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Former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu and give him time to resolve various issues in the country. Hardship: Gowon pleads for Tinubu Speaking to state house correspondents after meeting ...

A man simply identified as Bro. Joe was arrested by the Nigeria Police and youths of Ogbogoro in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State for abducting and defiling a 12-year-old girl Punch Metro gathered that the girl was running ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has condemned the “humiliating” arrest of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure Obi, in a string of posts on X, described as “pinnacle of rascality”, the manner at ...

Suspect arrested in gruesome murder of American model stuffed in her refrigerator A Minnesota convicted felon was arrested Wednesday in the murder of a Los Angeles-based model who was stuffed inside her refrigerator, her mouth gagged and wrists and ankles ...

The Federal Government has planned to restart direct cash transfers to the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians Presently, approximately three million people are recipients of these programmes but due to the escalating cost of living, the government anticipates that an additional ...

Members of the Kwara State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, stormed the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ilorin, the state capital, to protest the continued detention of former Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed. The ...

The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, who was arrested by the police, been released on bail in the early hours of Thursday Police release Labour Party chairman, Julius Abure Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin, Edo State ...

The Lagos State Government has said the Ikeja Computer Village is a residential area, hence the reason for the proposed relocation of the electronic gadgets village to Katangua in Abule-Egba area of the state. Lagos to convert Ikeja Computer Village ...

The Department of State Services has urged organised labour to shelve its planned protests against the prevailing economic situation in the country The organised labour, on Monday, began mobilising its members for a nationwide protest slated for February 27 and ...

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure Abure was arrested today in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on allegations of premeditated attempted murder, amongst other alleged infractions. The ...

Some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have raided offices of some Bureau de Change operators in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. EFCC arrests 12 Bureau de Change operators in Ibadan According to Daily Post, EFCC, during the raid, ...

Lagos Police Command has arrested two fake soldiers who allegedly threatened to kill a man with jack knife while fighting The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on ...

Men of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikotun Divison, have arrested two persons for allegedly kidnapping a female secondary school student The suspects, Adamaka Chinyere, f, and Bolajoko Haruna, m, were observed by some community residents who alerted the police. ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, on Monday, arrested a 51-year-old man, Idowu Mahmud, for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl said to be his wife’s cousin A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ayoola Michael, ...

WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange faces ‘a living death sentence’ of 175 years in a concrete coffin cell Just days from now, Wikileaks boss Julian Assange could be standing shackled on a British airfield preparing to board a plane to the US. Once ...

A Colorado man has died after a bite from a large venomous lizard, called a Gila monster, that he illegally kept as a pet Christopher Ward, 34, owned two of the reptiles and became ill after being bitten on the ...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Kemi Nanna Nandap to serve as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, ...

Actress Debbie Shokoya has expressed her dismay at the prevailing level of hardship in the country, highlighting that even the wealthy are not spared from the economic downturn. She specifically lamented the soaring price of rice. Contemplating a possible relocation from ...

Anambra State government has declared Mr Ifechukwu Nweke, who killed a 71-year-old man, Mr Shedrack Okoye on 25th of December, 2023 during masquerading at Umuawulu community in Awka South Local Government Area wanted The State Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and ...

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has disagreed with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on the call for a nationwide protest without due consultation The TUC urged the NLC to stop taking unilateral decisions on issues of interest to ...

The National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has declared as inconclusive, last Saturday’s Governorship Primary Election in Edo state The decision was taken late Tuesday after an emergency meeting of the NWC.   Addressing newsmen ...

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested one Captain Nuhu Haruna for an alleged criminal breach of trust to the tune of N1,020,000.000 The Spokesman for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, another arrest of ...

‘Excessive salt consumption can lead to early death’ Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED), a coalition of Civil Society Organisations, has warned that excessive salt (sodium) intake can lower the lifespan of individuals. The coalition reiterated this position on ...

The Police Command in Enugu State says it has arrested 83 criminal suspects and rescued 20 kidnapped victims within the state from January 1, 2024, till date. The offences for which the suspects were arrested included abduction, kidnapping, armed robbery, ...

The immediate-past governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfattah Ahmed, has spent a second night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which is grilling him over alleged N10bn misappropriation. Ahmed reported on Monday morning at the Ilorin zonal office ...