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Six injured as soldiers, youths clash in Kaduna

A clash between military operatives and some youths in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday left six...

Fire guts Osogbo PHCN control centre, total blackout looms

Fire broke out early Friday morning at the National Control Centre of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Osogbo. Our correspondent...

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S’Leonean caught with N35m cocaine in soap tablets

A 35-year-old Sierra Leonean, Sesay Micheal, has been arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for importing...

Osun shuts unregistered private schools

The Osun Ministry of Education on Thursday in Osogbo ordered the immediate closure of four allegedly unregistered private schools. The...

COEASU protests against protracted strike

Teachers at the Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo, on Thursday embarked on a process to protest against their prolonged...

NECO exams open to pupils of closed Unity Schools – Registrar

The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Thursday stated that pupils of the five closed Unity Colleges in the North-East would...

Again, 12 Lagos students in hospital after inhaling chemical

For the second time in five months, another 12 students of Ogba Junior Grammar School, Ikeja, Lagos, have fainted after...

Clearing agents down tools in Tin-Can Island over new tariff

Business activities at the Tin-Can Island Port, Lagos, were on Thursday paralysed, as Clearing Agents protest the implementation of the...

Security agents foil fresh attack on Borno village

The Defence headquarters on Thursday said that 20 insurgents were killed as attempts by terrorists to attack Ajiri and Mafa...

DPR denies attributing fuel scarcity to delayed import contract

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Thursday denied claims that it attributed the current fuel scarcity in the country...

National confab: principal officers arrive Abuja

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, on Thursday in Abuja, received the principal officers...

Strike paralyses medical activities at National Hospital

The usually busy National Hospital Abuja was on Wednesday a shadow of itself as the strike embarked upon by some...

251 illegal immigrants arrested in Makurdi

The Benue Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service said on Thursday it arrested 251 suspected illegal aliens in Makurdi. Parading...

Kwara proposes child rights clubs in schools