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  The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the murder of a butcher, Usman Buda, over alleged blasphemy. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, who confirmed the killing in a statement on Sunday, said a distress call was ...

Hoodlums who have been labelled ‘unknown gunmen’ have reportedly given two communities in Anambra State conditions to bury their deceased loved ones. The communities, Isseke and Azia, are both in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state, where activities ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of two Ghanaians, Monday Saba and Hakeem Kwana, and 11 other suspects for drug-related offences in different parts of the country. The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi ...

  Electricity Distribution Com­panies (DisCos) have stated that electricity tariff will increase from July 1, 2023. In a statement on Sunday night, Abuja Electricity Distri­bution Company (AEDC) stated that the review was due to the fluctuation of the naira in ...

  A manager of a hotel have been arrested for allegedly torturing one of his staff identified as Miss Nnenna Onu to death at Ebocha community of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni local government area of Rivers State over alleged theft of N17,500. It ...

  One of Nigeria’s foremost Communications scholar and a professor of Communications at the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Lai Oso is dead. Oso, aged 67, was reported to have died in an accident while returning from a conference in ...

  The Ondo State Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Ade Adetimehin, has called on the people of the state to continue praying for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who has been battling with health issues in recent times and at the ...

  The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has confirmed the deaths of five Nigerian pilgrims participating in the ongoing Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The head of NAHCON Hajj medical team, Usman Galadima, made this known on Saturday during a meeting ...

  President Bola Tinubu has left Paris, France for London, England after the conclusion of his participation in the summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ hosted by French President, Emmanuel Macron. According to a statement issued on Saturday by ...

  A community leader, Ojo Komolafe, 78, has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ondo State High Court for the murder of a school proprietor, Taofik Babalola, in 2021. Komolafe, who pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge, ...

  The Edo State Taskforce against Human Trafficking has apprehended a 48-year-old man, Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro, 28, for allegedly selling their two-month-old baby to fund their drug addiction. The suspects were arrested with their friend, 26-year-old ...

  A 25-year-old cattle rearer, Mohammed Abubakar, has been arraigned before a magistrate’s court in Ilorin, Kwara State, for allegedly inflicting injuries on a girl, Mohammed Aisha. He was brought to court on two counts of causing grievous bodily injuries ...

Five people aboard a missing submersible, on its way to the 1912 wreckage of the Titanic, have died in what appears to have been a “catastrophic implosion,” a U.S. Coast Guard official said on Thursday. The five included the British ...

  Sunday Igboho has said he will soon be returning to Nigeria to claim the N20 billion he is being owed by the Nigerian government. Igboho who spoke in a video that has since gone viral said; “I am coming ...

  An Area Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Wednesday, sentenced an 18-year-old student, Abubakar Adam, to nine months imprisonment for stealing a phone. The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Adam after a summary trial following his guilty plea. Bokkos, ...

  The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a lady in connection with the death of a barber popularly known as Otubong at his residence on Osina Street, Mile 2 Diobu, in the Port Harcourt area of the state. A ...

  Deity Descends on Man for Defiling Neighbour’s One-Year-Old Daughter in Anambra A deity, popularly known as Ita (pronounced Ị̀tà) has descended on and blinded a middle-aged man for reportedly fingering and defiling a one-year-old girl in Anambra State. The ...

  The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery says the decision of the United Kingdom (UK) restricting foreign students from bringing dependents with them starting in 2024 is not targeted at Nigerians rather it is to protect UK infrastructure ...

  Newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun has vowed to make community policing work as he assumed office at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. He stated this on Wednesday when he officially took over the leadership of ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 23 for hearing in a suit filed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for final forfeiture ...

  EFCC arrests popular Tiktok musician ShalliPopi, alleges he’s a yahoo boy The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a popular Tiktok musician, Crown Uzama (known as ShalliPopi) and his manager, Ajayi Hafeez (known as 21 Badda) for alleged ...

  DSS storms Lagos EFCC office, blocks officials from accessing building Reports have emerged of the Department of the State Security Service, DSS, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from gaining access to their ...

  Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo has sentenced Dr Rahman Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife to death by hanging. Earlier, Justice Ojo declared that Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, where Timothy Adegoke, an OAU postgraduate student ...

  Makinde dissolves Park Management committee headed by Auxillary Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has dissolved the Disciplinary Committee in charge of the Park Management System (PMS). The dissolution of the PMS Committee, headed by Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known ...

  Address me as Mallam Namadi, NOT His Excellency – New Jigawa Governor The newly inaugurated governor of Jigawa State, Mallam Umar Namadi, has said people should address him as Mallam Umar Namadi, not the usual “His/Your Excellency.” The governor ...