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The Osun Police Command has arrested one Kabiru Oyedun, a suspected ritualist, for being in possession of body parts of a yet-to-be-identified lady, killed for money rituals. Oyeduntan, 39, who was paraded on Friday revealed that he assisted his friend, identified as Akin (alias O’clumsy) to butcher his girlfriend. The suspect who claimed to be a bricklayer and night guard, ...

Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday morning fired tear gas canisters at the protesters gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos, venue of the June 12 Democracy Day protest.   The protesters were demanding an end to bad governance when they were tear-gassed by the security operatives.   Recall police had already warned against protests across ...

Youths under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society (CSOs), Osun State in their scores on Saturday morning converged at the popular Oke-Fai roundabout for democracy day, June 12 rally amid heavy security in the state capital. The youths started converging around 7:30am beside the patrol vehicle of Amotekun and NSCDC with banner and placards demanding for better Nigeria and ...

Wife of of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, has commended Mr. Abel and Mrs. Marian Ugiagbe, the couple whose marriage ceremony was disrupted by the absence of the Registrar at the Ministry of Interior, Federal Marriage Registry, in Benin City, for their humility and the spirit of forgiveness. Obaseki gave the commendation on Saturday in Benin, when she met ...

Several markets in Lagos, including the popular Computer Village were shut on Saturday following threats of protest and violence in the state. Sunday Igboho, acclaimed Yoruba activist, had declared June 12 a day of protest and told people in the Southwest to stockpile food in readiness for the day. Despite police’s assurance that people should go about their business activities, ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state today joined other protesters in Ibadan, the state capital for the June 12 protest. Makinde shocked protesters when he drove himself to the venue with little security to address them. Clad in a brown attire, Makinde who is a governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), emerged amidst cheers and loud ...

The family of late Chief MKO Abiola, on Saturday, said the Federal Government has not fulfilled promises made to the family. A representative of the family of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election disclosed this in an interview with journalists. Rahaman Abiola, who serves as the Secretary of the family, made this known when a delegation ...

  Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is stable in hospital after collapsing during his country’s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland in Copenhagen. The Inter star went down during the opening half of the Group B match and required extensive medical attention on the pitch before he was removed on a stretcher. After Eriksen was taken to the hospital, UEFA sent out ...

Roma manager, Jose Mourinho, has joked that he wants Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Italy, so he can have peace. Mourinho will be coaching in Serie A next season, following his sack at Tottenham Hotspur in April. He will replace Paulo Fonseca at Roma and he’s likely to come up against his compatriot Ronaldo in Serie A. Both men have worked ...

  Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey is celebrating with Nigerians today, as the country celebrates Democracy Day — a day that has turned into protests in most states of the country. At exactly 12am (Nigerian time), Jack tweeted a photo of the Nigerian flag on his official Twitter handle. This comes just days after the Federal Government of Nigeria banned his ...

  A mother has been detained for suspected murder in Russia after dangling her daughter, three, over a balcony as punishment for crying – then dropping her, say law enforcement. The child, named Anastasia, was heard on a video pleading ‘Mama, I am scared’ then ‘I am scared, scared, scared…..I am scared’ before she fell 60ft to her death. The ...

Regular and strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease in people who are genetically vulnerable, say scientists. The team at the University of Sheffield said nobody should stop exercising as a result of their study. But they hope the findings could lead to ways of screening people who may be at higher risk and give tailored advice. Overall, ...

‘ Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lashed out at the senior pastor of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie, over some cryptic comment he made over the death of Prophet T.B Joshua. You could recall, Okotie and Joshua did not get along well when the former was alive so upon his death, he took to social media to ...

After several months of lamenting that rapper, Zlatan Ibile has blocked her on Instagram DJ Cuppy still has not figured out why the former blocked her.   This comes after a fan engaged her in a Question and Answer session on Instagram and the anonymous fan was curious to know why Zlatan Ibile blocked her and hoped that he has ...

The management of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria in Kaduna State on Thursday announced the indefinite suspension of academic activities following the attack on the institution by suspected bandits. Mallam Mahmud Kwarbai, Information and Protocol Officer of the Institution made this known in a statement on Friday. Suspected bandits attacked the Polytechnic, killed one student, abducted two staff and other students. ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named the Premier League PFA Fans’ Player of the Year. This is despite Liverpool’s patchy campaign in the just concluded season. The Egyptian forward managed to bag an impressive 22 goals in 37 league outings coming second behind Harry Kane. However, the attacker playing a huge part in the Reds’ achievement of securing an ...

An average man whose identity cannot be ascertained, a native of Amaigbo in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State has committed suicide by hanging himself after he was caught having canal knowledge of his daughter. A source narrated to Tribune Online in Owerri that the man had been forcing her 17-year-old daughter to sleep with him for a very ...

Nollywood actor, Baba Suwe has revealed that he is currently unwell at the moment and unable to walk, no thanks to the experience he said was meted out to him by the personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. In 2011, the veteran thespian was arrested by the NDLEA with claims that he was in possession of substances suspected ...

From the age of 10, Elisane Silva started to notice she was much taller than her classmates, and even her family. At that stage she was already 5ft 9 but she kept growing, and now the 26-year-old stands at 6ft 8in. Her mother Ana Maria Ramos is just 5ft 4in and father Luiz Jorge is 5ft 7in so they didn’t ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is planning to launch its own digital currency by the of 2021, Rakiya Mohammed, the bank’s IT specialist said on Thursday in Lagos. Ms Mohammed’s disclosure follows the conclusion of the Bankers Committee meeting. According to her, the apex bank has for over two years been exploring the technology and has made tremendous progress. ...

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has broken his silence on suspension of micro blogging and social network platform Twitter by the Federal Government. He said Nigeria and Twitter need each other. He called for amicable resolution of the feud with Twitter. Lawan bared his mind at a briefing in Abuja to mark the second anniversary of the 9th Senate. He said: ...

A 34-year-old Nigerian man recently separated from his wife has attacked her parents’ home in Douglasville, Georgia, United States, killing her and his mother-in-law before taking his own life. Udoamaka Nwamu, of East Point, Fulton County, took a handgun to his in-laws’ home in Douglasville on Sunday, June 6, where his estranged wife, Kaliyah Nwamu, was staying, and fired shots ...

The corpse of a baby girl, suspected to be a day old, has been recovered in a well at Tsalle Village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, was confirmed in a statement by Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the spokesman for the Kano State Fire Service. Abdullahi said the service received a distress call ...

The President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster, as the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. He said Ilelah’s appointment “is for a tenure of five years in the first instance.” Ilelah replaces ...

Yoruba Nation agitators have threatened to shut down the country if there is bloodshed in the South-West region during the protest that will be staged on June 12 –Democracy Day. This was made known by Olayomi Koiki, media spokesman for Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) in a Facebook broadcast monitored by SaharaReporters. But there are intelligent reports that soldiers ...