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The Kano Police Command has denied a media report alleging that its officers shot four persons at Shoporite located in Ado Bayero Shopping Mall Kano on June 17. The denial is contained in a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Magaji Majiya  and issued to newsmen inContinue Reading

PARIS:  Even if marriage is sometimes more a bed of nails than roses, living into old age with a partner may help ward off heart disease and stroke, researchers said Tuesday. A sweeping survey of research conducted over the last two decades covering more than two million people aged 42Continue Reading

Senator Ahmed Makarfi, a former Governor of Kaduna State and former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has formally joined those jostling for the party’s 2019 presidential ticket. Former Cross River State governor Donald had last week also declared his intention to run for the 2019 presidentialContinue Reading

By Cecilia Ijuo Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has urged Nigerians not to give up on Super Eagles after their Saturday loss to Croatia in ongoing World Cup competition in Russia. Ekweremadu made the call in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Uche Anichukwu, onContinue Reading

The Nigerian Government says it will shut the land border between it and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday while speaking withContinue Reading

Agency, traditional rulers collaborate to  stop open defecation in Katsina State By Zubairu Idris The Katsina State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) says it  is collaborating with traditional institutions to stop  open defecation in the state. Alhaji Aminu Dayyabu, the Executive Director of the agency, disclosed this inContinue Reading

By Kingsley Okoye The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has shut down six thermal power generating stations to enable the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) pipeline carry out repair work on a ruptured gas pipeline which has caused a drop in electricity supply in the country. General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN,Continue Reading

Some youths in Port Harcourt, Rivers, took to football on Saturday in defiance to Police order on such activities due to local government polls holding on the day across the state. The youths, most of who are above 18 years, converted some major streets in the city into football pitches,Continue Reading

The father of Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram factional leader died a few years ago, the Voice of America reported as the mother also said she has not seen Shekau in 15 years. Falmata Abubakar, Shekau’s mother disclosed this in an interview in a a village, called Shekau in Yobe State.Continue Reading