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  Former Nigerian President, Chief Ernest Shonekan is dead. Shonekan who headed the interim national government that succeeded the junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, has died. Shonekan died at Evercare hospital, in the Lekki area of Lagos state, at the age of 85.  

  The Federal Government has reacted to viral reports claiming the nation’s National Identity Management Commission, NIMC server was hacked. Naija News reports that a cyber-tech who identified himself simply as Sam, on Monday claimed in an article that he hacked into the nation’s NIMC server and stole over three ...

  Gunmen suspected to be enforcing sit-at-home order, Monday, forced businesses to shut in Enugu metropolis. The affected businesses include ShopRite on Abakaliki road, banks, shops and schools. Motorists, who had begun the day’s activities, were also forced to park. A security man at ShopRite told our correspondent that, “We ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared 19 illegal oil refinery kingpins in the state wanted. The Governor in a statewide broadcast on Sunday accused the identified persons of causing the black soot which has constituted both an environmental and health challenge in the state capital of Port Harcourt. Apart ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to immediately prepare the schedule/timetable for the national convention. Recall that the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, had disclosed that the president ...

  At least seven people were killed and three were missing after a cliff collapsed onto boats carrying tourists on a lake in Brazil, authorities said Saturday. Rescue teams including a dive squad and members of the Brazilian Navy rushed to Furnas Lake in Minas Gerais state, where panicked tourists ...

  SUSPECTED Fulani kidnappers resumed criminal activities in Oyo State early on Saturday, as they struck at Onigaari axis of the Lagos-Ibadan highway, killing a commercial driver, identified as Oluwatosin Aruwajoye, and abducting five of his passengers, while another one, Ibrahim Tiamiyu, was shot in the thigh. One of the ...

  The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd.), has lost his first wife, Hajiya Zainab Marwa. A statement by the family on Saturday said Zainab Marwa died in the early hours of the day at the age of 66 after a brief ...

  The owner of Hilton hotel, Prince Ramon Adedoyin has been further indicted in the circumstances that led to the death of Timothy Adegoke, a masters student of OAU who died at the hotel some months ago. He was said to have been gruesomely murdered and buried by staffers of ...

  A Kenyan police officer from Koromotangi village in Kakamega County has reportedly committed suicide over an alleged salary delay. Abel Kemboi was found dead on Wednesday, January 5, after complaining to friends and relatives that his December salary had been delayed. Before committing suicide, Kemboi reportedly said he would ...