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An armed man has been shot dead by police after he hijacked a bus and took 37 passengers hostage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.   The masked man, believed to have petrol with him was threatening to burn the bus from ...

Hamisu Wadume, the notorius kidnap kingpin, has revealed how soldiers in Benue state rescued him when he was arrested by police officers on August 6th. Speaking in Hausa, Wadume who was arrested in Kano yesterday August 19th, said “I am ...

A Nigerian man identified as Ofori Donny, has been arrested by the National Security Operatives in Ghana after attempting to acquire Ghanaian passport through fraudulent means.   Before attempting to get the Ghanaian passport which he said he needed because ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo Olu has sworn-in thirty-eight new commissioners and special advisers.   He encouraged them to play their part towards the achievement of a greater Lagos and also expressed his gratitude towards Rt. Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa ...

Donald Trump’s grandchildren just increased by one as his son, Eric Trump and wife Lara welcomed their second child, a daughter   Eric Trump and wife Lara Trump welcomed their second child on Monday. She’s been named Carolina Dorothy.   ...

Hamisu Wadume has been re-arrested by the police, weeks after he escaped during a gun battle between soldiers and a police team conveying him to Taraba state’s police headquarters for questioning.   The suspected Taraba kidnap kingpin was taken into ...

A Ghanaian policeman on Monday, August 19, committed suicide at his duty post with his own weapon.   According to GhanaWeb, Lance Corporal Alhassan Asare stationed at Akim Swedru in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region took his own with ...

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said he will offer his resignation following a blistering attack on coalition partner, Matteo Salvini.   Conte said Salvini had been “irresponsible” in creating a new political crisis for Italy for “personal and party ...

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the Department of State Services and the Inspector-General of Police to appear before it on September 4 over the detention of Omoyele Sowore, co-convener of #RevolutionNowmovement.   Justice Nicholas Oweibo gave ...

A Joint Inter-Agency Team led by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested 37 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for allegedly extorting money from motorists on Nigerian highways.   The Team, comprising ...

Femi Falana on Monday August 18, reiterated that there is nothing wrong in calling for revolution as Nigerian leaders in the past did same.   Speaking at a symposium organised by Coalition for Revolution (CORE) in Lagos, the human rights lawyer ...

US Customs officers have seized nearly four tons of marijuana worth $2.3 million hidden in a consignment of jalapeno peppers. A sniffer dog alerted officers to a trailer with a shipment of peppers in San Diego on the border with ...

A man pranked his girlfriend by setting up a dummy to make it look like he had another woman in the house. The girlfriend’s reaction when she walked in will have you watching the video multiple times.   In the ...

A South Dakota mother-of-two went to the hospital earlier this month thinking she had kidney stones but she was surprised to find out she was about to give birth to triplets.   Dannette Giltz had suffered kidney stones and also experienced pregnancy ...

A New York City police officer involved in the death of an unarmed American man, named Eric Garner, has been fired by the department five years after.   Eric Garner, 43, was killed by police on Staten Island in 2014 and his death ...

The Nigerian Embassy in Germany has vowed to ensure the prosecution of those behind the attack of the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, last Saturday August 17th.   A statement from the Embassy says it has called for a thorough investigation ...

Orji Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate has reacted to social media reports that he suspended his planned medical check-up to Germany because of what happened to Senator Ike Ekweremadu describing it as ‘unfounded’.   Kalu said that since the Senate commenced its ...

A New Jersey woman identified as Taija Russell, 29, has been arrested and accused of burning a man’s house after he invited her over for late-night sex, then fell asleep before she arrived.   Taija Russell was arrested Tuesday in connection ...

The German government has deported a new batch of Nigerian migrants barely 48 hours after the attack on former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu, by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).   According to reports, the migrants left ...

Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, has filed an appeal at the Federal High Court Lagos for the reversal of an interim order secured by the EFCC for the interim forfeiture of her 2,149 pieces of jewellery and a ...

Oyo seems to have a handful of young people at the helm of its affairs and they include 31-year-old Adebo Ogundoyin who emerged as the state’s house of assembly speaker and 27-year-old Seun Fakorede recently nominated as a commissioner by Governor Seyi Makinde. ...

Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi, has banned the use of English language as a means of communication during any traditional function in any part of the state. He gave the directive during the First Ekiti State Arts and Culture Stakeholders’ Forum ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today August 19th, arraigned Mrs. Isabella Oshodin and Bob Oshodin Organisation Ltd before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a 25-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of ...

A Nigerian man identified as Dibia Obinna has been deported by Kenyan authorities, after police accused him of being a drug and human trafficker.   His deportation followed his arrest in Nairobi and after interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi signed the ...

A man disfigured his wife and children by dousing them with acid in Kaduna and Twitter activists are calling for justice.   The abusive man, who is reportedly a staff of a popular bank in Funtua, Katsina state, allegedly divorced the woman ...