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  Authorities in northern Afghanistan have arrested 14 individuals for playing musical instruments and singing during a private gathering, provincial police said on Saturday. This was a practice banned under the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islamic law. The police said in a statement that on Thursday night in the capital ...

  A former presidential aspirant, Joseph Faduri, on Saturday, mocked the leadership of the Labour Party over the current internal crisis threatening to tear the party apart, describing it as ‘karma.’   In a statement released in Abuja, Faduri lamented that it was painful watching the party rob him of ...

  Pope Leo XIV told cardinals on Saturday he intends to follow his predecessor’s path, praising Francis’s “complete dedication to service and sober simplicity of life”.   “Beginning with Saint Peter and up to myself, his unworthy Successor, the Pope has been a humble servant of God and his brothers ...

  The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the arrest and continued detention of a former member of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Kazaure.   In a statement posted via his official X page on Saturday, Atiku ...

  The Lagos State Government has strongly criticised landlords and property agents who are exploiting residents by imposing unjustifiable increases in house rents.   The government has pledged to take action to protect tenants from these exploitative practices.   The Special Adviser (Housing) to the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory ...

  The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has denied reports that the Federal Government has commenced extradition proceedings against Simon Ekpa, a factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.   In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, ...

  The Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested an apprentice and his accomplice for allegedly stealing cement and other building materials worth over N250m from his employer to finance gambling activities.   This was disclosed in a statement by the PSFU spokesman, Ovie Ewhubare, on Saturday.   According ...

  Sarmaan Project, committed to drug administration to reduce child mortality in Nigeria, said it recorded a milestone in its pilot phase with the successful treatment of over 36,000 children with azythromycin drugs to enhance their life expectancy in the Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.   It ...

  A Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso, has been rearrested weeks after he was acquitted of multiple rape charges.   South African police authorities and the Home Affairs Department confirmed that the televangelist was arrested early on Saturday morning in East London.   PUNCH Online reports that the 66-year-old pastor at ...

  The Nigeria Air Force has organised a career day for Dikko College, Katsina, in Katsina State as part of its Civil-Military Relations programme to mark its 61st anniversary nationwide.   According to the Air Force, the event was meant to create a cordial relationship between the public and the ...