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  A Rivers State-based vigilance group, ONELGA OSPAC, said its men arrested three persons, including two pastors, over the death of a 24-year-old man, Lucky, in the Port Harcourt area of the state. Lucky reportedly died after an operation to ...

Chairman, Lagos State Parks and Garages (LASPG), Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo, has announced his return to the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). This followed the lifting of his suspension and other members in the ...

  15-year old boy sentenced to death, begs Borno Governor to sign his death warrant because prisoners are s3xually abusing him A teenage boy sentenced to death by hanging has written to the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, pleading for speedy ...

  Bandits in Kaduna State have set an entire Rectory ablaze burning to death a Seminarian, Bro. Naam Ngofe Danladi who was about to complete his training in the Catholic Priesthood. Rev. John Joseph Hayab; Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria ...

A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man was electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer cables in the premises of the Niger State Printing Press in Minna. The man was said to have jumped through the fence to gain access to the printing press ...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has advocated for a proper implementation of tax justice to enable higher-income earners in the country to pay higher taxes than low-income earners. Mr Eustace James, NLC Focal Person on Tax Justice, made the call in an ...

  An aircraft has skidded off the runway at Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos on Friday evening. The aircraft, said to be one of United Nigerian airline with registration number 5NBWY, skidded off at about 6:48 pm while trying to ...

  Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said the All Progressives Congress in Osun State is purging itself of unwanted members through expulsion. Oyetola, who spoke in Osogbo at a mini reception organised in his honour by the ...

  Laolu Akande, a media aide to former Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failing to electronically transmit the results of the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections has broken the trust of ...

  Nigerian student en route for London dies in Cairo A Nigerian student’s journey from Lagos to London onboard Egypt Air took a tragic turn when she reportedly fell sick mid-flight and died at a hospital in Cairo. The family ...

  Armed men suspected to be cultists terrorizing parts of Rivers State have killed a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, identified as Bako Amgbanshin. According to Daily Post, the unfortunate incident occurred on Friday night in Ahoada East Local Government Area ...

President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with Moroccans over the devastating earthquake that struck near tourist hotspot Marrakech on Friday night. According to reports, the incident led to the death of over 800 people residing in the area. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake ...

  8 people have been confirmed dead and 7 still missing in Adamawa boat accident The Adamawa State Government today said eight people had been confirmed dead after a canoe accident in Yola South Local Government Area. A boat carrying 23 passengers ...

  A Pentecostal pastor, Pastor Greg Sagie, has been killed in his home by a suspected church member, who attacked him with a machete in Sapele, Delta State, yesterday. The pastor, who was in his 60s, was resting in his ...

  Man declared wanted for allegedly s£tting his ex-girlfriend, her newborn baby, three others abl@ze over paternity fr@ud in Ogun A 24-year-old man, identified as Arinze Igbonakwu, has been declared wanted for allegedly s£tting his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend, her newborn baby, ...

  The Ekiti State Police Command, on Thursday, said it had arrested 10 suspects in connection to the death of a student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Modupe Deborah. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abutu Sunday, made the announcement ...

  A total number of 83 health workers have been kidnapped by bandits in Katsina state, out of which 16 have been killed. Comrade Mannir Mohammed Suleiman, the state Chairman Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, disclosed this at ...

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has chided ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments on the petroleum refinery in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In a recent interview with TheCable, Obasanjo had emphasised his belief that the nation’s refineries would never function efficiently as long as they remained ...

  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general elections, Peter Obi, has rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court read on Wednesday. Obi insisted that he would exhaust every legal process available to him. Speaking in ...

    The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, has upheld the victory of Senator Ned Nwoko of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the lawful winner of the Delta North Senatorial Election ...

  The United States of America has commenced a major military movement in Niger Republic. The Headquarters, United States Department of Defence, is now repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger. The US will also withdraw a small number of ...

  Officers of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, on Thursday night, quelled a violent protest that erupted following the alleged killing of a fashion designer by an operative of the Department of State Services who shot intermittently and injured ...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ended its two-day warning strike, directing its members to resume work today.   The congress described the participation of its affiliate unions in the warning strike as a “show of undaunted and resilient ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the petitions of its candidate Atiku Abubakar against the election of President Bola Tinubu. The tribunal had earlier today nullified the petitions ...

  Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos following an inferno with passengers and airline operators seen running out of the airport. It was gathered that at approximately 0750 hours this morning, a smoke incident ...