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The Lagos state police command has arrested 23-year-old Stella Peters for stabbing her husband, Haruna Bala, to death today Tuesday September 17th.   A statement released by the spokesperson of the police command, Bala Elkana, says the couple who were ...

Dr Umar Ardo, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and the cousin of the party’s 2019 Presidential election candidate, Atiku Abubakar has revealed that he paid $15,000 in bitcoin to secure the release of his daughter, Miss Ai’shat Umar Ardo (Ummi). The ...

Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National planning, says the Buhari-led administration is working hard to ensure that the economy grows as fast as that of China and that of other world powers.   Ahmed made this known on ...

A 23-year-old black transgender woman was found burned beyond recognition in Florida and her death has elicited outrage. But police have refused to offer further information on her death.   The body of 23-year-old Bee Love Slater was discovered inside ...

Hassan Marafa, the former Emir of Bakura in Zamfara state has emerged the Deputy Chairman of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).   Marafa emerged during the party’s state congress held in Gusau on Monday, September 16th. He was ...

  A Nigerian lady took to Twitter to narrate how her love for her boyfriend while still in the University made her cook a stolen goat for him and his friends.   @dejokecarew said she made pepper soup, peppered meat and ...

The Sokoto State police command has confirmed the sudden death of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sulaiman Zubairu who died on Sunday.   The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Sadiq, said Zabairu was in the state to supervise the ...

A domestic violence victim has opened up about her abuse while showing the extent of the injuries recently inflicted on her by her abusive partner.   Carla Galvan told how she left her 5 year relationship because of extreme domestic ...

American business magnate, Bill Gates, has said Nigeria still has some of the smallest tax-to-GDP ratios anywhere in the world.   Speaking via a teleconference with select journalists, Gates said the government needs to gain credibility with the people to ensure more ...

Seun Onigbinde has stated that his resignation from the Buhari-led administration had nothing to do with the attacks he received online following his appointment.   Onigbinde, the Co-founder of BudgIT, yesterday announced his resignation as the Technical Adviser to the Minister ...

Photos of a young Zebra at the Maasai Mara Reserve in Kenya has gone viral following its unique stripes which is different from the wild life’s distinctive black-and-white striped coats.   Antony Tira, the renowned guide who shared photos of the ...

The Nigerian Medical Association has decried the poor conditions of Nigeria’s health care, bad remuneration and deteriorating hospital facilities saying many medical doctors are abandoning the country for greener pastures abroad.   According to the association, the exodus of Nigerian ...

South African news is rife with reports of women raped or murdered by their men and AKA has courted controversy by saying that those men are only the products of a traumatic childhood.

The family of Obi Chukwuka Okonjo, the late father of former Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is reportedly enmeshed in a fight over the unauthorised announcement of the death of the 91-year-old King of Ogwashi-Uku community in Aniocha South Local Government ...

At least two persons have been reported dead after a commercial vehicle plunged into a river in Osun State.   According to Folashade Odoro, the spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, the accident happened at an area known as ...

Oby Ezekwesili, a former presidential candidate in a series of tweets this morning has urged the newly constituted Economic Advisory Council to make it a priority to tell President Buhari, how he has allegedly ‘mismanaged the economy.’   Ezekwesili pointed out ...

Many cows have been killed after a truck conveying them to a market collided with a passenger bus this morning in Lagos.   See more photos from the scene of the accident below    

Obinwanne Okeke, the Nigerian entrepreneur arrested by operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the last day of his visit to the United States in August, pleaded not guilty to the two count charge of wire and computer fraud ...

Ramatu Ahmed, the Nigerian Ambassador to Burkina Faso, says no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian girls are forced into prostitution in Burkina Faso.   In a recent interview, Ramatu said the victims of the sex-trade were mainly underage girls kept in appalling ...

Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) over the weekend raided all streets within Central Business District including surroundings of the ‘African Shrine’, Alausa, Ikeja. The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi said the enforcement ...

Seun Onigbinde, the Co-founder of BudgIT, has announced his resignation as the Technical Adviser to the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba.   He made this announcement on his Medium page, a link of which he shared on ...

An Army Corporal, Awotayo Femi attached to 707 Special Force Brigade in Makurdi, Benue state and six others are said to have been arrested after they allegedly killed a Police Inspector, Christopher Achong in Bekwarra local government area of Cross ...

Twitter users have expressed outrage at the words on the placards used by women in Port Harcourt to protest the increased rate at which women are found murdered in hotel rooms.   The female protesters carried placards that seemed to blame the ...

A South African man who raped 7-year-old girl has been found guilty of two charges of rape   21-year-old Nicholas Ninow was found guilty by the Pretoria High Court for two counts of rape on Monday, September 16.   According to News 24, Mr. Ninow ...

Emeka Emmanuel, a 29-year-old man has been arrested for parading himself as a staff of EFCC.   Emmanuel is alleged to have duped innocent citizens under the pretense of providing them employment with the EFCC as operatives. He was arrested on the 14/09/2019 ...