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26-year-old Financial Analyst and ex-president of Nigerian Economics Students Association in Covenant University, Segun Afolabi has reportedly been murdered.   The deceased was killed at his residence in Gbagada on Monday November 4, by his gateman he helped financially and ...

Dara Oladosu, a Nigerian Tech developer and founder of Quoted Replies, was filled with excitement last night after he was offered a job at Twitter to help build a native “quoted tweet” feature for the platform.   Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, is ...

A Georgia student who went missing last month has been found dead.   The body of 21-year-old Alexis Crawford, a senior at Clark Atlanta University, was found in a park in Dekalb County off of Columbia Drive in Atlanta on ...

A police officer in Akwa Ibom reportedly shot dead a man at a wedding ceremony attended by the state governor, Udom Emmanuel.   The incident happened on Thursday, November 7th in Ikot Ukab, Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of the ...

Deji Adeyanju and other human rights activists in the country are currently staging a protest at the DSS headquarters in Abuja to demand the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore.   According to Adeyanju, ‘they have refused to release Sowore to ...

  Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been released from prison after a judge ordered the release.   The order which was handed down on Friday, November 8, 2019, came just one day after the country’s Supreme ...

Thirteen commissioners of Police recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police, have been deployed to various commands and zones of the Nigerian Police Force, on the order of the Inspector General Mohammed Adamu.   The posting ...

18 year-old Thomas Griffiths who murdered his 17-year-old girlfriend Ellie Gould in her family home, has been jailed for life.   The convict reportedly killed his ex-girlfriend on May 3 after she ended their relationship to concentrate on her forthcoming examination, ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to resign immediately and apologize to Nigerians over his ”unpardonable comment” that the terrible state of roads in the nation is being exaggerated.   Fashola at ...

Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, now facing trial in Nigeria for allegedly stealing pension money, is also wanted in neighbouring Niger Republic after the authorities allegedly found $1.7million cash in his house in Niamey.   ...

  It has been reported that Dangote Agro sack factory In Ibeshe, Abeokuta, Ogun State has been allegedly gutted by fire. The fire outbreak was recorded on Friday, 8th.   Watch video below: JUST IN – VIDEO: Fire Allegedly Guts ...

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has fired back at the Department of State Services (DSS) over its claim of no one coming to pick #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore after it acknowledged a court order for his release.   Sowore’s lead ...

64 human and sex trafficking victims comprising of Nigerians and citizens of three other African countries have been rescued following a cordinated operation by International Police operatives in Mali.   The raids were carried out at known trafficking and smuggling hotspots in the ...

A fake female soldier who uses her late husband’s military camouflage to defraud unsuspecting members of the public and also carry out illegal activities has been arrested by the Nigerian army in Edo State.   The suspect identified as Angela Maidoki ...

There are unconfirmed reports that the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State is allegedly confused over documents that surfaced online and reported by the Nation’s newspaper online and Daily independent, depicting the health status of its ...

A South African teacher was left bloodied after being assaulted by a grade 4 pupil from Sakhile Primary School in Heidelberg, Gauteng.   The teacher was treated at a local hospital and discharged same day as confirmed by Gauteng’s basic education spokesperson Steve ...

The Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of 16 members of a faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).   Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator Col. Aminu IIliyas said in a statement released on Friday November 8, ...

A drug dealer and his young “runner” were today convicted of the murder of Girl Scout Jodie Chesney, 17, after she was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack in a London park.   Svenson Ong-a-Kwie, 19, and a 17-year-old boy, ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed receiving the court order on the release of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the Revolution Now movement.   Sowore was arrested in Lagos on August 3rd and later flown to Abuja where he ...

  A heart broken mum has taken to Facebook to share horrific images of her child who was beaten to a pulp in his Day care after prosecutors refused to bring up charges against the Day care or it’s staff as ...

A 39-year-old IT worker, Richard Jackson, of Portslade, Brighton was left paralysed from the neck down and left in a state of comatose after being served under-cooked chicken in a restaurant in London. Jackson who spent a lot of time ...

A pastor has been arrested for allegedly raping his neighbour’s daughter in Ojota, Lagos.   Pastor Israel Philip, 43, who lives at No. 16 Ayomide street in Ojota, has been arraigned and detained in prison.   The victim reportedly went ...

On Friday, November 8th, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State fired back at the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, over the “mosquito buzz” comment he made weeks ago.   Oshiomhole had referred to the ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State disclosed on Friday, November 8th that 12 lives were lost in an accident on Friday in Gwacipe village of Gurara Local Government Area of the state.   While giving details on ...

The Lagos State Government has confirmed that the outbreak of Gastroenteritis has killed 11 people in the state while 370 others were saved from death.   Gastroenteritis is caused by micro-organisms like those causing typhoid fever, cholera and certain viruses. ...