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Grace Dara Opeyemi, an English Studies student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) committed suicide on Friday August 2.   The OAU student reportedly took sniper (insecticide) upon learning that she might not graduate with her coursemates following an alleged poor performance in her final year ...

The Kaduna State High Court will on Monday, August 5th rule on the application by the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, seeking permission to travel to India for medical ...

Prince Immanuel Korie, a 300 level student of Caleb University, has been missing since Wednesday July 31, when he left school. Prior to his leaving, he called his mother to announce his departure at 11.45am and since then there’s been ...

Saidu Kolaku, the zonal vice chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has been shot dead.   Kolaku was an executive of MACBAN in Adamawa South until he was shot dead on Saturday., August 3rd 2019.   His death ...

Nigeria’s Presidency on Sunday August 4, accused Amnesty International of ‘promoting tweets that call for the overthrow of the Nigerian constitution’.   This came after the human rights group was allegedly placed on a security watch list and a subsequent protest ...

Nse Ikpe-Etim has dispelled claims of being born with a silver spoon which is tied to her late father’s job at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).   The screen diva disclosed that her father’s job had them travelling to different parts of Nigeria ...

Three students of Maryam Abacha American University of Niger, Maradi, lost their lives in a fatal motor accident in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara state on Friday August 2nd.   The students identified as Muhammed Lawal Damau age 20, Muneer ...

In reaction to the protest which was sparked by the August 1 murder of the Catholic priest of St James the Greater Parish Ugbuakwa in Enugu State, apex body of herdsmen, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has denied being responsible ...

The video of a woman flogging a boy after which she locked him up in a cage with dogs has caught the attention of celebrities, including that of Toyin Abraham and Alibaba.   Reacting to the child abuse incident, Toyin ...

Annie Blonde, a Nigerian porn star fired up her Instagram to go off on a man she accused of having sex with her and refusing to pay up.   Though the adult movie star didn’t give the name of the defaulting ...

Prof. Wole Soyinka likened President Buhari’s government to that of late military dictator Sani Abacha, while reacting to the arrest of Omoyele Sowore by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).   The Nobel Laureate insisted that beyond the word ‘revolution’, Sowore ...

Three Nigerian siblings who were working directly for the leader of the Nigerian Black Axe gang, Augustus Bemigho-Eyeoyibo, have been jailed for a total of 16 years after laundering nearly £1m to him in Nigeria through several UK bank accounts. ...

A video showing a Nigerian woman flogging a boy, after which she locked him in a cage with fierce dogs, has generated outrage on Twitter and people are calling for her to be found and punished.   In the viral ...

A Twitter user @JamalNathaniel_ took to platform to narrate how his cousin’s husband killed her mom and dad, shot their son in the hand before killing himself over his wife’s decision of wanting a divorce   Authorities said the dead victims ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue on Saturday, August 3rd in New York revealed that no fewer than 81 herdsmen had been convicted and 3,000 cows arrested under the state’s anti-open grazing law.   Ortom, who gave the update in a keynote ...

Chief Mike Ahamba, Muhammadu Buhari’s lawyer before he won the 2015 Presidential election has called out the President over the insecurity menace rocking the country.   The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) insinuated that President Buhari has lost his grip on leading ...

At the Ministers’ Conference of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Chidinma Ibeleji who was abducted by Fulani herdsmen shared her testimony and narrated how she was able to escape from her abductors.   The church’s General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, ...

The Department of State Services has transferred Sahara Reporters founder and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, to Abuja.   According to a report by SaharReporters, ‘sources at the DSS said Sowore, who has been held incommunicado since Saturday when he was ...

Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II on Saturday August 3, received his 4th wife HRH Sa’adatu Barkindo Mustapha.   Emir Sanusi II had married the daughter of Lamido of Adamawa Muhammadu Barkindo-Mustafa, in a low-key ceremony which was held in Yola on ...

Biodun Fatoyinbo of COZA church is back to the pulpit weeks after he stepped down following multiple accusations of sexual assault.   The founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly announced via Instagram on July 1 that he will be taking a ...

43-year-old Benjamin Simeon, a native of Okposi in Ebonyi State, was allegedly shot dead by yet-to-be identified gunmen in the early hours of Saturday August 3rd in Johannesburg, South Africa.   Spokesperson of the Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa, Sunny-Wenike Douglas, ...

The Department of State Security Service (DSS) on Sunday August 4, confirmed the arrest of the former Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore.   The Secret Police’s spokesperson Peter Afunaya, confirmed this at a press briefing on Sunday in ...

Two pilots have been arrested at Glasgow Airport for allegedly failing breath tests just before attempting to fly on the morning of Saturday, August 3, 2019.   Both men, aged 61 and 45, were over the limit before boarding a ...

President Buhari has sent a condolence message to the Catholic Church over the killing of Rev. Fr. Paul Offu, the Priest of St. James Greater Parish Catholic Church, Ugbawka, Enugu State.   The president expressed deep shock and dismay over the ...

21 year old Patrick Crusius from Allen, Texas opened fire at a Texas Walmart shopping centre and killed “multiple” people.   The gunman fired at shoppers who were doing their Saturday shopping at the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso on ...