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  Tesla CEO Elon Musk last night condemned working from home as ‘morally wrong’, saying the practice is unfair for service workers who still have to show up. Musk, who is worth $175.8 billion and is the second richest person ...

  The Mexico State Court found Monday that while Roxana Ruiz had been r3ped, she was guilty of homicide with “excessive use of legitimate defense,” adding that hitting her attacker in the head would have been enough to defend herself. ...

  The factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Lamidi Apapa, who was mobbed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the venue of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, on Wednesday, has thanked God for saving his ...

  The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a lady, Olufunmilayo Brioluwa, for allegedly assaulting a police officer in the Ogombo area of the state. Lagos police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development via a tweet on Tuesday ...

  The immediate past chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has called on Northerners to desist from politics and embrace agriculture as a business. Ogbe said politics has never ...

  Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to details of a call between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Recall that Blinken during a call with Tinubu on Wednesday assured the Nigerian President-elect of the U.S. ...

  There was confusion in the early hours of Wednesday when the Ijora bridge, a major Access road leading to the Apapa Port, caved in, causing serious traffic gridlock out of the port and crippling businesses. Officials of the Lagos ...

  Former naval officer Dr Joseph Dituri is the first person to live that long that far underwater without depressurisation, with plans to remain in Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo until 9 June as part of a 100 day ...

  The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has declared a five-day warning strike following the failure of the Federal Government to meet its demands. The resident doctors said the strike will commence at 8 am on Wednesday, May 17, and ...

  Three men accused of murder and attempted murder were on Monday remanded to the Kirikiri Custodial Centre, Lagos. The defendants, Mukaila Nofiu, Wasiu Rasheed and Hassan Kazeem, were arraigned before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court for the alleged murder of ...

  A suspected terrorist in Keke community along Ibrahim Haske Road, Kaduna Millennium City, reportedly blew himself up with Improvised Explosive Device (IED) when security operatives closed in on him and he found it impossible to evade arrest. A source ...

  The United States Government has said it had taken steps to impose visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process during Nigeria’s 2023 elections cycle. This was made known in a statement by the Secretary ...

  An articulated truck conveying a 40ft container on Monday fell on a Toyota car along the Cement bus stop inward Dopemu area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident happened at about 4 pm on Monday. There ...

  Twenty-five (25) drug suspects have been apprehended by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in different raids in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Femi Babafemi, the spokesman for the anti-narcotics agency, in a statement on ...

  A woman identified as Zainab Ibrahim, at the Kpaduma ll area of Asokoro in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Saturday, died while separating a fight that ensued between her two sons, Inusa and Usman. It was gathered that ...

  Four staff members of a Microfinance Bank are presently in the Police net for the alleged murder of a debtor’s wife in Ogun state. The staff members of ZEFA Microfinance Bank, Abule Ijoko Lemode of Ifo Local Government Area ...

  The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has reiterated its zero tolerance for the collection of illegal fees for the issuance of passports. The Public Relations Officer, Comptroller of Immigration Tony Akuneme said 80 officers are on trial for extortion and ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given banks and other financial institutions a 30-day timeline to close accounts without Bank Verification (BVN). Data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) showed that 57.39 million customers’ accounts have been ...

  Maybach unexpectedly catches fire as owner was on his way to bury twin in Ghana It was indeed a tragic incident when a Mercedes Maybach S caught fire while on his way to a funeral at Asamankese in the ...

  A treasury staff at the Bauchi State Treasury Board attached to the office of the Head of Civil Service, Yakubu Sakwa, and his two sons have been killed in a lone auto crash. The Punch learnt that they were ...

  Texas mother of killed 2-year-old girl says child’s father Facetimed her while he was choking their daughter Damn! This story is too cringey! The mother of a 2-year-old Texas girl who authorities say was killed by her father said ...

  The Kogi State House of Assembly has suspended nine mebers. The Assembly equally suspended nine Local Government Chairman in the state. This is ongoing. We will bring you details shortly.

  The home of Nigerian comedian and content creator, Ayo Ajewole, popularly known as Woli Agba, has been invaded by armed robbers in Ibadan, Oyo State. Ajewole, who made this known on his Instagram page today, thanked God that he ...

  The Kano State Hisbah Board has deployed personnel to mosques to ensure the safety of lives and property during the Holy month of Ramadan. This is contained in a statement by the board’s spokesman Ibrahim Lawan, on Thursday in ...

A former Speaker of Gombe State House of Assembly, Nasiru Nono, has died in an auto crash along Abuja-Keffi expressway, on Thursday. Confirming the passage of Nono, the former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Buba Shanu, ...