each of whom is claiming to be the country's…
Police in Haiti say they have arrested a doctor they believe is a key suspect in organising last week's assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. They say Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a 63-year-old Haitian national, flew…
A woman who called in sick to watch England's Euros semi-final has been sacked after a TV camera zoomed in on her celebrating Three Lions' equaliser against Denmark. Nina Farooqi's boss spotted her as images of her and…
A dispatch rider has reportedly disappeared with his boss' bike on his first day of work. From the information gathered, efforts to contact the suspect identified as Emmanuel Samuel by his boss have proven abortive. All…
After spending weeks in captivity, six students and two staff members of Nuhu-Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State, have regained their freedom. OduNews.com had earlier reported that the freed students and staff…
An attack by gunmen on three communities in Zamfara State on Thursday, July 8, 2021, has left 26 persons dead and 7 injured. Sources said the attack was launched by three terror groups, between the hours of 12:20 p.m.…
An American-based Nigerian entrepreneur, and Chairman of BUNDI International Diagnostics Limited, Robert Udeaga, has promised to crash the current N49,000 cost of COVID-19 test kits to less than N5,000 in order to give…
On June 29, a dull, somewhat grainy picture of Nigerian activist Nnamdi Kanu in handcuffs began circulating on the internet, shortly after what seemed like unlikely news about his arrest in and extradition from a…
Nigeria currently imports 2.2 million tonnes of fish while it produces 1.1 million tonnes against the total demand of 3.6 million tonnes annually. This was disclosed by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural…
