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One hundred and twenty-eight Nigerians evacuated from war-torn Sudan arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Wednesday. The commission made this known via its Twitter handle. According to the commission, the 128 make up the eleventh batch of evacuees to arrive in Nigeria, bringing the total number...

A baby has been born having three people’s deoxyribonucleic acid for the first time in Britain. Most of the child’s DNA came from their two parents but about 0.1 per cent was from a third person, another woman. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said “less than five” babies have...

Residents of El Rufai Estate in Kuchiko Bwari in the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja were struck again on Tuesday by 1.00am. The abductors carried away 5 residents of the community. In one of the residences the abductors raided, the occupants had to jump their fence to flee for their...

A Louisiana man, Patrick Brown, was released from prison on Monday after spending 29 years behind bars for a rape he didn’t commit. Brown, 49, was convicted in 1994 of raping his then six-year-old stepdaughter and was sentenced to life without parole. According to The Guardian on Tuesday, it was...

By Augustine Aminu The General Officer Commanding 8 Division Nigerian Army cum Commander Joint Taskforce North West Operation HADARIN DAJI, Major General Godwin Mutkut has tasked junior level Commanders to utilize acquired training for operational efficiency in the field. The GOC gave the charge while addressing participants during the opening...

The Kano State Hisbah Board has warned tricyclists, also known as Keke riders, against pasting posters of nude persons people on their vehicles. Commander General of the board, Sheikh Harun Ibn-Sina, gave the warning while addressing the press in his office, while noting that the act of indiscipline was contrary...

The Enugu State Government has applauded the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) for its recent interventions in the state.  The state government made the commendation through the Third National Fadama Development Additional Financing Project.  The REA is an agency of government with a mandate to provide all rural-dwelling Nigerians access to...

The Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on Monday swore in Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman as the first female chief judge of the state. Governor Fintiri charged her to commit to dispensation of justice without fear or favour. She was first appointed Acting Chief of Judge of Adamawa state in December...

President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), for living up to its constitutional role of securing the nation, while noting that the investments of the government in the NAF in acquiring new platforms and other support equipment for the military and other security agencies, as well as...