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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of Osun has told the opposition PDP in the state and whoever thinks there will be a vacancy in Bola Ige House come 2022 to stop chasing shadow, noting that the taste of the pudding is in the…

Anthony Iwuoma Wonders, they say, shall never end. That aptly describes the case of a classroom teacher, who stage-managed her own kidnap in Ilorin, Kwara State. The suspect, Medinat Ibrahim, yesterday confessed to faking her own…

Anthony Iwuoma The police in Lagos have successfully secured the remand of two teachers in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a five-year-old pupil. An Ikeja Magistrates Court yesterday ordered the remand of the…

An oil tanker is on fire at Toyota bus stop along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway in  Lagos State. The tanker was conveying more than 5, 000 litres of fuel. Eye witnesses say the tanker was in motion when it fell sideways thereby…

A former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. He is believed to be the first Nigerian to have received the vaccine. Atiku’s spokesman, Paul Ibe, confirmed the development, on Thursday.…

The staff union in the National Identity Management Commission under the aegies of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has called on its members to proceed on strike beginning today January 7. In a communiqué signed by…

Babajide Okeowo Despite the Coronavirus pandemic, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS generated about N1.56 trillion in 2020 surpassing its initial target of N1.38 trillion by N181.35 billion. This was made possible due to the “resolute…

A boy has cheated death after his crucifix necklace stopped a stray bullet from penetrating his chest in Argentina. Tiziano, nine, was shot on the doorstep of his home in Las Talitas on New Year's Eve but was saved by what his…

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 53 teenagers over alleged involvement in immoral acts in Kano City. Lawal Ibrahim, the board’s Public Relations Officer, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Kano, said they were…

Report reaching The Nigerian Xpress indicates that Nigeria would get her first batch of the COVID-19 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccines by the end of this month as part of its plan to inoculate 40 per cent of population this year and 30 per cent…