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Police in Lagos State have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly killing his mother-in-law and one other person after raping his wife’s teenage sister in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, ...

Equatorial Guinea went to the polls on Sunday, with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo all-but-certain of winning a record sixth term in a the West African country with next to no opposition. Obiang, aged 80, has been in power for ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Mrs Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika. She was nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to traffic 400g of cocaine concealed in her ...

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said the country is not progressing because unqualified persons hold several government positions. Obi disclosed this on Saturday via his verified Twitter handle. The former Anambra State Governor noted that the ...

At least five people were killed and 18 wounded in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in the US city of Colorado Springs. “It’s with a heavy heart I have to tell you that we had a shooting at ...

Alcohol will not be sold at the World Cup’s eight stadiums in Qatar after Fifa changed its policy two days before the start of the tournament. Alcohol was set to be served “in select areas within stadiums”, despite its sale ...

The Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said that it had arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The command said that it accomplished the feat in a sting operation. They ...

The United States Department of Justice said it has transferred over $20.6m to the Federal Government in accordance with an August 23 agreement between the governments to repatriate assets stolen by late dictator, General Sani Abacha, and his co-conspirators. According ...

Detectives in Kenya have arrested one Thomas Muthee Ng’ang’a suspected to be behind the brutal murder of his girlfriend, Naneu Muthoni on November 14. Muthoni was found dead in her house, at Onyoka Estate, Lang’ata. Police believe the suspect masterminded ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an enhanced salary and welfare scheme for Nigerian judicial officers. The President disclosed this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Friday during the inauguration of the Dr Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law ...

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary (LPDC) Committee has written Legal Practitioner, Malcolm Omirhobo who appeared in court in his lawyer robes complemented with other traditional apparel to respond to a formal complaint made against him by the Muslims Rights Concern (MURIC) over the way he ...

  The Osun State Police Command had declared a 22-year-old man, Akinbola Daniel Oluwapelumi missing. The notice was contained in a bulletin signed by the Osun State Police Command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola. According to the bulletin, Akinbola was last seen ...

A Liberian TikTok content creator identified as @Realcharley22, has been banned by the social media platform for spreading fake news about a daughter of the vice president of Nigeria, Kiki Osinbajo. The TikTok influencer had posted earlier in the week ...

  Three policemen of the Enugu State command have been shot dead by unknown gunmen at Agbani, headquarters of Nkanu West Local Government of the state. The incident, Daily Post learnt, occurred on Saturday morning at a roundabout near the ...

Immediate past Minister of Transportation and former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has graduated from Baze University, Abuja, with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). Amaechi, a graduate in English, was among the 504 students who graduated during the university’s ...

Several houses, including a worship centre, were on Thursday evening, gutted by fire at Owan community in Ovia South West local government area, near Benin, in Edo. Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident was caused ...

A suspect, Mr Nwobodo Samuel Obumneme has explained how his group killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, Mr Osita Duruoha in September this year. The 26-year-old, alongside two of his gang members, allegedly strangled ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned one Ijeboi Dennis and Obade Monday Christian before Justice Abubakar Baba Shani of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja. Dennis,(aka Andrew Tran huynh) and Monday, who also ...

  An academic and former top government official, Shettima Mustafa, is dead. Mustafa, ex-Minister of Agriculture (1990 – 1992), was appointed Minister of Defence by President Umaru Yar’Adua in 2007. He later served as Minister of Interior and left office ...

A pregnant woman has been caught red-handed in bed with a man she claims is her Pastor, by her husband. The pregnant woman identified simply as Martha, and her Pastor were caught red-handed while having sex on her matrimonial bed. They were surrounded ...

  The Chairman of the commission of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa on Thursday said the number of governors on its watchlist has increase. He disclosed this while briefing reporters at the State House after meeting ...

  The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, disclosed that two people have died and one other injured following a crash that involved the convoy of Bauchi State Commissioner for Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki. Sector ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has instructed commercial banks in the country to work on Saturdays till January 31, 2023, to enable customers return existing naira notes. The CBN had announced plans to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes, ...

Members and staff of the Lagos State House of Assembly led by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa on Wednesday received the body of Hon. Abdul-Sobur Olayiwola Olawale, who passed on in Jos, Plateau State on Tuesday. The remains of the lawmaker arrived ...

Police have shut down the Ekiti State House of Assembly complex 24 hours after electing a new speaker. Police Public Relations Officer in the state Sunday Abutu confirmed to Channels Television that the action is connected to an intelligence report ...