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A Nigerian mum took to Facebook to narrate how her 2-year-old son killed a big snake while playing in their compound.   According to Osinachi Sarah Ijioma, the incident occurred after she stepped out to buy some biscuits for her kids. ...

A manhunt has been launched by detectives after a 16-year-old boy was raped by an older man in Wigwam, a popular camping and caravan park in Edinburgh, Scotland.   The rape victim disclosed that the incident occurred on Monday at Mortonhall Caravan and ...

Photos of a type C surface incinerator Idemili South LGA Chairman, Hon. Don Unachukwu, commissioned over the week has surfaced on social media.   Sharing the photos on Facebook, OAP Gwen Divy Ifeson alleged that Hon. Don Unachukwu commissioned the surface incinerator ...

Luck just shined on an Almajiri boy, as Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has pledged to sponsor his education from primary school till he graduates from the University.   The promise came after Twitter user @el_bonga shared a photo of the Almajiri ...

Veteran Nigerian sports journalist and retired Director of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Akinloye Oyebanji, has died at the age of 62.   His family confirmed that Oyebanji passed on at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Saturday July 27th morning after a ...

  A businessman, Emmy Ezeafojulu Egbeigwe on Friday, shared a photo of a newborn baby presumed dead,  found dumped at refuse site somewhere in Owerri. “What a world People are so heartless and wicked, imagine this early morning this baby ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Tukur Yabo, Director of Works and Housing, Tureta Local Government Area; Hon. Abubakar Maigishiri, a Councilor, Social Welfare, Tureta LGA; Danjuma Ibrahim, a Cashier with Ministry of Social Welfare ...

A sergeant of the Nigerian Army identified as Tella Adedapo allegedly committed suicide yesterday Friday July 26th.   According to reports, Adedapo’s body was found dangling from his ceiling fan in his room, flat two, block F, Muhammadu Buhari quarters at Gowon barracks ...

A 23-year-old UK-based Nigerian student identified as Jonathan Adebanjo, drowned in River Thames on Tuesday evening while swimming with friends at Shadwell Basin.   Jonathan was out to swim with his friends in the river, after the city was hit by a ...

Five persons died in an accident at Tyowaye along Ugbema road, Benue State on Monday, July 22.   The accident occurred when the vehicle plunged into a river after the driver reportedly lost control due to a mechanical fault.   ...

A woman has been arrested for  threatening to blow up the Swedish Embassy in support of A$AP Rocky over his arrest.   The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Myers was recently charged with assault causing actual bodily harm during a confrontation in ...

A Corps member identified as Peace Innocent, took to Facebook to complain about the state of the ceilings at a corper’s lodge in Jigawa state. “This is the ceiling to a corper’s lodge in miga local govt of jigawa state. ...

Spokesperson of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Yakubu Sabo has confirmed the arrest of one Aisha, who stabbed her husband, Yahaya Maiyaki twice in the stomach on Friday, after they had a misunderstanding in their home located at Sarduana ...

Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has decried the difficulties being experienced in the repatriation of stolen assets traced to foreign countries. He appealed to the international law enforcement agencies to assist the agency in this regard.   A ...

A fake Hindu monk identified as Raphael Ekechi, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team in Ogun State for defrauding a second-hand clothes trader, Emmanuel Ekpe, of N167,000.   The 36-year-old trader had approached the magician ...

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border even though lawmakers ...

Kenyan lawmaker, Ken Okoth is dead. His family made the announcement at a press conference on Friday July 26th at the Nairobi Hospital.   “He has been on and off medication and was brought to the hospital yesterday (Thursday) morning. ...

A 41-year-old woman, Mrs Shakirat Rasheed, has committed suicide inside her home in the Awotan area of Apete community in Ibadan, Oyo State   Rasheed’s body was found dangling in her living room at about 1:00 p.m.   According to reports, ...

Shehu Sani in reaction to claim of Leah Sharibu being killed by Boko Haram insurgents, made known his doubt.   Recall we reported yesterday that Grace Taku, one of the aid workers abducted by Boko Haram earlier this month, said ...

The news that popular Nigerian Author Bayo Adebowale raped all 5 of his daughters multiple times and impregnated them, such that four of the daughters had at least 3 abortions each, has shocked Nigerians. What’s even more shocking is that their mother ...

Men of the Rapid Response Squad RRS, Lagos state police command have arrested two suspected phone thieves.   The command in a post on its Twitter handle, said the suspects were caught stealing iphones at the Maryland area in the ...

  Mother Teresa’s former assistant has died from injuries he sustained following an alleged attack in in Swansea city centre. Mark Bloomfield died in hospital after he was found injured near the Full Moon Pub on the city’s High Street. ...

Aggrieved members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shi’ites, today staged a peaceful protest in front of the Mosque in Zone 3, Abuja, demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah.   The ...

So Burna Boy released his much anticipated ‘African Giant’ album today July 26th and it is trending on Twitter, mostly over claim of Nigeria starting off as a business deal for Britain.   Going back to ‘history’ and recounting how Nigeria ...

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has revealed the greatest obstacles to the liberation of the South from northern hegemony and bondage.   Fani-Kayode, in series of tweets said the greatest obstacles were the Yoruba that hated Igbo; the Igbo that ...