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Scores on Monday sustained several injuries when the personnel of the Nigeria police and the Air Force engaged each other in a fierce gunbattle in

Below are the headlines in some selected Nigerian newspapers today, 19 July, 2017.PunchFIRS generates N1.78tn in six months, targets N1.8tn VAT150 Nigerians get $2m to

The federal government has released a state-by-state breakdown of how the second tranche of the Paris Club refund was shared between states. A statement released

Kazeem Alimi, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Kazeem Alimi, died late Tuesday. Alimi, who represented Eti Osa State Constituency 1 in

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced that it will hold a non-elective convention on August 12 in Abuja. This followed a meeting of the

Youths under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Youth renaissance group has called for the arrest of Nigerian twin-singer P-Square 'for disrespecting' the

Senator representing Zamfara Central at the National Assembly, Kabiru Garba Marafa has declared that he is richer than Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. Senator

Executive governor of Oyo state, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, has winded down to the strong support and prayers of his late mother, Alhaja Dhkirat Ajimobi, before

Sokoto government of Sokoto state says it has uncovered 706 “ghost” students. This was possible through the efforts of a committee set up to verify

Nigeria's Vice (Acting) President has said that 'no controversy', the country is one of the greatest in the world. Osinbajo made these remarks at the

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has declared August a month of mass return and exodus for Igbos living

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday approved the appointment of 19 judges for the National Industrial Court of Nigeria.See list of approved Judges:Targema John Iorngee

Multiple explosions rock Maiduguri on Tuesday night, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.At least six powerful explosions occurred between 10:45 and 11:00 p.m.About four explosives

Jose Mourinho has said he would like to remain Manchester United manager for another 15 years, but believes emulating Alex Ferguson is impossible. The Portuguese

The Federal Government has advised residents of Lekki, Lagos state and other flood prone areas to quickly leave their homes. Director General of National

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has advised Nigerians to accept the reality of increased electricity tariff. He said the increment was effected

Following an increasing demand for organic food items in the country, a new and unusual organic food retail store has just been birth in the

Security personnel including Police and Civil Defence Corps have been stationed at the entrance of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) office in Abuja.The development

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday said it has partnered with United States-based Halliburton Corporation to use its innovative Neftex solution to exactly

Rapper Ruggedman has written an open letter to Lai Mohammed, Nigeria's Minister of Information for saying that Music and films made for the consumption of

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