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  he Federal Government of Nigeria has debunked the rumour spread of deadly Ebola Virus Disease in the country. In a statement signed by the Director, Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health, Boade Akinola, the Permanent Secretary at ...

  A prosecution witness, Dare Folarin, has told Justice M. Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, how a self-acclaimed herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka, defrauded a Korean national, Keun Sig Kim, of about N30 million in an oil ...

  An Iraq war veteran has been found guilty of stabbing a Britain’s Got Talent finalist to death in a violent rage. Desmond Sylva, 41, knifed his on-off girlfriend Simonne Kerr, 31, more than 70 times at his flat in ...

A Twitter user has narrated an encounter her mum had with a white man who treated her like a nobody, until he realized she was the manager who was leading their meeting.   @KimTRILLY tweeted: “Imagine my mum went somewhere ...

  depressed 18-year-old undergraduate who died after cutting off his penis.Nigerian doctor, Obinna Oke has taken to Facebook to share a sad news of a depressed 18-year-old undergraduate who died after cutting off his penis. According to Dr. Oke, the ...

  There is serious fighting in Ilaje Ajah, Lagos presently going on, gun shots heard and commuters stranded. Everybody running for safety. People should delay passing through that area till security operatives take control. Early mid morning today, pandemonium broke ...

Operatives of Operation Puff Adder have arrested a nursing mother identified as Simeon Esther, for being in possession of one AK47 Rifles and 18 rounds of live ammunition. According to the police, the gun, which was carefully concealed in a ...

Iceland has once again held its position as the most ‘peaceful’ nation on Earth, according to this year’s Global Peace Index and in addition, the world’s overall ‘peacefulness’ has improved for the first time in five years.   Afghanistan was ...

  According to reports, the prompt response of good samaritans including Korede Bello’s manager, Casper and another bystander identified as Godwin who helped flip the car over to rescue the victims, saved them.   The occupants of this White Toyota ...

Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi who collapsed and died in court was ‘killed’, Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan claimed today.   Yesterday thousands of mourners took part in prayers for Morsi in Turkey a day after the Egyptian president collapsed and ...

Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola has announced his exit from Forte Oil.   This comes months after he informed the public that he would sell his shares to Prudent Energy, a local oil trading firm.   Otedola, who was the Chairman and ...

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ghana, Akiboye Olufemi, has accused Ghanaian media of ganging up to demonize and paint in bad light Nigerians residing in their country.   In a statement he personally signed and released yesterday Tuesday June 18th, the Ambassador ...

  Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has lamented that the extreme poverty in Nigeria keeps him up at night. The Vice President disclosed this at a dinner and Interactive Session with Faculty Members, Harvard Business School (HBS) in Lagos on ...

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  The Lagos State Government says it will still continue with the trial of Don-Chima George and Olusegun Rasaq, both dropouts from Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo in Ogun State, who were accused of rape in February this year.   A 24-year-old lady had ...

5 Nigerians arrested for allegedly raping woman in husband’s presence The Tema Police have arrested five Nigerians who allegedly raped a woman in the presence of her husband during a robbery attack at Community 25, Tema on May 8, 2019. ...

  According to a social media report, the accident occurred along Wuse 2 by Dabras Hotel and it was reported to have caused a heavy traffic in the area. Photos from the scene of the accident, shared on the internet, ...

A student of the Ekiti State University who is alleged to be a Yahoo boy, has reportedly run mad after he alighted from a bus on his way back to school. He had alighted from a ten passenger bus popularly ...

  The Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said that he never promised to solve the Apapa gridlock crisis in 60 days. He made the statement while answering questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. The governor while making ...

  The social network unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday to create a new digital currency similar to Bitcoin for global use, one that could drive more e-commerce on its services and boost ads on its platforms. But the effort, which Facebook is launching with ...

  A 67-year-old Nigerian woman identified as Wuraola Folashade Oluloye, has been arraigned at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for hacking a First Bank account and stole N16million Oluloye, 67, was arraigned on five counts of fraud and fraudulent diversion, according ...

A lady has taken to twitter to narrate a case of a 4-year-old girl that was being defiled by her 8-year-old female neighbour. The little girl while being questioned also revealed that another boy in her school who is of ...

  An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Tuesday dissolved the four-year-old marriage of a businesswoman, Mrs Lydia Nwaru and Daniel, her husband. The petitioner told the court that Daniel, with whom she had a daughter, wanted to be “househusband”. ...

  Two teachers from Chrisland School, Lekki on Tuesday defended the supervisor of the School, Adegboyega Adenekan, alleged to have defiled a two year old pupil of the school (names withheld) two years ago. Adenekan, 47, was charged before an ...

  A Twitter user is claiming that all occupants of a compound in Abuja were arrested after herdsmen took their cows to graze there and the animals died after feeding on the grass.   According to @stiljaywitswag, grasses were planted to ...