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Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:47:43 +0000
Police confirm killing of Sen. Suswam’s elder brother
Agency Reporter The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the killing of Dr Terkula Suswam, an elder brother of Sen. Gabriel Suswam, by gunmen at Anyiin on Tuesday evening. The confirmation is contained in a statement signed by the command’s Public...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:38:26 +0000
COVID-19 vaccination begins in Abuja Friday
By Bola Olajuwon, Moses Emorinken, Vincent Ikuomola and Bolaji Ogundele President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are expected to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses on Saturday. Nigeria on Tuesday took delivery of 3.9 million doses of A...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:37:57 +0000
Sowore in court with ‘strange bodyguard’
By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja Politician and publisher of online news platform, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was accompanied to the Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Tuesday by a man in a red and black striped sleeveless knee-length dress ...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:37:18 +0000
Panic in Kwara over herders’ relocation from Oyo to 13 villages
By Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan and Ernest Nwokolo Herders who had migrated from Oyo State to Kwara State now occupy 13 villages across seven local governments in the Northcentral state, it was learnt on Tuesday. The local governments include Barute, Ifelo...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:35:18 +0000
Four arrested for phone theft at Akeredolu’s inauguration 
By Osagie Otabor, Akure Four men have been arrested in Ondo State in connection with phones stolen during last week’s second-term inauguration of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The event held at the Dome, a cultural centre. Names of the suspects w...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:32:52 +0000
North: Insecurity everywhere
By Ibrahim Mustapha SIR: The North of today is in flames. From Maiduguri in Northeast to Zamfara, Katsina in the Northwest and Kaduna in North-central, Boko Haram and bandits are making lives difficult for the poor inhabitants. The once peaceful Nige...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:31:39 +0000
JUST IN: Herdsmen kill one, abduct many travellers in Osun
By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo There was palpable fear along Osogbo/Ibokun road on Tuesday night as some suspected herdsmen abducted travellers along the route. The Nation gathered the incident occurred around 7:30 pm after Aje Bamidele village in Obokun Lo...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:24:30 +0000
How Burna Boy disrespected Obafemi Martins, by CDQ
By Alao Abiodun Social media was agog on Monday night after popular Nigerian rapper, Sodiq Yusuf, popularly known as CDQ called out Burna Boy for allegedly disrespecting former Super Eagles forward, Obafemi Martins. CDQ took to his official Twitter p...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:23:48 +0000
Man to be hanged for killing two-year-old
Our Reporter A High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Tuesday sentenced a 39-year-old labourer  Mohammed Ibrahim to death by hanging for the murder of a two-year-old baby. Justice Ayokunle Rotimi-Balogun, also found the convict guilty for attempting ...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:20:10 +0000
How traditional birth attendants reduce maternal deaths in IDP camps (I)
Expectant women in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been depending mostly on traditional birth attendants to be delivered of their babies during the pandemic. Grace Obike investigates how unskilled...



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