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Two people have been reportedly killed when suspected armed robbers attacked an old generation bank in Iju-Itaogbolu, Akure north local council area of Ondo state.   According to reports, the robbers numbering about eight invaded the town and divided themselves ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) in an ex-parte application marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 915/19 and filed by its lawyer G. O. Agbadua on Tuesday August 6, sought for a court order to detain the convener of #RevolutionNow Omoyele Sowore for 90 days pending the conclusion ...

The Chief Registrar of Lagos State has instructed the magistrate handling the case of RevolutionNow protesters not to approve their release.   According to SaharaReporters, the protesters were arraigned before Mrs. Komolafe of the Ebute Metta Magistrate Court. The police charged the protesters ...

The Nigerian government has declared Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th August as public holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-il-Kabir celebrations.   The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Georgina Ehuriah, made the announcement in a statement released on Tuesday August 6. ...

President Buhari will on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, swear in designated ministers.   This was revealed in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babatunde lawal.   Last week, ...

A commercial motorcyclist and his female passenger were on Tuesday morning crushed to death by a trailer on the ever-busy New Otukpo Highway in Makurdi, the Benue state capital.   The accident which occurred around 8:40 am had both victims ...

Gunmen in the late hours of Monday killed the Chairman of Shade Owners Association, Zaki Biam Yam Market, in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.   It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the residence of the deceased identified ...

A 42-year-old Brazillian gang leader who was caught attempting to escape from prison by dressing up as his teenage daughter over the weekend has now been found dead.   Clauvino da Silva apparently hanged himself in the maximum-security prison in Rio de Janeiro, ...

At least five persons were killed in a clash between rival cult groups at the Idemili – North and Oyi areas of Anambra State on Friday August 4th.   The reason for the rival cults’ clashes could not be ascertained, ...

A Corps member and a police officer were allegedly stabbed and seriously injured by a group of hoodlums in the Alfa Yaya area of Ilorin, Kwara State last weekend.   According to reports, the police officer almost lost his sight ...

Ibrahim Dan-Halilu, the former Politics Editor at Daily Trust newspaper has been arrested by operatives of the Department for Security Service (DSS) in Kaduna for allegedly supporting the activities of #RevolutionNow protest in a Facebook post.   According to a report by ...

Belgian professional cyclist, Bjorg Lambrecht has died after crashing during the third stage of the Tour of Poland.   The young cyclist died on Monday, August 5, 2019, at the age of 22.   Lambrecht went down in a crash near the town ...

A Georgia teen who strangled his sister to death during a dispute over the family’s Wi-Fi password has been sentenced to life in prison.   Kevon Watkins, who was 16-years-old at that time of the fatal attack in February 2018, had ...

A 14-year-old school pupil, Sinazo Kleinbooi was brutally murdered in Kwamanube Street in NU6, Motherwell, South Africa last Tuesday. The body of the girl still dressed in school uniform was found lying in the street with a single bullet wound ...

Dolapo Badmus,  Zone 2 Police Public Relations Officer has given an update on the search for the woman filmed flogging a boy and putting him in a cage with dogs.   We reported earlier that Nigerians have been calling for the lady to ...

Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested two Chinese nationals, Lin Piehao, 22, and Li Ruoneng, 27, for allegedly operating an illegal e-waste factory in the Ikeja area of the state. E-waste contributes to environmental degradation with negative effects on human ...

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Jeremiah Omolara, a resident pastor of the Living Faith Church, Romi New Extension, in Kaduna State has been killed while his wife was abducted by unknown gunmen in Kaduna state on Sunday August 4th.   The clergyman, his wife and son ...

Samuel L. Jackson, the legendary American actor and film producer has traced his roots to Gabon.   The Hollywood veteran found out his ancestry through Finding Your Roots, an American docu-series that uses traditional genealogical research and genetics to discover the family ...

R.Kelly has been charged with two sex crimes in Minnesota.   On Monday, August 5, 2019, a Minnesota prosecutor charged the disgraced singer with prostitution and solicitation over an allegation that he invited a 17-year-old girl to his hotel room in 2001 ...

You know how you grow wiser and you look back with remorse on the days when you judged and condemned people for what they are? A Nigerian lady has taken to twitter to apologise for slut shaming other women when ...

Senator Dino Melaye visited The Apostolic Church in Ketu area of Lagos State with his father on Sunday August 4, and they took part in the LAWNA convention at the church.   A major highlight of the event was moment the Senator representing ...

The body of a woman found by a tour guide on Table Mountain has been identified as that of missing Cape Town University lecturer, Sakina Grimwood.   32-year-old Grimwood was last seen leaving her Newlands home at 13:30 on Wednesday. ...

Charles Nwadiani, a 42-year-old man who allegedly claimed to be a lawyer, was on Monday, August 5, 2019, arraigned before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.   He is currently facing a six-count charge bordering on impersonation, forgery, obtaining under false ...

Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland has appealed to the Federal Government to release the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore.   Reacting in a statement, Adams said the arrest was an abuse of human right ...