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The presidency has announced that the extraordinary Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting originally scheduled to hold on Saturday has been shifted to Monday, October 7, 2019, by 12 noon.   According to the presidency, the meeting is to put finishing ...

A road accident involving a Bank of Ghana (BoG) bullion van and a fuel tanker has left one dead.   One of the victims of the accident who has been identified as the driver of the tanker, Osman Zongo died shortly after the head-on ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State who made headlines days ago after he enrolled his child in a public school, has stated that his ward will remain at the school even with the kidnapping threat that preceeded the abduction of ...

Twelve Nigerians were among 14 foreigners arrested by Malaysian Immigration Department this week when its men busted an illegal online gambling operations at a condominium in Kajang.   The gambling operations were manned by two Chinese. Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee ...

Professor Attahiru Jega, the former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, October 4th advised the 9th Assembly to adopt electronic voting for effective monitoring of bills and motions.   Jega advised on the presentation of the Scorecard of ...

10 soldiers attached to the 143 Battalion of the Nigerian Army have reportedly been in detention since July 15 for allegedly protesting against poor feeding, lack of special promotion and poor welfare on the battlefield.   The soldiers who were inducted into operation ...

US President Donald Trump shared took to Twitter to take a jab at ”whistleblowers”. Another Tweet below.  

American singer and Oscar-nominated actress, Diahann Carroll has died at the age of 84.   Diahann, who was the first African American woman to star in her own TV series died on Friday (Oct. 4) at her home in Los Angeles after ...

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has blamed the increased cases of robbery attacks in Uyo, the state’s capital on people not informing the police.   In a statement released on Friday October 4, the police command listed some hotlines and ...

The Trump administration will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove their financial capability to pay for health insurance or cover health care costs once they become permanent residents of the United States.   The White House made the annocement ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said he has no plans to anoint anybody as his successor in 2023.   Ortom, while addressing PDP stakeholders’ on Friday, October 4th in Makurdi, assured them that he would allow the party to ...

Hundreds of young transgender people are reportedly seeking help to return to their original sex.   According to a charity being set up to help them, many members of the trans community are detransitioning and the numbers may increase further. ...

The official website of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) was hacked in the late hours of yesterday October 4, by a suspected French hacker identified as Nasty.   A comment shared by Nasty revealed that the school’s official website never ...

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Friday, October 4th reportedly launched an attack on Mifa, a village in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State.   According to reports, several houses were said to have been razed during the attack by ...

A four-year-old boy miraculously survived a horror fall after he fell from a 100ft high balcony on the tenth floor of a building in Nonthaburi, central Thailand.   The boy, who wasn’t named in the report was allegedly left at ...

A 24-year-old Ghanaian fraudster identified as Emanuel Poku has been handed a 2 year 9 months jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the UK telecommunications industry and UK banking industry, possession of an article used in fraud and ...

A pastor has been arrested and paraded for torturing a 10-year-old boy with an electrical iron.   Pastor Emmanuel, 34, who works with the Eagles Prophetic Gospel Centre in Gombe State, was paraded alongside 15 other criminal suspects.   The pastor is ...

Despite the proscription of their activities in Nigeria, members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria otherwise known as Shi’ites, staged a peaceful protest in Utako, Abuja on Friday October 4th.   The protesting Shi’ites are demanding the unconditional release of their ...

According to tech entrepreneur, Victor Asemota, daughters are more affectionate while the boys just don’t care.

A Vehicle Inspector Officer was killed by a mob in Mariga Local Government Area of the state yesterday Thursday October 3rd.   According to reports, the VIO officer spotted three fulani youths namely Malami Mohammed, Juli Musa and Dawa Ali, riding ...

A car accident which occurred in the early hours of Friday October 4, left three people dead and two others injured.   The accident involving a Lexus car with five passengers and a stationary truck occurred along Oyemekun road in Akure ...

A young woman is questioning whether her mother is really her biological mother after she flogged her brutally for going to make her hair.   Instagram user, Vanessa, claims she took permission before leaving home. Yet, when she returned from ...

A Florida man shot and killed his son-in-law after the victim who had flew in from Norway to the US jumped out of the bushes to surprise him for his birthday.   61-year-old Richard Dennis opened fire on Christopher Bergan, 37, outside his ...

Brigadier General Tarelah Paul Boroh (rtd), former boss of Amnesty Programme and Hanafi Musa Moriki were arraigned in Abuja, on October 3rd by the EFCC  on a nine count charge of theft and criminal breach of trust to the tune ...

A 10-year-old girl’s private part had to be stitched recently after she was violently raped by 20-year-old, Shamshideen Salihu, in her parents home in Buyinko Junior Quarter Maikunkele, Bosso Local Government Area of the state.   Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations ...