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A 9-year-old bullied black girl identified as McKenzie Adams, committed suicide over her friendship with a white boy which led to her harassment since the beginning of the school year.   The 9-year-old bullied black girl who was harassed by her fourth-grade classmates, was ...

  Unknown gunmen struck on Monday night (yesterday) in Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri), Bayelsa State, leaving trail of blood in their path.   It was gathered that the suspected cultists gunned down a young man during the brutal attack and fled before ...

  The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has accused politicians of inducing voters with money tucked in slices of bread on election days.   Speaking in the same vein, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola ...

Barely a week after President Muhammadu Buhari cleared the air over his identity, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, raised the alarm over his stolen identity being used on Facebook by a Nigerian living in Poland. The Nobel laureate spoke ...

A 47-year old woman has been arrested in Lagos for stabbing a food seller who refused to sell on credit after owing N8,000 without paying in Ejigbo, Lagos, where the victim sells food. The victim, one Abiodun Ishola, was stabbed ...

Should I quit the relationship over this her behaviour Man asks A Nigerian man, who is not certain of whether to quit the relationship with his new girlfriend over her strange behaviour has taken to a Nigerian forum to seek for help. ...

Senate pays N85.5million as Dariye allowances in prison Six months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, The Nigerian Senate still pays Senator Joshua Dariye allowances to the tune of N85.5million. In a report by The Punch, Dariye is ...

Chelsea suspend four fans who allegedly hurled racist abuse at Manchester City forward, Raheem Sterling, and have confirmed they are assisting the police in their investigation. The club have trawled through CCTV images from inside Stamford Bridge, as well as ...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed his wife, Aisha, and the wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo Osinbajo, as members of Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse. The committee has the former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brig. ...

Police arrest pastor for defiling member’s 12-year-old twin daughters in Lagos The Lagos State police command has arrested one Pastor ike Oliseh, 54, for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old twin daughters of a church member, who is also said to be a ...

Tiv community leader kills, buries cop over N120,000 debt in Ogun The Ogun Police Command yesterday paraded a Tiv Community leader in Opeji, Odeda Local Government Area of the state, Jonathan Tsekar, for allegedly killing a police corporal, Gbenga Adeboyejo over ...

A shop owner was left shocked after being swindled by two guys at the popular Emab plaza in Wuse 2 area of Abuja. It was gathered that suspected fraudsters who disguised as customers – came to a shop buy a ...

Two Ghanaian players have been arrested in Indonesia for playing in a local football tournament without work permits. Officials of the immigration office in the City of Parepare in South Sulawesi grabbed the two stars for playing in the Regent ...

It was earlier reported today that an apartment in a building occupied by Aliyu Abubakar and Mustapha Abubakar, sons of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was searched by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes ...

Pastor Paseka Motsoeneng, also known as Prophet Mboro, will attend the rape trial of Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso in the Port Elizabeth High Court, South Africa to support the victims. The Nigerian pastor and co-accused Lusanda Solani and Zukiswa Sitho are facing charges including human ...

There was panic earlier today at 9th Mile area in Enugu state after a tanker carrying gas was involved in an accident and went up in flames. According to reports, the huge inferno caused serious commotion among the residents who ...

A couple was caught pants down having sex inside a car in a residential area. According to reports, some of the residents noticed the unusual movement of the car that was parked in an isolated area along the street and ...

Justice Chuka A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, December 10, 2018, ordered the final forfeiture of a number of properties worth N1.8bn recovered from the Executive Director, Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission, NNDC, ...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria have rejected Father Mbaka’s apology to Peter Obi, which the controversial priest issued after an embarrassing episode with the PDP Vice Presidential candidate. Catholic Bishop of Enugu, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga who relayed the stand of the Catholic ...

A lady was brutalised by armed robbers during an attack in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state capital. The victim identified as Jacy Ella, took to twitter to share graphic pictures of injuries she sustained from the robbery attack which happened on Sunday ...

A man has landed himself in police custody after he was caught stealing a plasma television set from a bar in Delta state. According to reports, the suspected thief gained access to the bar through the ceiling after breaking it. ...

Three suspected robbers have been apprehended by men of Ogun state police command.  The suspects, Tajudeen Akeem, Idowu Samson and Taofeek Taiwo, were said to have left Mushin in Lagos State and chose Ilaro in the Yewa-South Local Government area ...

A woman who was just released from jail ended up back behind bars after dropping through a ceiling while trying to escape prison guards. Jessica Leger launched her bizarre attempt to flee Jefferson County jail in Colorado moments after being ...

There was tension during a church service on Sunday at St. Thomas Catholic Church Uke, in Idemili North Local Government area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the tension arose when a former lawmaker, Uche Ekwunife who was sacked ...

A young lady was left wounded after being attacked by armed robbers on Saturday (yesterday) in Onitsha, Anambra state. According to the victim identified as Ochuba Chisom Lois, she and other passengers were robbed inside a bus at gunpoint. She also ...