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A 16-year-old Quranic pupil, Al-amin Babatunde Sulyman, has been declared missing in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Al-amin, a student of Zamratul Arabic School in the Okekere area of Ilorin metropolis, was last seen on September 23, 2023, on his way to the ...

The family of four-year-old Mirabel Ilemoh, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (childhood cancer), is desperately seeking N5,914,610 million for treatment. The treatment is for chemotherapy to save little Mirabel who is currently in a sick bed. Research shows that acute lymphoblastic ...

The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru, Jos, has warned that the death penalty for corrupt public officers, as suggested in some quarters, would not curb corruption in Nigeria. The institution said that instead, Nigeria should embrace ...

Kidnapped CAC members regain freedom after N50m ransom Barely a week after their abduction, members of the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Igan, Akure, Ondo State have been set free on Thursday evening. It was gathered that the victims were released ...

The Ogun State government has lifted a curfew imposed on Sagamu town following deadly clashes between rival cult groups last month According to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, (SSG) Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, the improved security situation ...

NURTW appoints MC Oluomo as Southwest acting chairman The leadership and members of National Union of Road Transport Workers(NURTW) have unanimously appointed Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya as the Acting chairman of Zone 2 of the union. This is just as the union also ...

  Communal clash: Osun Govt imposes curfew Following the killings and destruction of property that trailed the communal clash between Ilobu, headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area and Ifon, headquarters of Orolu Council, Governor Ademola Adeleke has imposed 24-hour curfew ...

Floods in India leave 14 dead, 102 missing At least 14 people were killed and 102, including 22 army personnel, were missing in northeast India on Thursday after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst its banks, triggering flash ...

  Lawyer Writes Nigerian Police Chief, Seeks Immediate Transfer Of Case Involving Erisco Foods Customer Detained Over Facebook Post From Abuja To Lagos Chioma was arrested by the police on the orders of the company over her Facebook post regarding ...

UAE team in Abuja to finetune talks on visa ban A five-member United Arab Emirates (UAE) team is in Nigeria to harmonise positions with authorities for the final stage resumption of commercial flights between both countries and issuance of visas to Nigerians. ...

  INEC to transmit results of Bayelsa guber poll manually The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to transmit results of the Nov.11 Bayelsa governorship election manually. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mr Obo Effanga, stated this in ...

The Russian armed forces, on Wednesday, said dozens of Ukrainian drones were repelled during the night in regions close to the border. A British analysis suggested Moscow forces also shot down one of their own combat jets last month. The ...

  No existing federal road can last seven years – Umahi The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has declared that no existing federal road can last up to seven years. He said the verdict was based on findings gathered during his ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the date for off-cycle governorship polls in Edo and Ondo states. INEC disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement on X, saying the Edo poll will be held on September 21, 2024. The ...

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf yesterday, approved the appointment of an additional 94 Senior Special Assistants. In a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, in Kano on Tuesday, only five women were among the 94 newly appointed ...

A police inspector’s son has stabbed a neighbour to death! Tension has enveloped the Officers’ Barracks of the Warri Area Command of the Nigeria Police in Delta State as the son of a serving Inspector resident in the barracks has ...

  Leah Sharibu marries another ISWAP commander Nigerian schoolgirl who has now spent five years in terrorists’ captivity, Leah Sharibu, has reportedly “remarried” another Islamist terrorists’ commander, after abandoning the first ‘husband’ she was forcefully given to, local security sources told ...

Climate Action Platform for Africa names ex-VP Osinbajo Chair board of directors The immediate former Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has been named the new Chair of the Board of Directors for the Climate Action Platform for Africa. ...

  The election petition tribunal sitting in Akure has nullified the election of a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Ileoluji/Okeigbo constituency, Hon. Nelson Akinsuroju of the All Progressives Congress, APC. While ruling on a petition filed ...

  Some teens have targeted an Apple store just to loot the new iphone 15. About twenty people have been arrested after widespread looting broke out in Philadelphia last night, with one woman who livestreamed the chaos. Police in the ...

  France to withdraw ambassador, troops from Niger after coup   French President Emmanuel Macron has said that his country will withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger in the wake of the July coup that overthrew democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum. ...

Ex-US President, Donald Trump is leading the country’s current President, Biden in new poll. Trump is leading with 10 points in a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll. The 77-year-old trounced the Democrat 52% to 42% in a hypothetical rematch of the ...

A married Pennsylvania State Police trooper is facing false imprisonment charges after he allegedly violently detained his ex-girlfriend and committed her to a mental health treatment program under bogus claims. Ronald Davis, 37, was arrested Thursday on accusations he abused ...

Health officials in Jamaica have declared an outbreak of the dengue fever Saturday with at least 565 suspected, presumed and confirmed cases in the Caribbean nation. Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness says the outbreak comes as its National Surveillance ...

  President Bola Tinubu has mandated security agencies to rescue the female students abducted in Zamfara. Bandits last week attacked the Sabon-Gida community, Bungudu Local Government Area, kidnapping over 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara. While six of them were later ...