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A total of 298 stranded Nigerians in Libya have been repatriated back to the country in separate chartered flights early this week. The returnees were sent back to the country directly from Libyan prisons, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The first flight came with 161 returnees on the 21st …

Police in Mpumalanga, South Africa, have arrested a woman for intentionally setting her house on fire, killing her seven-month-old child.   Police said the 28-year-old woman from Vosman, near Witbank, set her house on fire after a violent argument with her husband, who left after the confrontation.  The incident happened around 3:am …

Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has said that Nigeria’s economic situation is in a big mess, adding that the country is chained by poor governance. Shettima, who spoke on Monday, when he received in audience members of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms led by the chairman, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, at …

An Angry mob has killed a yet-to-be identified suspected armed robber while making attempts to rob a resident of Olugboso in the Agege area of Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin who confirmed the incident on Sunday, noted that the incident occurred last week.It …

Unspecified number of persons have been reportedly killed following the collapse of a multi-storey building in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday night due to heavy downpour.The building is located at the ever-busy Lagos Street, Garki village, Garki II district of …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has asked prepaid meter users to update their meters before November next year. Site engineer Elassani Damoni touches prepaid meters powered by solar power installed in the Takpapieni village in Oti province, northern Togo, on February 14, 2020. – The Togolese government, in collaboration …

The Niger State Police Command has arrested four suspects believed to be part of a syndicate stealing goats in Minna.  Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, said the suspects confessed to having stolen over 500 goats at different …

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared the sum of N966.110 billion July  Federation Account Revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Councils.    This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting , in Abuja,  Tuesday. The meeting was …

Former President of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in …

Newly-sworn-in minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that he would put an end to open grazing in Abuja. Wike made this vow while speaking upon his assumption of office as FCT Minister in Abuja on Monday. The immediate past Rivers state governor said herdsmen can rear …