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Six bandits were released from Katsina state government’s custody on Tuesday September 10, in exchange for 20 kidnapped persons in the state.   Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari confirmed the exchange after a closed-door meeting with the bandits. Some bandits ...

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria served an update on the Ashura procession it engaged in today September 10, across the country.   According to the Islamic group popularly known as Shi’ites, 15 of its members were killed in Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, ...

A Nigerian gay chef, Ayomide Idowu took to Instagram to share his ordeal after getting gang raped by some unmentioned male clients.   Ayomide said the men had hired him as the caterer for their event, but gang raped him ...

The reaction of two toddlers to spotting each other on the street in New York City has warmed many hearts and the video has gone viral.   In the video, the toddlers – one Black, one White – are seen running ...

Men of the Niger state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a 20-year-old man, Mustapha Aliyu, for throwing his four months old son into river Uti in Borgu local government area of the state.   When ...

A relative of Femi Otedola, his step sister, took out a newspaper advert to announce that she has changed her name to one that’s lengthy. She then named Femi Otedola, DJ Cuppy, Pastor EA Adeboye, Goodluck Jonathan, and others as ...

An Iranian woman who was denied entry to a football stadium in Tehran has died after setting herself on fire.   Human rights organization, Amnesty International said Sahar Khodayari, 29, faced charges of “appearing in public without a hijab” when she ...

President Buhari is mourning the passing of a loyal and honest staff, Buhari Nalado Sandamu, who served the President and his family for more than 30 years.   “I have lost a good and honest caretaker,’’ says the President, who offered prayers ...

Four Nigerians were arrested and transferred to Accra Regional Police Command on Tuesday September 10, after torturing and disfiguring their Ghanaian house help.   The pummeled househelp was saved after his cries attracted residents of East Legon, where the Nigerians lived. Joy News’ ...

President Donald Trump has fired his national security adviser John Bolton, saying that he “strongly disagreed with many of his suggestions.” Trump made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, September 10, saying he ordered John to resign and will be naming a new National Security Advisor ...

Nigerian men have taken to Twitter to share how they felt watching their wives give birth to their children in the hospital. The men all recounted how they were terrified and cried profusely seeing their wives in so much pain ...

Rochas Okorocha, the immediate past Imo State governor has lamented how he was badly treated by the All Progressives Congress (APC).   The party, he alleged, repaid his courage and sacrifices with evil in the south east. The Imo West Senator challenged ...

An alleged phone thief has been rescued from being lynched by an angry mob for allegedly stealing a mobile phone in Calabar South, Cross River State.   The incident happened on August 8, at Mayne Avenue by Murray. The mob beat ...

A Twitter user has narrated an experience her sister had with a cab driver who confessed to being a rapist.   @rehviie said her sister was in a cab when a radio program discussing rape came on. And the taxi ...

Grade 11 schoolgirl Ayakha Jiyane, who should have been celebrating her 17th birthday on Sunday, was buried alongside her three siblings, after a memorial service at the Copesville Community Hall outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.   There were loud cries from ...

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, has said that Nigerians will not become second-class citizens elsewhere if Nigeria is what it ought to be.   Adesina said this when he spoke at the “Naija Youth Talk” ...

Pensioners in Benue State have refused Governor Samuel Ortom’s advice to vacate the entrance to the Government House in Makurdi.   This comes after the pensioners last week moved to the entrance of the Government House, sleeping on mats. The ...

A Nigerian man has criticised the local government chairman in Ikorodu, Lagos state over the filthy state of a particular street in the area.   In a post shared on Facebook, Rasheed Fatuga said in September 2016, he posted photos showing the ...

Commercial sex workers in Machakos, Kenya have taken to the streets to demand for lubricants and condoms from the county government. ”We as sex workers are here today to ask Machakos county government what it plans to do as we are the key pupolation ...

What have we done?! Why are we destroying our own people?! We have been yelling ‘no to xenophobia’ and yet we are the ones destroying Nigerian lives and property in Nigeria. What is happening?!   After reports that Nigerians and ...

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) a.k.a Shi’ites has accused the Nigerian police of killing three of its members after defying its proscription by embarking on a procession across the country.   While the procession which the police described as ”an act ...

Orikadun is one of the twenty six festivals celebrated annually by the good people of Igbara-Oke in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State. It has always been a moment of celebration filled with colourful display of traditional and cultural ...

Officers of the Nigerian Army shot one of the four daredevil armed robbers who dispossessed a bank customer of about N1.5 million in Bayelsa on Monday.   It was gathered that the hoodlums trailed the bank customer, said to be the ...

Hajia Ladi, the mother of Yahaya Muhammad, a former Jigawa lawmaker, has regained freedom after six days with kidnappers.   She was kidnapped on September 2nd, there are however varied reports regarding how she regained her freedom.   A relative ...

Professor Gideon Okedayo, a senior lecturer at the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), abducted by gunmen about a week ago has been found dead.   Okedayo was kidnapped on Igara road in Akoko Edo area of Edo State ...