Domestic worker to hang for killing employer, daughter
A Lagos High Court, on Monday, sentenced a domestic worker, Joseph Ogbu, to death by hanging for killing her 89-year-old employer, Adejoke John.
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Adesokan, patriotic, straight-forward diplomat – Dabiri-Erewa
Abike Dabiri-Erewa Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has described the late foremost diplomat and defence analyst, Alhaji Rasheed Adesokan, as a
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Ex-CGS, Gen. Oladipo Diya dies, Tinubu mourns
The Diya family from Odogbolu, Ogun State, has announced the death of Lt.-Gen. Donaldson Oladipo Diya. Diya died in the early hours of
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Economy
Ramadan: Ice block vendors make brisk sales in Kano
Ice block sellers are making brisk business in Kano, due to the high demand for cold water, occasioned by the hot weather condition.
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Transportation
Tanker crushes 4 to death in Abeokuta
Four persons died in multiple accidents involving a tanker, a BMW car and a Nissan jeep in the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta in
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World Bank steps up long-term development agendas in Africa
The World Bank has pledged to step up support to African countries with a special focus on their long-term development agendas, a senior
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Building collapses, kills 3, injures 6 in India
Three people died and six others injured, on Thursday, after a three-story building collapsed in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials
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WHO announces new director of Global Malaria Programme
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Thursday, announced the appointment of Dr Daniel Ngamije Madandi as the Director of the Global Malaria Programme,
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Religious Corner
Ramadan: Emulate lifestyle of Prophet Mohammed – Tinubu
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, has advised Nigerian Muslims to emulate the exemplary life of humility, forgiveness and service to others like Prophet
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Health
Ekweremadu, wife convicted of organ trafficking
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have been convicted of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. A jury