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  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 ...

  The Ukrainian parliament on Monday endorsed a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions on Iran for 50 years, lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said on Telegram. The sanction bill, which was submitted to parliament by ...

  Police raid Auxiliary’s home, recover weapons, ammunition The Oyo State Police Command has raided the apartment of the sacked chairman of Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary. An online news platform, The Street Journal reported Tuesday morning ...

  The Osun State Government has on Tuesday threatened to seal off filling stations in the state hoarding petrol. This was contained in a statement signed by the state’s governor spokesman, Olawale Rasheed. The removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu ...

  Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two men for allegedly stabbing a 13-year-old boy to death over rubber slippers ownership. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on ...

  Men of the Lagos State Police Command are currently working to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman and her two daughters in a shop around PPL, Ijagun Okokomaiko area of the state. The deceased, whose identities ...

The Director of Strategic Communications of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, on Monday, insisted that the February 25 presidential election, which produced President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, was manipulated. In a statement tagged, ...

  As he takes over the mantle of leadership, President Bola Tinubu has addressed the agitation for Nigeria’s break up. Tinubu assured that Nigeria will not break up or perish. He spoke during his inaugural speech at the Eagles Square ...