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A 38-year-old security guard at Tudun-Wada Primary School in Gombe metropolis was found dead by suicide at the school premises in the early hours of Monday According to a report, by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission is yet to prosecute 197 electoral offenders months after the 2023 general elections The commission had on May 2, 2023, said it would prosecute the 215 case files handed over to it out of the ...

A 34-year-old woman identified as Bidemi Damilola has been found dead in a shallow canal a few steps away from a piggery farm in the Mabolufon area of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State Punch Metro learnt from the Ogun State Police Command ...

INEC adds Sylva to Bayelsa gov candidates list The Independent National Electoral Commission has released an amended list of candidates for Bayelsa State governorship election.   According to the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Monday, the names ...

President Bola Tinubu is expected to unveil an electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System and Geospatial Data Repository on Wednesday The Chairman, National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, made this known on Monday at a pre-launch briefing in Abuja.   ...

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reaffirmed the victory of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing the Abia-North senatorial district In a unanimous ruling on Monday, November 6, the Appeal Court upheld the judgment ...

Fourteen migrants have been killed in Chile fire Chilean authorities are investigating the cause of a fire at a migrant settlement in the southern city of Coronel that killed 14 Venezuelans. Eight children were among the dead, Coronel’s deputy mayor, ...

Donald Trump clashed repeatedly with a judge and defended his family’s business as he testified in a civil fraud trial in New York. During almost four hours on the witness stand, the former president disputed claims that he deceived banks and ...

An Italian judge has ordered the seizure of €779.5m ($835.5m; £676.8m) from short-term rental giant Airbnb, over alleged tax evasion. Prosecutors say the firm failed to collect a tax from landlords on around €3.7bn of rental income. Landlords in Italy ...

Chinese people have expressed alarm online after another gymnasium collapsed in the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang, the second in months The cave-in on Monday night killed three people and came after days of unseasonably cold weather and snowfall. The victims’ ...

Parts of South Korea fighting bedbugs South Korean authorities are working to contain bedbug infestations that have caused concern across the country. At least 17 outbreaks have been reported in the capital of Seoul and in the cities of Busan ...

Students at Adamawa State Polytechnic went wild on Monday over the alleged theft of private parts from six male students Witnesses claimed that two strangers visited the polytechnic and shook hands with the students, after which the private parts of ...

Technical issues caused by storms leave thousands without water in UK Thousands of people have been left without water after Storm Ciarán caused technical problems at a treatment works in Surrey, in Southwest London. This was disclosed by Thames Water ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has accepted the judgment of the Supreme Court which affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu. Obi, however, said the judgment would not signify the end of the Obidient movement. The former Anambra state governor ...

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has lost his father, Pa Simeon Nwankwo Soludo Pa Soludo was 92. Press secretary to the governor, Mr Christian Aburime said he died in the early hours of Monday, November 6, 2023. Pa Soludo is ...

  Owning a car was among the many lists of achievements for a typical Nigerian. The celebration that hits the air when one is bought knows no bounds. Parents, relatives and friends are gathered, and the gin is used to render ...

A Radio broadcaster has been shot dead on air in what Philippine, President has said is unacceptable Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered the police to conduct a thorough investigation after a radio broadcaster was shot dead on air, the ...

RCCG unveils football club; Dove FC, to bring youths out of crime   As part of the church’s evangelism campaign to bring the youth out of criminality, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor E.A. ...

Bandits k!ll 20, abduct many during Maulud celebration in Katsina Armed bandits late Sunday killed no fewer than 20 people and abducted many when they attacked some Muslim faithful celebrating Maulud in Kusa, a community in Musawa Local Government Area ...

Fire guts Canadian embassy building in Abuja Parts of the building of the High Commission of Canada in Nigeria, situated at 13010G, Palm Close, Diplomatic Drive, Central Business District in Abuja have reportedly caught fire. Vanguard reports that the cause of ...

Nine dead during jailbreak in Guinea to free ex-dictator Camara At least nine people were killed during a weekend jailbreak in Guinea that saw armed commandos briefly pluck ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara from prison, officials said on Monday. Heavily armed ...

Appeal court sacks Kwankwaso, upholds Datti’s election The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress and reinstated Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria People’s Party in the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency ...

Peter Obi to address world press conference Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party at the last election, will today, November 6, host an international press conference. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the ...

A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke has asked Nigerians to pray for her over the multi-million-pound allegations and charges of bribery and corruption instituted against her by the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA). “I need prayers. Please pray for ...

  President Bola Tinubu will travel to Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, over the next few days in what has been termed an aggressive push to promote Nigeria and attract foreign direct investment. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who briefed State ...