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Buruji Kashamu, the immediate past lawmaker, representing Ogun East Senatorial District at the National Assembly and a PDP cheiftain has lost his mother, Alhaja Wulemotu Kashamu.   Alhaja Kashamu died at the age of 92 on Wednesday, August 7th 2019 ...

The Benue State Police command on Thursday, August 8th arraigned two friends in at Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 700 tubers of yam, worth N70,000.   The police charged Emberga Tyokyaa and Boniface Yahemba with four counts of criminal conspiracy, trespass, mischief and ...

President Buhari has directed the Defence Headquarters to commence immediate investigation into the killing of three police officers and a civilian by men of the 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba   The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed ...

Three doctors have been arrested in Congo over the murder of a World Health Organisation (WHO) epidemiologist. The arrested doctors had been working to try to stem the epidemic in North Kivu province when a Cameroonian doctor, Richard Kiboung was ...

Ray J has just inked a lucrative deal to convince investors to bankroll legal marijuana startups.   According to a report by TMZ, Ray J will be making $1 million per year to get people to spend money on weed, as an ...

Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Ogun and Adamawa state have shut down the offices of DSTv and Stanbic Bank in some parts of their state in protest of the increasing rate of Xenophobic attacks against Nigerians ...

A Twitter user has been slammed for revealing he doesn’t accept Sallah meat from his Muslim friends.   @monye_morris questioned if it is biblical for Christians to eat Sallah meat slaughtered by Muslims during festivals. He said he turns down ...

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have arrested 680 undocumented immigrants in Mississippi during nationwide raids.   On Wednesday, August 7, the officials raided several food-processing plants in Mississippi and arrested approximately 680 people believed to be working without authorization.   ...

Amnesty International has issued a travel warning calling for possible travelers and visitors to the United States to exercise extreme caution when traveling throughout the country due to the rampant gun violence.   “Travelers to the United States should remain cautious ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has gven all South Africans and their companies operating in Nigeria to shut down within seven days and move out of the country, following the increasing number of Xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South ...

A Nigerian lawyer has shared photos of the injuries he sustained while allegedly preventing the abduction of his ailing father from their home in Aba, Abia state on Wednesday August 7th.   The lawyer with the handle @ChrisEcia on Twitter, said the ...

The presidency has said that President Buhari remains the best hope to grow and develop the Nigerian economy.   The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement he released yesterday August ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a serving youth corps member, Ademola Babajide Adeniyi, and Onabuke Adedokun Kenny, a graduate of the North American University, for alleged Internet fraud.   A statement from the antigraft agency says the ...

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has revealed that a trip she took to the Indonesian prison some years back revealed that out of the 21 Nigerian drug peddlers on death roll, 20 of them were from Anambra ...

The Vice Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Muhammad Abdullazeez, while receiving the state’s Governor Bala Mohammed who paid him a condolence visit, alleged that 30 students were taking selfies when the bridge they stood on in the school collapsed.   ...

On Wednesday, August 7th, the Nigeria Police Force accused soldiers of killing three of their personnel while freeing a kidnap suspect in Taraba state.   The Nigerian army has now admitted that its men killed three police operatives and a civilian ...

An attack launched by bandits at the residence of a district head in Sokoto State left one person dead and another kidnapped as confirmed by the Police.   The Sokoto State Police Command revealed that one Maude Salisu was arrested over the ...

Abacha, a notorious armed robber and kidnapper, that has terrorised residents of Rivers state for many years, was killed by men of the Rivers State Police command during a shootout in Rumuakunde in Emohua local government area of the state ...

Human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, has criticised the Kaduna State government over the stringent conditions it issued with regards to the permission granted by the court to Sheikh Ibrahim El-zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, to embark on medical trip ...

A Twitter user has exposed the method a woman allegedly used to get people to cook her meals for free for two years.   According to @ThatPHCBoy, the woman sends out job adverts, informing the public she wants to hire ...

The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has accused the South-West of attempting to overthrow President Buhari through the RevolutionNow protest called by former presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore.   CNG claimed that the RevolutionNow was a SouthWest ...

Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stated that dictatorship has dividends while responding to questions from newsmen after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday August 7.   The former Governor of Edo State made the ...

A Twitter user has told of a man who went for an interview only to discover that the employer is a man he once insulted on Twitter.   @chikanels tweeted:   Femi walked into the office for his job interview, ...

Five men have been arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service Onne Area Command, for stealing tramadol and other drugs from a sealed 40-foot seized container which they loaded in two vehicles.   Area Controller of the command Aliyu Saidu, revealed that the five suspects are ...

A man who had been living with HIV reportedly died after showing off his faith by taking a break from the drugs meant to push down the viral load.   @T0_0lu in her tweets which revealed why the HIV patient died, ...