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A bride in Niger State recently removed her wedding gown and ran kilometers in the bush to escape abduction by bandits who attacked them while she was being taken to her matrimonial home.  City & Crime gathered that the bride was being taken from a village in Paikoro LGA to Kuta, headquarters of Shiroro LGA,…

Former Spain international defender Jordi Alba will sign for Inter Miami and join up with former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets, team owner Jorge Mas said on Tuesday. “Jordi Alba will sign today,” Mas told a group of reporters after the team’s training session. The 34-year-old Alba, who made 93 appearances for Spain,…

The House of Representatives Tuesday mandated its committee on works (when constituted) to investigate the abandonment of section 1 of the ongoing Kano-Maiduguri Road by contractors. This followed the adoption of a motion by Yusuf Shittu Galambi who recalled that the Federal Government approved a contract for the dualisation of the road in October 2006.…

Residents of Ibadan have raised the alarm over the rate at which beggars are taking over major roads in the city, disrupting free flow of traffic and traumatising road users.  Some of the residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Tuesday, accused the state government of not doing enough…

Today Wednesday, July 18, 2023, is the beginning of a new year in the Muslim world. This followed the announcement on Monday by the Sultanate Council which declared today as the first of Muharram. The Council had announced that no reports of the sighting of the crescent of the lunar month of Muharram were received…

The Secretary of the PDP in Kwara State, Abdulrazaq Lawal, on Tuesday, announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the leadership of the party citing personal reasons.  In a statement signed by the state Publicity Secretary of PDP, Prince Tunji Moronfoye, the party acknowledged the resignation.  The statement reads in part: “We have been…

The House of Representatives Tuesday urged the Ministries of Aviation and Health and other relevant agencies to provide desks to check the blood pressure and blood sugar of passengers at airports. This followed the adoption of a motion by Kalejaiye Adeboye Paul who stressed the need to prioritize the health of passengers travelling long hours.…

Ahead of the Super Falcons opening match at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, a former coach of the team has said the oldest and most experienced player in the squad, Onome Ebi, has nothing tangible to offer the team again. The 40 years old defender is one of the old warhorses that many believe…

The Chairman of Toto LGA of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi Tashas, has sought the support of the Ona of Abaji and Chairman of the FCT Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa, to tackle banditry and kidnapping in the area.  City & Crime reports that Toto LGA, which is eight kilometres to Abaji…

After years of using it to secure plumb and lucrative political offices, in which much is taken away from the common wealth and returning little value to the Nigerian people, the sweet and tantalizing political rhetoric that served the elite so well as guaranteed honey pot, should take some back seat, while Nigerians figure out…