Plateau: 21 suspects held

TWENTY-one suspects have been arrested over the Plateau State killings, according to the special military task force Operation Safe Haven (OPSH). Among them are those found with arms and suspected hoodlums who hijacked the protests sparked by the killings. The special task...

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NASA launches TESS satellite to search for alien worlds

The $337m planet-hunting space telescope launched on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral in Florida, is the agency’s most ambitious quest yet to scour planets' atmospheres for any life. The search for alien worlds has taken another...

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An 'internet civil war' has erupted in Russia

Russian authorities started blocking the messenger app Telegram on April 16 [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters] When Evgeny first heard that Russia's communications censor Roskomnadzor was going to block the popular messenger app Telegram, it brought to mind a Soviet-era...

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University of Maiduguri produces 78 First Class graduates

The University of Maiduguri on Monday said it produced 78 First Class graduates for the 2015/ 2016 and 2016/2017 academic sessions. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr Ibrahim Njodi, made the disclosure at a pre-convocation press conference in Maiduguri. Njodi said...

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International Identity Day: ID4Africa, NIMC, others to petition UN

The ID4Africa, National Identity Management Commission ( NIMC ) and other international organisations have decided to petition the United Nations ( UN ) to declare September 16 of every year as International Identity Day celebration. Dr Joseph Atick, the Executive Chairman,...

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Looters’ list: Court restrains Fed Govt from further mention of Secondus

A RIVERS State High Court in Port Harcourt has restrained the Federal Government from further mentioning the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, in the looters’ list published by the government. The Chief Judge of Rivers, Justice Adama...

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Buhari’s 2019 bid and matters arising

The country is gearing itself up for the general elections in February next year and with President Muhammadu Buhari announcing that he will bid for the governing party, APC’s (All Progressives Congress) ticket to run for a second term, all hell has been let loose by the chaotic...

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My daughter seduced me, says incestuous dad

The was the one who seduced me, she kissed me and I warned her. A particular day, she grabbed me and was trying to have sex with me. I beat her up but later I fell for it and slept with her. It was the devil that made me to fall. Those were the words of a 50-year-old man,...

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Armed policemen storm Melaye’s Abuja house

Armed policemen on Monday stormed the Abuja home of embattled Senator Dino Melaye to arrest him. The Kogi West senator also had a brush with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport where he was stopped from leaving the country. Our...

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Philippine museum traces war to lost tribal kinship

Cotabato Museum houses implements from Mindanao's centuries of warfare [JC Gotinga/Al Jazeera] North Cotabato, Philippines - Visitors at the brand new Cotabato Museum begin their tour by watching a short animated film. It's crude compared with the average Hollywood...

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Soyinka delivers Elizade varsity lecture

One hundred and five students of Elizade University, Ilara-mokin in Ondo State will receive their first degrees at the second convocation ceremony of the institution slated for Friday. As part of the activities, Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka will on Thursday deliver the convocation lecture titled: “Tending the tree of commencement”. Addressing...

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About 4,765 Nigerian doctors working in UK, says Anyaoku

•’Govts must uplift health sector’ MEDICAL doctors are abandoning Nigeria for greener pastures overseas owing to inadequate management of hospitals by the three tiers of government, former Commonwealth Secretary General Chief Emeka Anyaoku said yesterday. He said over 4,765...

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Electricity Distribution Companies: Service or trouble providers?

The complaints of electricity consumers in Nigeria has shifted From erratic supply, arbitrary disconnections and poor customer service, the complaints of electricity consumers have shifted to outrageous estimated billings, which the Distribution Companies (DisCos) do without...

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