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  The premises of the High Court 4, Asaba Division was a beehive of activities on Tuesday, April 30th as the trial of the alleged killers of Elozino Ogege, the 300 level Mass Communication Student of the Delta State University, Abraka ...

  The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has replied those criticising the Federal Government for borrowing funds. Addressing reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, he asked such people to provide an alternative to sourcing for funds. “Those who ...

  A woman abducted another at gunpoint so she could gang-rape her with pals, police say. Alexandria Lauren Hancock, 28, reportedly kidnapped her 34 year-old victim after robbing her and threatening her with the weapon. Hancock, of Montgomery in Alabama, ...

There was commotion in a community in Ondo state following the capture of two suspected ritualists.   The two suspects are alleged to be among those responsible for the killing of elderly women in Akoko area of the state and ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna Zonal Office has arraigned one Joseph Adigizi Anthony before Justice Mallong Peter of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State for a N50 million fraud. His journey to the ...

  A viral footage posted to social media shows the sickening moment a teenage girl forced her one-year-old nephew to smoke weed, while the boy’s mother sat watching in the background. A cellphone video of the shocking scene went viral ...

  Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, stormed the Abuja division of the Federal High Court in pursuit of his certificate of return as senator-elect for Imo West senatorial district. The governor, who was accompanied by some of his aides and lawyers, ...

A Nigerian man has been left in shock after he discovered through a mandatory DNA test at the US Embassy that a kid he calls his own is not his son. According to Rita Ebiuwa who shared the story on Facebook, the ...

Deji Adenuga, the suspect who set ablaze 9 members of his girlfriend’s family in Igbodigo, Ondo State, has stated that he has no regrets for doing what he did. According to the arrested 45- year-old suspect, he burnt the house where ...

A Twitter user Okemzuruoke has dragged God over what she claims is discriminatory in the Bible. In her post, she stated that people with disabilities were discriminated against by God whom she says prevented such from coming nearly his temple. Okemzuruoke ...

The Federal Government has announced that it has secured the release of Zainab Aliyu, the student who was held in Saudi Arabia over drug-related charges. Zainab Aliyu was arrested at the airport in Saudi Arabia after Tramadol was found in her luggage. ...

  Military operations against criminals are yielding the desired results, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. According to the President, the Armed Forces have, by their efforts within the past four years, restored the pride and honour of Nigeria amongst the ...

  A man has been arrested in connection with his lover’s brutal murder. According to reports, on Sunday morning, neighbours were woken up by screams from the house where Mr James Wambugu, 34, and Grace Kagure, 29, lived in Nairobi, ...

  A Brazilian model was found dead after she jumped into the sea to save her puppies in the midst of a fierce storm. Caroline Bittencourt’s body was found near Cigarras Beach, in the northern region of Sao Paulo, yesterday ...

  Security operatives have apprehended two criminal suspects and their girlfriends for allegedly robbing residents of their properties in Rivers state. The couples who reportedly specialize in stealing around Ikwerre local government area of the state, were nabbed following a ...

  A grandmother died two months ago and was buried at the local cemetery. But some of her children were unhappy with the place where she was laid to rest. On Friday, the sisters were found at the graveside, trying ...

  A 34 year-old Nigerian, Samuel Nkennaya, has been killed while another Nigerian, Chinonso Nwudo is in critical condition in South Africa following mob attack. Victor Ayanfe-Oyebanjo, Secretary of Mpumalanga Province branch of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, NUSA, ...

  A member of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI), Dr. Sidi Ali Mohammed, yesterday disclosed that Boko Haram fighters receive $3000 (an equivalent of N1, 080,000 daily) as allowance, while Nigerian soldiers get a paltry N1000. He ...

  A 100 Level Chemical Engineering student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has died of apparent suicide after a long-standing battle with depression. Hikmat Gbadamosi was found dead in her room, yesterday. According to her friend, the ...

  A businesswoman, Mrs. Adenike Sussanah Komolafe, has cried out to the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, for protection following incessant attacks on her and her family by some unidentified persons. Adenike, a mother of three, said her family ...

  A fire captain accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl said he thought he was kissing an adult’s mouth and not the genitals of a child, it is claimed. Michael William Palmatier, 48, from Arizona, USA, admitted he had ...

  A boxer who allegedly attacked his teenage ex handed himself in to police for her “murder” – but later found out she was alive and had merely fainted. Javier Sosa, 24, is said to have flown into the fit of rage ...

  A 40 year-old man identified as Deji Adenuga who allegedly burnt a family of nine at Ayeka Igbodigo in Okitipupa Local Government area of Ondo State – has been arrested by the police. The suspect was arrested at his hideout in ...

  Following the debate on whether churches should be allowed to accept monetary proceeds from politician, a bishop has come up with a damning allegation against the pastors. Bishop Paul Githinji based in Nyeri. Kenya is not subscribing to the ...

Kidnappers on Monday abducted the board chairman of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Muhammed Mahmood, along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Mr Mahmood was abducted alongside his daughter while travelling from Kaduna to Abuja Monday afternoon while his driver was killed. They ...