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Liverpool beat Spurs to go top of Premier League
Roberto Firmino's last-minute header broke Tottenham's stubborn resistance at Anfield and sent Liverpool to the top of the Premier League table on Wednesday night.
An entertaining encounter looked set to end in stalemate…
Customs intercept textiles, rice, others in Lagos
The Comptroller General of Customs’ Strike Force Team on Wednesday has intercepted 564 bales of textiles materials falsely declared as machinery, foreign parboiled rice, footwears and foreign bags worth N895m.
Co-ordinator,…
Panic as Julius Berger ruptures NNPC gas pipeline on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
A gas pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was on Wednesday ruptured by workers of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, who were working on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
The incident caused panic among…
Suspected Gunmen kill lawyer and his wife in Benue
A legal practitioner and his wife have been killed by suspected gunmen at Agboughul, a community in Makurdi, Benue State.
A blind old man was also killed during the attack.
The legal practitioner and his wife were…
Chinese expatriate killed at mining site in Osun
A Chinese expatriate, Kuang Zhang, was killed during a fight at a mining site in Idoko village, in the Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State.
It was gathered that a Hausa miner, Musa Abdullahi, also died in the fight.…
Katsina Abduction: Int’l Rights Commission urges Security Agencies to redouble efforts in…
The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) Geneva, Switzerland, Nigerian Committee says it is saddened that not much progress has been made to free the hundreds of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in…
Zulum meets Deby on repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Chad
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum on Wednesday met President Idriss Deby of Chad over the repatriation of thousands of Nigerian refugees in the neighbouring country.
Most of the refugees fled…
Governor Masari says abducted Katsina schoolboys in Zamfara forest
Governor Bello Masari of Katsina State says abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, are in a forest in Zamfara State.
Masari, who was answering questions on BBC Hausa Wednesday night, said he got…
Buhari orders reopening of land borders
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, ordered the immediate reopening of four land borders.
The Presidency made this known in a tweet today. “President Buhari has directed the immediate opening of four land borders: Seme,…
Obaseki pledges improved partnership with Nigerian Postal Institute for manpower devt.
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said his administration will sustain partnership with the Nigerian Postal Institute (NPI) especially in the area of human capital development to improve mail delivery and postal…