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  Five Nigerians nabbed for drug dealing in South Africa Five Nigerians have been arrested for the possession of drugs in Pretoria, South Africa In the apartment, the police found four suspects packaging heroin (nyaope) and crystal meth. “They were ...

  The Abia State Police Command, has confirmed the death of two students of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike found stone dead in their hostel. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna who spoke with Vanguard in ...

  A Nigerian man has gotten his girlfriend arrested for aborting their child without his consent. This is according to the Special Assistant on Media to the Delta State Governor, Ossai Ovie Success. Ovie shared the story, saying he wasn’t ...

  The bandits, who abducted 20 children from Kusherki in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state, are demanding a ransom of N40million for their release. The children, who are said to have been in captivity for over 20 days, ...

A chemical explosion has rocked the popular Ogbo Ogwu International Market, Bridge Head, Onitsha, in Anambra State. Unconfirmed report said the blast, which occurred Tuesday afternoon, has resulted in many casualties as well as destruction of goods and buildings worth ...

  The tallest woman on the planet has finally taken her first-ever flight after the airline adapted one of its planes so she can fit into it. Rumeysa Gelgi, 24, flew with Turkish Airlines to San Francisco and six seats ...

  A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an ...

  The All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Representative candidate for Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency, Pharm. Ejikeme Omeje is dead. Omeje, a top party candidate in Enugu North Senatorial Zone, died in a motor accident Tuesday morning along Eden Ani/Nsukka ...

  Again, Court Nullifies Zamfara PDP Gov Primary   The Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, on Tuesday, nullified the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that produced Dauda Lawal-Dare as the governorship candidate ...

A toddler, aged two, is fighting for his life after swallowing a battery which has caused burning to his oesophagus and a lung infection. Dylan Alejandro was taken by his mum to hospital in Cananea, in the state of Sonora in north ...

Actress Kemi Afolabi has advised Nigerians to stay vigilant following the security alert threat the United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA) and Canada issued to Nigeria. Kemi  who just returned from a medical trip in thee US noted ...

A former Commissioner for Information in Niger State, Danladi Ndayebo is dead. The renowned journalist was formerly an Editor at LEADERSHIP Newspapers. Ndayebo passed on Monday afternoon after sustaining injuries in an auto crash on Sunday. Family members, friends and ...

  The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has ordered the immediate distribution of additional batches of uniforms, kits, accoutrements and anti-riot equipment comprising bullet-proof vests with armored plates, ballistic helmets, long and ...

  An Area Court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a 20-year-old unemployed man, Pius John to nine months imprisonment for stealing two goats. A Panel of two magistrates, Adam Sadiq and Hyacinth Dolnaan who sentenced John, however gave him a fine ...

  An Area Court in Jos, Plateau State, on Monday, sentenced a security guard, Abubakar Haruna, to six months imprisonment for sleeping on duty, paving way for thieves to steal iron rods and roofing sheets. A panel of judges made ...

  A Kano State Magistrate Court presided over by Aminu Muhammad Gabari has ordered public flogging for Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala for defaming the character of Kano State Governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Tiktok. The pair ...

  Prince Ned Nwoko has lambasted Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, describing him as a nuisance to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nwoko, PDP Delta North senatorial candidate for the 2023 elections, made the remark on Monday at the Asaba ...

  The Borno State Police Command has released a sheep detained for eating up fried fish belonging to one Malam Yusuf Ibrahim, a fish seller in the Bulabulin neighbourhood, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council of the state capital. Ibrahim had caused a ...

  Kano Tiktokers To Be Flogged For Abusing Ganduje The Kano State Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that two comedians, Mubarak Muhammad, and Nazifi Bala, be given 20 lashes for defaming the state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on their Tiktok ...

Tragedy struck at the weekend in Umuahia, Abia State, when a soldier attached to a Chinese construction company in the city stabbed a man identified as Offor Uchenna, to death. Vanguard gathered that a disagreement had ensued between the duo at ...

  Property worth millions of naira have been destroyed following a fire outbreak at the POWA Plaza, Jos road, Lafia, Nasarawa State. An eye witness told Punch correspondent that the fire outbreak was caused by an electricity spark in one ...

  Prostitution: NIS Rescues Three Ghana-Bound Teenage Girls The Comptroller of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Rivers State, AJ Kwasua, has handed over three underage girls rescued from a failed journey to Ghana for prostitution to the National Agency for the ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has uncovered another extreme method deployed by a drug trafficker to conceal illicit drugs. This time, the trafficker concealed the drugs in his car tyre while traveling along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The ...

  Ekweremadu’s Daughter, Sonia In UK Court On Human Trafficking Charges   Sonia Ekweremadu, the daughter of former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, appeared in a UK court yestrday, November 7, to answer claims that she trafficked a homeless man into ...

  The Imo State Police Command has paraded the two suspects arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of their colleague, Joy Uchechi Nwachukwu, a cashier of a gas plant in Owerri, Imo State. TGB had earlier reported that that ...