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 Olawale Busari, a father of four, told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Monday to dissolve his 23-year-old marriage to his estranged wife, Sekinat. He alleged that Sekinat had been responsible for his economic and spiritual retardation, using voodoo. In his testimony before Chief Ademola Odunade, the president of...

  The 774, 000 Special Public Works (SPW) jobs will now commence on January 5, the Federal Government said on Sunday. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, told The Nation on Sunday in Abuja. The programme, designed for artisans to do public works for three months for...

The Coalition of Northern Group says its state chapters will trek to Daura, the country home of President Muhammadu Buhari, in protest against the abduction of at least 333 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Bandits had stormed the school on Friday night and abducted the students...

  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack by suspected bandits at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State on Dec. 11. Guterres’ reaction came in a statement by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday in New York. He called for “immediate and unconditional” release of no fewer...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 418 new cases of COVID-19  in the country. The NCDC made this known on its verified website on Sunday. It said the new cases were recorded in 16 states and the Federal  Capital Territory(FCT). The health agency said that Lagos State...

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, has disagreed with Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari, over the number of boys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Masari,  on Sunday, while briefing a Federal Government delegation led by Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Magashi (retd.),...

Members of the Electoral College will today determine who between the incumbent president, Donald Trump and his democratic challenger Joe Biden who will be the next president of the United States of America. Biden is widely expected to be formally recognised as the next US president, despite refusal of the...

Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has lamented about inability of military authorities to locate and bring back home 333 pupils that are still missing after weekend’s abduction of pupils of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. Before this mass abduction, Katsina, along with other states in the Northwest, has been battling...

The Nigerian Army says 26 personnel have so far been tested positive for COVID-19 following the death of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division Port Harcourt, Maj.- Gen. Johnson Irefin. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Musa...

    President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akwa, who until his new appointment, was the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, of the NDDC, under the Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC). According to...