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The police college overrun by Boko Haram sect over a week ago has been converted into the base of the terrorist group, according to the Director, Catholic Social Communications, Maiduguri Diocese of the Catholic Church, Gideon Obasogie, who narrated the account of a survivor to Saturday PUNCH on Friday. The ...

[youtube BlCdQMRE4vo 300 200] Ozị maka oya nje Ebola n’asụsụ Igbo Ebola awareness message in Igbo language. This is for the benefit of people that do not understand English language which is the language used for most awareness videos and information on this disease. Please watch and share, this is ...

The Federal Government has reinstated the 16,000 resident doctors it sacked on August 13th. Spokesman for the Minister of Health, Dan Nwomeh said the reinstatement became effective Thursday August 28th.

In a recent interview with Arise News TV, Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, who was hired by the Nigerian government some months back to help negotiate with Boko Haram members to facilitate the release of abducted Chibok girls, mentioned the name of former Borno state Governor, Alimodu Sheriff as a ...

Dora Akunyili, renowned NAFDAC reformer and former Minister of Information and Communications who passed away in June at 59, was buried on Thursday 28th August 2014 in Anambra. Dignitaries from all walks of life including top government officials � federal and state, were in Agulu in Anaocha local government area ...

The dissolution of the marriage between Christ Embassy Church founder, Pastor Christian Oyakhilome, and his wife, Rev. Anita Odegwa Oyakhilome, has entered the final phase, TheCable can report. The wife is seeking divorce on the grounds of �unreasonable behaviour” and �adultery”. She outlined several allegations against the pastor which TheCable ...

Reports coming days after the declaration of GWOZA town in the troubled northeastern state of Borno as an Islamic Caliphate and the recent takeover of Madagali by the Boko Haram insurgents, the extremists have reportedly beheaded every Christian man available in the areas, while their wives have been forced into ...

One of Africa’s richest women and chairman of Famfa Oil, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija yesterday August 27th revealed that she never went to a university, saying one does not need a university education to make it in life. Mrs Alakija said this while speaking with students of the University of Lagos ...

A member of staff of ECOWAS on the team that received the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American diplomat, who died of Ebola in Lagos, made a trip to Port Harcourt where he checked into a hotel and met with Dr. Iyke Enemuo.The ECOWAS official whose name was also not given ...

President Jonathan Launched the new E-National identity card in Abuja today .The card is a multi-purpose card for identification, electronic signatures, biometric on-card verification, and other applications.

Earlier this week, BN brought you the news that Deputy Governor of Enugu, Sunday Onyebuchi was impeached by the Enugu State House of Assembly. Onyebuchi was accused of operating a commercial poultry at his official residence and of flouting the orders of the State Governor Sullivan Chime, but many have ...

Men who were treated and discharged of Ebola Virus have been advised not to have sex for atleast 7 weeks. Dr Bridget Okoeguale, Director, Department of Public Health, gave the advice during an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).She said �There are many literatures that say that after men ...

A highly placed official of the Rivers state Government has confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that a suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease has been detected in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. The official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to discuss the development ...

The Federal Government has postponed the resumption of primary and secondary schools across the country to Monday October 13th, it has been announced. Primary and Secondary schools were supposed to resume on September 22nd but about two weeks ago, FG postponed it indefinitely to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola ...

Pastor E.A Adeboye went on his Facebook page to share a picture of himself holding a thank you note after hitting #2million Facebook followers… He wrote; “I would like to thank you all for 2 million followers on Facebook. May The Lord bless you and speedily answer all your prayers ...

Deputy Governor of Enugu state, Sunday Onyebuchi, has been impeached by members of the Enugu state Assembly. The Deputy Governor, who was served his impeachment notice on July 22nd, was voted out of office this morning. Details of his impeachment session is still sketchy but it is believed to have ...

Controversial Pastor Lesego Daniel of the Rabboni Centre Ministries, South Africa who made his congregations eat grass so they can be closer to God is back in the news and this time he is stepping on them to make evil spirits leave them. It is not clear as to why ...

Viewers Discretion Adviced The Dutsen Alhaji Police Division of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Abuja, has arrested a woman, Mrs. Roseline Uzoamaka, after she brutalised her 14-year-old relative, identified simply as Sarah, because she was bed-wetting.Uzoamaka allegedly forced the teenager to sit on a burning electric cooker until the ...

The Punch newspaper has threatened to sue Vanguard newspaper, the SUN and Thisday over a fake advertorial published on different days by the newspapers. Punch has given the newspapers 5 days to tender a public apology and publish it prominently in their respective newspapers or face litigation. Here’s the genesis ...

City People Magazine has unveiled Gentle and easy going Bankole Cardoso,the co-founder and CEO of Easy Taxi. He studied at Rugby School, UK and has a degree in Business Management and Accounting from the Boston College. Bankole is also a certified Public Accountant,licensed in New York. Early 2014 he was ...