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  The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has said it tracked and documented a total of 387 Hate and dangerous speech instances on Facebook and Twitter handles across the country in November. Hamza Ibrahim, CITAD Coordinator, Countering Hate Speech Project, disclosed this at a Post-Gubernatorial Election Press briefing...

  Dr Uche Okonkwo of the Department of Orthorhinolaryngology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), on Thursday warned that habitual cleaning of ears could leave them vulnerable to infections. Okonkwo told  the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin that cleaning the ear by  self meant the removal of ear...

  Recently, the global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, flayed the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s disregard for court orders since coming on board in May 2015. According to the body, “Anytime the courts have told Buhari’s government to do something it doesn’t like, it has refused to obey it.” According to...

  A pipeline explosion has been reported on Thursday morning in Isheri Olofin, Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, forcing residents to flee for safety. It was learned that the explosion occurred as a result of pipeline damaged by vandals within Gloryland Estate. However, casualties are yet to...

The federal high court in Lagos has sentenced the former governor of Abia State Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to 12 years imprisonment after being found guilty on all the 39-count charges brought against him. He was convicted of N7.65 billion fraud perpetuated when he was Abia State governor between 1999...

Imposes N100,000 fine on DSS for stalling trial   Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordere the Department of State Service (DSS) to release convener #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare within the next 24 hours and adjourned to Friday December...

Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday maintained a negative outlook for the third consecutive trading sessions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index dropped marginally by 0.02 per cent due to sell-off in banking stocks. The index lost 5.74 per cent or 0.02...

The World Bank says it will continue to collaborate with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to provide information-based statistics for the Nigerian government to lift the citizens out of poverty. Mr Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank Country Director, said this on the sideline of the launch of the report of...

The Bank of Industry (BOI), on Wednesday in Lagos, urged the banking sector to endeavour to play its part in supporting entrepreneurship in a sustainable way in the country. Mr Olukayo Pitan, Chief Executive Officer of BOI, made the call at the Entrepreneurial Development Programme and Public Presentation of Practice...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday awarded three secondary school students with equity investments and university scholarship funds worth N2.3 million. The students were presented with the awards at the 2019 NSE Essay Competition Awards Ceremony, aimed at awakening the interest of youths to learn and understand the rudiments...