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‎A 22-year-old man, Yahaya Aminu Sharif, was on Monday sentenced to death by hanging for committing blasphemy. ‎ Sharif was tried and convicted by a Kano Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Hausawa Filin Hockey, in Kano, for committing…

The 2020/2021 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination screening will commence on September 7, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board announced on Monday. The decision was taken at a meeting between JAMB and‎ …

‎ ‎A new virus is threatening the Chinese population, months after the COVID-19 outbreak began in Wuhan in late 2019. The Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) virus is transmitted via tick bites, and has caused seven deaths in…

Reprieve came the way of 22 deregistered political parties as the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal reversed the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove them from the list of recognized political…

‎An Upper Area Court in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Monday sentenced a 22-year-old driver, Auwal Ibrahim, to 14 months imprisonment for stealing a tricycle windshield and stereo set.‎ ‎The presiding judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Ibrahim after…

‎Lagos State government and the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, are holding talks in ‎a bid to resolve issues surrounding the ongoing industrial action embarked on by petroleum tanker drivers in…

Following alleged attack on the personnel and truck of the State Fire Service, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state on Monday ordered the closure of Ariaria Shoe Plaza within the Umuehilegbu Industrial Market. The governor also suspended…

Governors of the North East zone have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to address the root causes of the Boko Haram insurgency in the zone as a way of addressing the worsening security challenge in the country. Briefing State House…

The chairman of the Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 19, 2020 Governorship election in Edo State and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has asked the police and other security agencies to use the…

Even as President Muhammadu Buhari and the members of the National Security Council continue to device fresh strategies in tackling the worsening security challenge plaguing the country, bandits have again abducted a 13-year-old girl,…