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  According to reports, three schoolgirls in Burundi risk being jailed for five years for scribbling on President Pierre Nkurunziza’s photo in their textbooks, says campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW said the three were arrested last week and ...

  An innocent man who was sentenced to prison – regained his freedom after spending 24 years. The man identified as Olaide Olatunji narrated how he was wrongly arrested, falsely accused of conspiracy to commit murder and thrown in jail ...

  A Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has taken delivery of its third Boeing 777-300 aircraft in preparation for the airline’s commencement of international operations. The 374 capacity aircraft, christened: “Anuli Peggy Onyema”, touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, ...

  The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha on Thursday accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state of being “in a hurry to resume their alleged looting of the treasury and properties of the state.” He made the allegation ...

  A 40-year-old man has been forced to eat his lunch on a ladder as a measure to avoid hungry dogs. The man identified as Khun Pongsak from Thailand has a pack of hungry dogs beneath his ladder waiting to ...

  The Cross River State Police Command has paraded an official of the Department of State Security (DSS) and three others including a female for alleged kidnapping in the state. Those paraded include Sylvia James F 26 years, Eyo Edet ...

  A corpse was temporarily dumped along the River Niger head bridge in Onitsha, Anambra state, after an incident earlier today. It was gathered that a vehicle transporting the corpse from Asaba, Delta state capital to Anambra, went up in ...

  The All Progressives Congress APC House of Representatives-elect for Ovia South West federal constituency in Edo state, Dennis Idahosa, has embarked on vacation with his wife and others. The former Edo Commissioner flew to Dubai along with his team ...

  A medical doctor at a public hospital in Sokoto State, Tijjani Faruk, has allegedly confessed to raping a married woman after administering sedative injection on her. Mr Faruk reportedly invited his patient on the pretext of further medical examination ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has outlined activities and timeline to resolve the electoral logjam in Rivers State. An INEC spokesperson, Festus Okoye, disclosed this at a press briefing at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. According to him, ...

  A young man has taken his life after suffering from depression. Before committing suicide, the graduate of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) in Kenya, Arthur Basalirwa had shown signs of suicidal thoughts (judging from his posts on social media). ...

  A woman was caught by residents of Akinigbon area of Ibadan, Oyo state, while allegedly attempting to abandon her own 9 month-old child in the area. According to a resident who spoke with Double A Media, the suspect identified ...

A mild drama ensued between a man and a young lady recently in Awka, Anambra state capital, over money. According to the lady, the man and her agreed on a fee of N5000 for services rendered – only for him ...

  A suspected ritualist was subjected to jungle justice earlier today after allegedly killing a young girl in Akenfa, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. It was gathered that the alleged ritualist pretended to a homeless man loitering around the area before he ...

  Residents have been gripped with fear after two young women were found dead in a thicket at Abrepo in Kumasi area of Ghana. According to reports, bodies of the two women believed to be between 25 and 30 years, ...

The N2.2bn fraud trial of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose progressed on Wednesday with the prosecution fielding four additional witnesses. Among the four witnesses were three Lebanese – Goshen Joseph; Joseph Mechleb and Maroun Mechleb – who are working ...

A woman was helped by community members who came together as she gave birth on the road on Monday. It was gathered that one of the residents, Olivia Adams rushed outside after her daughter told her that a woman was ...

Justice Sherifah Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced Elijah Kuti and Ibrahim Ado Yerima to six months in prison for an $18,000 (Eighteen Thousand Dollars Fraud) fraud. The defendants were arraigned on ...

A man has been arrested for selling his baby daughter online for £6,800 to pay off his gambling debts. Named only as Jiang, the heartless father sold the one-year-old to a couple after racking up debts of more than 60,000 ...

A very strong and gallant Nigerian soldier stole the show at the recent Nigerian army heavy weight champion display in Bauchi state. The decorated soldier displayed his strength by allowing a military vehicle to climb over his hand after laying ...

  Reports have it that a Girls’ secondary school has been temporarily shut down following a strange “disease” which has affected some students. It was gathered that some students of Lunzu Secondary school in Malawi – started exhibiting strange and ...

Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of using the military to rig the 2019 presidential election. Galadima spoke when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television. According to ...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is suffering from post-election depression over the opposition party’s claim that it won the last presidential election. The ruling party said this in a statement by its publicity ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, arraigned Olamide Salvador and Richard Olusegun Olatunji before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a five-count charge ...

  A video of an airplane passenger licking a toilet seat has set Twitter on fire, with social media users voicing their disgust after watching the short clip. The video was posted by Twitter user ‘Grimiestt’, a sex worker based in Brooklyn, ...