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A Nigerian lady on Twitter has registered her displeasure and anger at a man who refused to shake her hand at a social gathering.   According to her, ‘so i was in the company of four guys today, a friend ...

A man beheaded his estranged wife, slit the throat of their 5-year-old daughter and then hanged himself inside the family’s home, police sources said Thursday.   Cops responding to a 911 call from the wife’s worried brother, forced their way inside the ...

Rapper Chinko Ekun shared a video of a loaded trailer that had no brake yet the driver chose to drive it with the help of a conductor who intermittently “shocks” the tyre with a stone.   The truck, though not ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has apologized after his security aides assaulted a journalist at the banquet hall of the presidential villa in Abuja where the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) chaired by Abike Dabiri-Erewa organised  a summit.   We reported earlier that Abayomi ...

A burglar fell through the ceiling of a California restaurant after breaking in to steal with a male accomplice and it was caught on surveillance footage.   Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two burglars who broke into ...

Senior Advocate Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has threatened to drag the Department of State Services (DSS) to court for allegedly refusing to release Omoyele Sowore who has reportedly met his bail conditions.   In a statement released on Thursday November 7, ...

A 27-year-old man identified as  Adam Kunle has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for reportedly raping a 38-year-old woman while she was sleeping.   The suspect disclosed that he was turned down several times by the lady he’d been admiring for ...

The Nigeria Army on Thursday, November 7th inaugurated a General Court Martial to prosecute 70 erring personnel found defaulting in the counter-insurgency operation in the North East.   According to Brig.-Gen. Abdul Khalifa, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, the ...

A six-year-old boy is currently receiving medical attention at the Sexual Assault Centre of Gambo Sawaba Hospital, Zaria, the Kaduna state capital, after he was sodomised repeatedly by a 15 year old boy.   The boy was taken to the ...

The Kogi State Police Command on Wednesday, said corpses of five students have been recovered from clashes between students’ cult gangs at Kogi State University, Ayangba.   Spokesperson for the Kogi Police Command DSP William Aya, made the clarifications in ...

Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court unanimously sentenced Congolese warlord, Bosco Ntaganda to a total of 30 years imprisonment.   However, the time Mr Ntaganda has spent in detention at the ICC from 22 March 2013 to 7 November 2019 ...

Ibukun Awosika, one of Nigeria’s astute businesswomen and chairman of a bank’s board of directors, has revealed the two principles she anchored her life on when she ventured into business at the age of 25.   Speaking at the BPI entrepreneurship ...

The Chairman, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Task Team on traffic-free flow in Abuja, Mr Ikharo Attah, was attacked by Keke mechanics and roadside traders, at a Keke Napep park in Nyanya when his team went to raid illegal stores ...

  A toddler fell to his death from the fourth floor of an apartment block on the day he was celebrating his third birthday.   Eduard Popadiuc fell from the Bridge Court tower block in Harrow, north-west London on November 1, after ...

  Former Governor of Imo State and Senator representing Imo North senatorial district at the National Assembly, Rochas Okorocha has stated that there is nothing like Igbo Presidency.   According to Rochas Okorocha, the 2023 election should be about who can create ...

  A Nigerian lady’s tweet applauding singer, Burna Boy’s mother for allowing him live his life irrespective of what society thinks, has sparked a debate online.   Alluding to the success BurnaBoy has recorded in recent times with his mum as ...

20-year-old Samantha Ray Mears will be spending the next 20 years in a psychiatric facility after being found guilty of breaking into her ex-boyfriend’s home, threatening him with a machete and forcing him to have sex with her.   The Montana resident broke ...

A recently published government gazette has stripped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of the powers to seize assets of people being investigated.   According to the gazette, ...

The names of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s aides whose sack were reportedly approved by President Buhari on Tuesday November 5, have been released.   Babajide, grandson of late statesman and grandfather of Osinbajo’s wife, Obafemi Awolowo and Jibola Ajayi, daughter ...

A Nigerian Twitter user has disclosed that some girls are reportedly giving out blow jobs and sex in exchange for free rides, and other Twitter users think its true.   @Ifeomatess revealed that about 4 Taxify drivers confirmed this and ...

Abdulrasheed Maina, the embattled former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), today arrived the Federal High Court, Abuja, on wheelchair for the hearing of his bail application. He was wheeled into the court by two prison wardens.   ...

Femi Fani-Kayode took to his Facebook page this morning to react to the comment credited to the Minister of Work and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, saying that the roads in Nigeria are not as bad as they are being portrayed.

A Malaysian religious court has sentenced five men to jail, caning, and fines for attempting gay sex.   Sodomy and same-sex acts are illegal under Islamic law in Muslim-majority Malaysia, although convictions are rare. The Selangor Shariah High Court, on ...

Victor Ogunsuyi, an inmate of Oko Medium Correctional Center, in Benin, Edo State who had spent more than 13 years awaiting trial, was on Wednesday, November 7th set free by the State Chief Judge, Justice Esohe Ikpomwen.   She gave ...

A Nigerian lawyer, Eze Gab Chikwado, is currently being praised online for the act of kindness he showed an unlettered man at the Federal High Court Abuja yesterday November 6th.   Read his story below;   When God remembers you! ...