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FG facilitates return of 230 Nigerians stranded in Russia

About 230 Nigerians stranded in Russia after the World Cup are expected to arrive Nigeria today.

Ondo police arrest unrepentant car thief, two accomplices

Olayemi Adeoye, a 27-year-old man allegedly notorious for stealing of vehicles, was rearrested yesterday.

Kaduna: Woman allegedly attempts to kill baby by putting her under trailer wheel

Aisha allegedly put the baby under a trailer’s wheel with the expectation that he’d be crushed when the trailer moved.

Several feared dead in Train – Bus accident in Agege, Lagos

An accident involving a train and a bus in the Agege area of Lagos has left unconfirmed number of people dead.

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala appointed as director on Twitter

Twitter has appointed former Finance Minister of Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of its directors.

Dino Melaye’s run-in with police continues, summoned after guard allegedly shoots policeman

Senator Dino Melaye has again been summoned by the Kogi State Police Command.

Odegbami eyes governorship seat in Ogun, promises to revamp health sector

Ex-football player, Segun Odegbami has declared his ambition to run for the governorship seat in Ogun State in 2019.

Policeman sentenced to 3 years in jail for collecting N200,000 bribe from armed robber

Kabiru was sentenced to three years in jail for collecting bribe from an armed robbery suspect.

WATCH: Alleged leader of Black Axe cult group confesses to murder

The suspects’ arrest followed last week’s bloody clash between members of Black Axe and Eiye Confraternity.

Nigerian sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in Texas for cyber crime

A 34-year-old Nigerian national, Kingsley Otuya has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for fraud.

Two Nigerians arrested for concealing drugs in stockfish in Ghana

Goody and Jeff allegedly attempted to traffic Methamphetamine a narcotic drug to the Philippines.

Court remands 3 for wearing military uniforms, terrorising residents

The defendants conspired and wore army uniforms and terrorised members of the public in the area.

Twins returning from visiting widowed mother die in tragic accident

Taiwo and Kehinde died after the motorcycle that conveyed them reportedly crashed into a stationary truck.

Four Cameroonian soldiers who shot women, children dead on camera arrested

Four soldiers suspected to have shot two women and two children dead on camera have been arrested.

Hoodlum nabbed in Bayelsa for attacking man with handsaw

Ferekemebaghe has allegedly been terrorizing residents of lgeibiri community in Southern-Ijaw, Bayelsa.

Two ‘yahoo boys’ get 28 years sentence for defrauding Vietnamese women of N47m

Ihugba Augustine Chinonso and Onu Chinonso Peter have been sentenced to 16 and 12 years in prison respectively.

Buhari, Fayemi merry over Ekiti election outcome

President Muhammadu Buhari hosted Ekiti State Governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi at the Villa today.

“It must fail!” – Oby Ezekwesili defends contentious statement on National Carrier

Ezekwesili has defended her contentious tweet in which she prayed for the failure of the National Carrier project.