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Man commits suicide by jumping into Kogi river

  A yet-to-be-identified man has committed suicide in Kogi State. The incident happened at about 12:30 pm on Tuesday at Meme Bridge, a few metres from the popular Dunamis Church in Lokoja. The deceased, a tricycle rider, was said to ...

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Two more deaths recorded in Osun’s ongoing cult clash

  Two suspected cultists have reportedly been gunned down in an alleged reprisal attack in Ilesa town. According to information, the duo were gunned down by suspected members of a rival cult group at Sabo, Irojo Junction, Ilesa at about ...

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Woman surrenders to police after stabbing boyfriend to death

  Police in Kirinyaga county, Kenya have launched investigations after a middle-aged woman in Kagio town allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death. While confirming the incident, Kirinyaga West sub-county police commander Moses Koskei noted that the suspect, 38, stabbed her ...

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Dubai visa ban: Eniola Badmus lauds Tinubu

  Actress Eniola Badmus has commended President Bola Tinubu for for leading efforts that led to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, lifting its months-long visa ban on Nigerians.   Recalls that the United Arab Emirates, on Monday, lifted its visa ban on ...

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Husband stabs wife’s suspected lover

Police in Kapsokwony, Bungoma County, Kenya have arrested a suspect believed to have murdered his wife’s lover in cold blood. This is according to a report by the National Police Service(NPS). In a statement through social media, the suspect identified ...

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iPhone 15: Things You Should Know About Apple’s Latest Release

  iPhone 15: Things You Should Know About Apple’s Latest Release   Tech company, Apple, unveiled it’s latest iPhone product, the iPhone 15 today, September 12. This model will be unveiled at the company’s “Wanderlust” event in Cupertino, California, United ...

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Police says CSP wasn’t kidnapped in Taraba, but was shot, and daughter killed

  The Taraba State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has debunked reports that kidnappers abducted a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, in Jalingo, the state capital. The Command refuted the reports in a statement made available to journalists ...

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Kim Jong Un enters Russia on armoured train for meeting with Putin

  Kim Jong Un enters Russia on armoured train for meeting with Putin North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Russia ahead of an expected meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The meeting has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms ...

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Morocco earthquake: Death toll rises to 2,700

  Villagers have continued to weep for lost relatives in the rubble of their homes as the death toll from Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades rose to almost 2,700 and rescuers raced against time to find survivors. ...

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FG Delists 37 Illegal Loan Apps (Full List)

The number of delisted loan apps rose from nine to 37, according to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s new report. The number of loan apps with conditional approval declined to 38 from 40, and the number of apps ...

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Security Operatives Arrest Popular Pastor While Having Hot S3x With Married Woman In Delta State

  Security Operatives Arrest Popular Pastor While Having Hot S3x With Married Woman In Delta State A Nigerian Pastor with New Glory Revival Church identified as Pastor Asowata has been arrested by security operatives after he slept with a married ...

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Dubai visa ban: Shehu Sani commends Tinubu

  The former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani, on Monday, commended President Bola Tinubu’s move to end the Dubai visa ban placed on Nigeria by the United Arab Emirates.   Sani made this known in a statement via X, formerly ...

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Banky W reacts to sack of LP’s Attah, says there’s hope

  Banky W reacts to sack of LP’s Attah, says there’s hope Singer turned politician and preacher, Banky W, has reacted to the sack of Labour Party’s Thaddeus Attah by an election tribunal sitting in Lagos State. The National Assembly Election Petitions ...

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Tribunal sacks LP’s Thaddeus Attah, orders a re-run in Eti-Osa

The parliamentary election petitions tribunal has sacked Thaddeus Attah of the Labour Party as the winner of the House of Representatives election for Eti-Osa federal constituency. Giving the judgment on Monday, the tribunal also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission ...

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Four ‘Yahoo boys’ jailed in Kaduna

Justice N.U. Sadiq of the Kaduna State High Court on Monday convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters to five years imprisonment. The convicts, Chinedu Prince Omeka, Adamu Eric Mendos, Daniel Andrew, and Elom Vincent Prince, were convicted on one-count charges ...

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Calabar records several cases of male organs disappearance in two weeks

  There have been several reports of the disappearance of male reproductive organs in parts of Calabar. This has caused apprehension and anxiety in the city. In the past two weeks, there have been several cases of male organs disappearing ...

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US marks 22 years after 9/11 attacks

  Bells were rung and the names of nearly 3,000 people were read out in somber ceremonies in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Monday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the Al-Qaeda attack on the United States. Vice President ...

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Fuel subsidy removal: Miyetti Allah urges palliatives for herdsmen

  The Miyetti Allah Association has appealed to the Federal and States to consider its member herders in the distribution of palliatives to cushion the hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidies. The Chairman of the Kwara Chapter of ...

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IGP sets up gun licensing, regulations committee

In line with the Firearms Act and other extant laws, in the interest of public safety and general security, the acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has announced the establishment of an ad hoc committee tasked with the comprehensive review ...

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Police arrests Fake Commissioner of Police

The Police Command in Lagos, says it has arrested an impersonator who has been parading himself before the public as a Police Commissioner. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Monday while briefing newsmen on the recent ...

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Woman collapses and dies at Mile 2 Bridge

On Monday, an incident unfolded at the Mile 2 Bridge area of Lagos State, as a yet-to-be-identified woman collapsed and died. Eyewitnesses reported that the woman was walking across the bridge when she suddenly collapsed. By the time anyone could reach ...

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Moroccan earthquake death toll hits 2500

  Morocco’s strongest-ever earthquake has so far claimed 2,497 lives and injured thousands, with foreign teams today joining the intensifying race against the clock to rescue any remaining survivors from beneath the rubble of flattened mountain villages. Terrifying footage shows ...

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Tinubu secures landmark deal with UAE, visa ban lifted

  Tinubu secures landmark deal with UAE, visa ban lifted   President Bola Tinubu and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Monday in Abu Dhabi, finalized a historic agreement which has resulted in the immediate ...

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Cameroonian troops dislodge pro-Biafra militants from Bakassi

Cameroonian troops have reportedly dislodged members of a pro Biafra separatist group, Black Marine, from Abana town, former capital of Bakassi Peninsula. This incident was said to have occurred on Sunday morning. According to eyewitnesses, Cameroon’s Rapid d’intervention Battalions (BIR) ...

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