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The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Tuesday dismissed a prayer by Abba Kabir-Yusuf, PDP governorship candidate seeking to amend the names of witnesses earlier presented alongside the petition.   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security in order to address insecurity situation in the country. The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, made the appeal at a press conference on Tuesday ...

  US Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) on Tuesday filed articles of impeachment against President Trump under a process that will force a House floor vote by the end of this week. According to thehill.com, Green introduced his articles of impeachment ...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Revd. Matthew Kukah, has condemned the ‘demonization’ of the Fulanis, following the recent murder of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti.   Speaking on Tuesday at a colloquium on fake news and hate ...

The first ebola patient in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been confirmed dead, days after he got infected with the deadly virus.   DRC’s health ministry said the Pastor got infected after visiting Butembo, ...

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked all Fulani herdsmen residing in the Southern part of the country to vacate immediately if their security is no longer guaranteed. Activities of Herdsmen have come under serious scrutiny after the recent killing of ...

Timi Dakolo has reacted to the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN’s statement denying that it sent its officials to support Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) during last Sunday’s church service.   Recall that the Abuja CAN ...

  This is quite sad! 3 suspects have been arrested for kidnapping and murder of a 5-year-old boy who they buried after drugging him. According to report,  one of the suspects (middle) is related to the little boy, took the ...

President Buhari has approved the immediate implementation of the N30,000 new national wage for Federal Public Service workers currently earning below the minimum wage. The Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, Richard Egbule made this known while addressing a news ...

South Africa has been deemed the most dangerous country in the world for solo women travellers to visit but America is the worst in the West.   The ‘Women’s Danger Index’, based on the 50 most visited destinations across the globe, ...

  A group of 10 Turkish sailors has been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, reportedly for ransom. The Paksoy-1 was sailing from Cameroon to Ivory Coast when the pirates boarded the ship in the Gulf of Guinea. ...

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja presided over by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye has sentenced a former Chief Accountant of Vanguard Newspaper, Bhadmus Abiodun, to 7 years imprisonment. He was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on an ...

This morning, former president Goodluck Jonathan paid a condolence visit to Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, in Akure, Ondo state capital, where he said insecurity is getting worse under President Buhari.   Although Jonathan did not mention the name of Buhari, he ...

A  thief last Sunday night broke into a church in Nyandarua County, Uganda and then wrote a letter apologising for his action.   This was after finding no cash in the church. The incident comes a few months after members ...

Runtown through his tweet, lent a voice to the outcry over the prevalent killings and kidnappings that have been recorded across the country in the last few weeks.   Pondering on the number of protests to engage in before the issue ...

  With the ongoing nationwide raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest and deport “thousands” of undocumented immigrants, President Donald Trump has said those who are not happy or hate his country can leave.   He wrote ...

The Senate has resolved to screen the nomination of Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed on Wednesday.   Justice Mohammed is expected to be screened by a committee of the whole of the Senate. The decision to screen ...

Manchester United and Brazilian midfielder, Fred has married his beautiful partner Monique Salum in a private ceremony which took place in Brazil   The former Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder is said to have tied the knot in low-key settings last year but decided to have a big ceremony this ...

  Human rights activist, Femi Falana has warned the Federal Government of Nigeria against its violent approach to handling members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria who are protesting the continued detention of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, despite numerous court ...

President Buhari on Tuesday replied his critics, after being dragged for allegedly having a cold feet in tackling the widespread insecurity in the country.   Receiving the National Executives of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, BCO, at the Presidential Villa Abuja, the ...

  Three students of MH Joosub Secondary School in Lenasia, South Africa, were arrested on Tuesday morning for shooting two schoolmates.   Eyewitnesses alleged that the shooting occurred outside the school’s premises before teaching took place. The two victims of the incident, are receiving medical attention ...

A 69-year-old Malaysian woman sustained serious injuries to her face after she was allegedly punched and slapped by her grand daughter’s husband for not stopping his 8-month-old daughter from crying.   Jasin District police chief Deputy Superintendent Arshad Abu said ...

A teenage housekeeper identified as Ofonime John, was on Monday arraigned before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for alleged theft of her employer’s international passports.   John, 19, who lives in Ogun State, is facing a count charge of stealing, ...

  The Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) have arrested an alleged taxi rapist who was caught on camera raping one of his customers at the corner Von Weilligh and Wemmer Jubilee streets last week Wednesday July 10th. According to South African ...

  A drama which played out at the closing event of a retreat held by a Catholic TV, CanCao Nova, saw Brazil’s celebrity Catholic Priest Fr. Marcelo Rossi being pushed down from the altar by a yet-to-be-identified woman.   It was gathered ...