A University College London medicine expert was burnt alive by an angry mob after being accused of practising witchcraft. Domingo Choc Che, a natural medicine expert, had been working with the university on a project when the traumatic event happened. ...

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu has said the anti-graft agency is investigating serving and former state governors for graft. According to him, suspects who connived with the governors were being invited for questioning. ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a journalist, Rotimi Jolayemi, also known as Oba Akewi, who was arrested for his Yoruba poetic song critical of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. Justice ...

Professor James Nwoye Adichie, father of the renowned novelist, Chimamanda is dead. A family source revealed that he died on Wednesday night in Awka, Anambra State. Before his death, the 88-year-old father was admitted at the Chira Memorial Hospital in ...

To commemorate this year’s National Democracy Day celebration, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat will on June 12 hold a Democracy Day webinar for youths in Lagos. The national leader of the All Progressives Congress ...

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President Muhammadu Buhari this morning addressed Nigerians on the occasion of the Democracy Day. The President’s speech below: NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON DEMOCRACY DAY, JUNE 12TH 2020 Fellow Nigerians, 1. The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks ...

Just three-and-a-half weeks away from the Dominican Republic’s presidential election, leading candidate Luis Abinader said he and his wife have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The country is one of the worst-affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the Caribbean ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Thursday, paraded a suspected supplier of aphrodisiac to Boko Haram members in Borno State. The suspect, Bakura Ibrahim, apart from supplying the sex enhancing herbs, to the insurgents, also provides fuel and ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office have commenced investigations into allegations of misappropriation of funds to the tune of N42million involving an aide of governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. The suspect, Paul Hembah, ...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has denied fixing June 21, 2020, as resumption date for air travels in the country. National Coordinator Dr Sani Aliyu, clarified: “What we said to the aviation authority is ...

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has declared a state of emergency on the increasing rate of sexual and gender-based violence in the country. The NGF chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, said this via a communique sent out/ Mr ...

A twitter user has accused SARS officials of arresting and demanding the sum of N500,000 from himself and his wife for breaking the state curfew. Bruce tweeted that they were arrested at Lekki and were taken to an ATM in ...

Two restaurant owners have been sentenced to 723 years in prison in Thailand, after defrauding the public with a seafood promotion. Apichart Bowornbancharak and Prapassorn Bawornban sold vouchers to customers that entitled them to use their seafood buffet at an ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has returned over N5.7 billion from the N7..9 billion recovered from different bank accounts and assets belonging to former Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, to the state, for the payment of workers’ salaries and ...

One of the suspects arrested and detained over Uwaila Omozuwa’s Rape and death has accused Uwa’s Pastor of being responsible for her death. According to a Journalist, Ayo Ademokoya, the suspect allegedly confessed that Uwa had gotten pregnant for the ...

    Dele Alli will miss Tottenham’s first game back following the coroavirus-enforced break after being banned by the Football Association for a video posted online mocking an Asian man for supposedly having Covid-19. In February, Alli posted a video on Snapchat from ...

Twenty four out of the 34 members of the Kaduna House of Assembly on  Thursday impeached the Deputy Speaker, Mukhtar Hazo. The development followed a vote of no confidence on him during a sitting of the House, presided over by ...

Beyoncé is in advanced talks to sign an £80million deal with Disney for three major projects. The singer will appear on the soundtrack for Marvel film Black Panther 2, which is due for release next year, plus two other blockbusters.. ...

A mum and dad have disappeared with their two toddler children as police desperately appealed for help to find them. Derry couple Charlene Collins, 25, and Martin Collins, 27, were last this week with their two young children. The kids ...

Former Wimbledon champion Ilie Nastase has tied the knot for a fifth time with his latest bride some 30 years younger than him. The 73-year-old Romanian tennis ace wed Ioana Simion, 43, during a “simple and beautiful” ceremony at the ...

The former president of a small-town East Texas bank has admitted to stealing more than $11million and then setting fire to financial documents to cover up her crime. Anita Gail Moody, 57, on Friday pleaded guilty to federal counts of ...

Thomas Lane, one of the four Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd, has been released from jail on bail. Lane, 37, who had been held on $750,000 conditional bail, was freed from the Hennepin County jail ...

Another statue of a slave trader in the UK has been removed by workmen. Tower Hamlets Council took down the statue of Robert Milligan from its position at West India Quay, east London this evening. Milligan, born in Scotland, moved ...

The mum of a young woman who died after taking party drug MDMA for the first time said her daughter’s death was a “waste of a beautiful life”. Miss Smith, 21, died after taking a ‘significant’ amount of the drug ...