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Arrested Kano crossdressers sentenced A Sharia Court of the Kano Hisbah Board has sentenced eight crossdressers to three months in prison and ten lashes each for indecent dresses and dancing like women in public. The Sharia Court had already carried ...

Natasha Akpoti has rejected Governor Bello’s congratulatory message The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has rejected Governor Yahaya Bello’s congratulatory message to her. This comes following the Appeal Court judgement that upheld her victory at the National ...

Israeli airstrikes k!ll Hamas commander, 50 Palestinians Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, k!lling at least 50 Palestinians and a Hamas commander, and medics struggled to treat the casualties, even setting up operating ...

Some indigenes of Oyo town trooped out to stage a peaceful protest at the entrance of the Oyo High Court in Awe, over the delay in the selection of new Alaafin In the protest that happened on Tuesday, the Oyo residents ...

  Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, and Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki have arrived at Oyo State Governors Lodge in Abuja for the party’s forum meeting. The PDP yesterday had summoned an emergency meeting scheduled ...

  Operatives of the Nigeria Police have arrested the Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Chijioke Ihunwo, and about 15 other youths in the pro-Siminalayi Fubara’s protest. Ihunwo, his Chief of Staff, and many others were picked up ...

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of President Bola Tinubu, has described as “the Lord’s doing”, the Supreme Court verdict of October 26, 2023 affirming her husband as the winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential election The President’s wife stated ...

Kwara State Police Command has commenced investigation into the cause of death of a lady, who allegedly died after a s3x romp with her boyfriend in Ilorin, the state capital The incident happened on Monday, October 30, at a guest ...

The Senate has approved the nomination of Zak Adedeji as Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Adedeji appeared before the upper chamber for his screening on Tuesday, where he discussed his plans to improve the nation’s revenue. Adedeji raised concern ...

President Bola Tinubu has waded into the political and security crisis unfolding in Rivers State The relationship between Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and his predecessor in office and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, ...

The Nigeria Police Council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive Inspector General Of Police (IGP) Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State disclosed this after police council meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. The Bauchi governor also said that ...

  Bayelsa Poll: Appeal Court reverses Sylva’s disqualification The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the October 9 judgment given by Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja nullifying the nomination of Timipre Sylva as the candidate of ...

The Kano State Hisbah has arrested eight cross dressers dancing at a wedding in Kofar Waika, Gwale Local Government Area of the state Deputy Commander General of Hisbah, Dr Mujaheed Abubakar, disclosed this on Tuesday, stating that the suspects were ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied the claims that it is planning to redenominate the Naira There had been a rumour circulating on social media that the apex bank was planning to redenominate the nation’s currency. These rumours started ...

  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel would not agree to a cessation of hostilities with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and would press ahead with its plans to wipe out the group, Reuters reports. Netanyahu said all ...

  At least 12 people died and three others were critically ill after drinking home-made liquor laced with lanarkite, a lead sulfate mineral, and copper phosphide being used as rodent poison in Indonesia’s West Java province over the weekend, police ...

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed the judgment of Kogi National and State Assemblies Tribunal declaring Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan the validly elected candidate for the state February 25 Central Senatorial election. The three-member panel dismissed the appeal filed by ...

Said Alkali, the Minister of Transportation, says the Nigerian Railways, will commence e-ticketing on Wednesday Mr Alkali said this on Monday in Abuja during the flag-off of e-ticketing for the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe–Warri routes. According to him, the e-ticketing system will ...

  Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, on Monday, condoled with the families of the 100 passengers who were feared dead in Saturday’s boat accident in River Benue. The governor, in a condolence message signed by his Special Adviser on ...

  Father defiles 12-year-old daughter in Lagos A police Prosecution Witness Inspector, Glory Eyo, on Monday, narrated to the Ikeja S3xual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos how a father, Abdullah Abiodun, allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter. Eyo who ...

  President Bola Tinubu has written the House of Representatives seeking the approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as 2023 supplementary budget to address labour wage adjustments, security and more. The President also sent the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework & ...

The Lagos State Police Command said it arrested two suspects, Sunday Osagie and Ayodele Adeolu, for allegedly robbing a skitmaker, Ekwutousi Philo This was disclosed in a statement by the Rapid Response Squad unit of the Lagos Police Command and shared ...

  The principal suspect Dr (Mrs) Fumilola Adefolalu, who was murdered on Saturday night in her residence, has been arrested. It was learnt the mother of the suspect handed her over to the police when she arrived home in the early hours ...

Governor Alex Otti of Abia says security intelligence showed that the ransoms paid for kidnapped victims were always dropped off around the Umuchieze Cattle Market in Lokpanta of Umunneochi Local Government Area (LGA). Mr Otti, during the monthly media parley ...

Monarch, Catholic priest, abducted Bandits over the weekend invaded the Yashi community in Bukkuyum Local Government Area, LGA, of Zamfara State. They killed one person, abducted the traditional ruler in the community and four others. This came as the Priest of ...