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Tragedy struck on Monday in the Sango area of Ilorin, Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State when a big tree suddenly fell and killed two persons and injured 10 others The incident was said to have happened about ...

  The decomposing body of a Nigerian woman has been reportedly discovered after over one week in her apartment in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was learnt that the woman died without anyone knowing for weeks until neighbours raised alarm ...

  Nigeria on Monday won its bid to overturn an $11 billion damages bill for a collapsed gas processing project it said was procured by a concerted campaign of bribery. The West African country was on the hook for the ...

  No fewer than 15 people have lost their lives while 100 others sustained injuries in Bangladesh after two trains collided on Monday The officials said they fear the death toll will rise. The crash occurred in the eastern city ...

President Bola Tinubu said the new Students Loan Programme of the Federal Government will take off in January 2024. President Tinubu disclosed this while speaking at the 29th edition of the annual Nigerian Economic Summit organized by the Nigerian Economic ...

  The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has nullified the victory of the Senate Minority Leader, Simon Mwadkwon, in the February 25 Plateau North senatorial election. This was as the Appeal Court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, ...

Lagos shuts Alaba International Market The Lagos State Government has sealed the Alaba International Market.   It was sealed over poor waste disposal practices among others.   The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment Tokunbo Wahab tweeted this early Monday.   ...

There are conflicting CSU letters on Tinubu’s certificate – Supreme Court The Supreme Court appears to be in a fix on the authenticity or otherwise of the Certificate obtained by President Bola Tinubu at the Chicago State University (CSU). A member of panel of Justices hearing ...

  76 arrested in Gombe over plans to host same-s3x wedding Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, have foiled a plan by some individuals to host a same-s3x wedding. They have therefore arrested 76 ...

  Fourteen officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority caught at different locations across the state extorting money from motorists are set to face a disciplinary panel. The agency’s Public Relations Officer, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed this in a statement made available ...

  Yahaya Bello counters his Commissioner’s report, says NO assassination attempt on me The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has clarified the incident earlier reported as an assassination attempt on him, which was widely reported on social media, saying it was ...

500L ABU student stabs teenager to death over homos3xuality A 500-level student of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old student to death. He was arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence ...

A Nigerian medical student identified simply as Ikem was allegedly beaten to death by a group of Chinese in  Philippines A friend of the deceased, Michael Ojuola, disclosed this in a post via X  wrote; “A friend of mine, a ...

  Former governor of Ekiti State and chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday, commended the performance of incumbent Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Fayose, who spoke at a special thanksgiving service at Cathedral Church ...

A woman, identified as Oluchukwu Nwosu, has sold her three-month old grandson, stating that she was pushed by the hardship in the country. The woman, who hails from Nnewi, Anambra State was said to have sold the baby boy for ...

  Scientists have been baffled after a six-legged calf defied all odds. Divino Paulo helped one of his cows through the birth on his farm in Edeia, Brazil last year, but was left speechless when he noticed an extra pair of legs ...

  A 40-foot trailer with a faulty brake system on Thursday evening killed a middle-aged female pedestrian along the Ezeiweka axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, an official of FRSC has confirmed. FRSC’s Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed ...

Lagos shuts ASPAMDA, BBA, other markets in Trade Fair The Lagos State Government, on Sunday, shut down the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association, ASPAMDA, BBA and other markets within the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, in Ojo Local ...

The Federal Government, late Sunday evening, reopened the Third Mainland Bridge barely 24 hours after closure for palliative work The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, had expressed satisfaction with repairs done on the Third Mainland Bridge, ...

The president of a synagogue in the US city of Detroit, Samantha Woll, has been found stabbed to death in a park not far from her home. Police said they responded to a call in the Lafayette Park area on Saturday ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have arrested a 40-year-old Madrid, Spain-based businessman, Sherif Egbo Ally, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja while attempting to board an Air France flight to Paris, France, after they discovered ...

The Kogi State Government on Sunday disclosed that there was an assassination attempt on the life of the governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, a few kilometres away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoja. In ...

Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has ordered the demolition of the popular COVID-19 market in Area 11, Abuja Director of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Osi Braimah, disclosed this while speaking with journalists during the demolition of ...

Four Benue bank robbery suspects arrested Four armed robbery suspects have been arrested by Joint Security Forces comprising officers of the Nigeria Police Force, and the Nigerian Armed Forces, amongst others, along Otukpo-Taraku road, Benue State on Saturday. A police ...

Fleeing Killaboi has been arrested in Sierra Leone The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed that Benjamin Nnanyereugo aka Killahboi, has been arrested in Sierra Leone by the Police. Killahboi reportedly fled Nigeria after he was declared wanted for ...