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In order to rake in N10 million from his parents, a 23-year-old boy, Edward Okache, has arranged his abduction by some men in Ogun State. On Monday, police said Okache was nabbed with four others identified as: Asamoah Ernest, Isiah ...

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the murder of a 15-year-old boy, Jerome Chukwuemeka, in the Ago-Okota area of the state. Punch Metro gathered that the victim’s father, after returning from work, found ...

  A middle-aged man has been struck dead by lightning in Alade-Idanre, Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victim, a chainsaw operator, known in the community as ‘Shosho’, died on the spot while trying to fall a tree. ...

  A man who was locked up inside a room for twenty years has been discovered by environmental officers in Kaduna state. According to the Nigerian Tribune, the officers found the man in a house in Benin street, in the ...

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos state, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor has vowed to stop alleged extortion and harassment of traders by leaders of markets, otherwise known as ‘Mama loja’ in the state. Jandor, ...

  Ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, the Labour Party has released the list of its Presidential Campaign Council list consisting of 1,234 members. The list was disclosed on Wednesday during a press conference in Abuja The list was released ...

  A Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has fixed October 20 when the former Attorney General of Lagos State, Olasupo Sasore SAN will be arraigned before the court for alleged money laundering offence. The charge is pending before ...

  Doctors recruited from Nigeria to work in the United Kingdom hospitals have lamented that they are being exploited. The doctors believe they are being overworked and fear they may put their patients’ health at risk. This is according to ...

  Federal Government will begin the pilot phase of the emergency ambulance services on Friday in Abuja to facilitate access to first aid and healthcare in life-threatening situations. Dr Felix Ogedegbe, the Chairman of the National Emergency Medical Treatment Committee ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council chamber of the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The swearing in of Ariwoola followed his confirmation by the Senate on Sept ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it detected 2.7 million cases of double registration carried out during the last Continuous Voter Registration and that the affected persons have been deleted from the voter register. The INEC Chairman, ...

  Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed said Nigeria has signed an agreement with Germany for the repatriation of over 1,130 looted Benin Bronze artifacts back to the country. Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency ...

  Terrorists have released a video of the abducted daughters of a prominent Zamfara indigene, Abubakar Bello Furfuri. The attack on the residence of the former Accountant General of the state occurred four months ago. In the trending video, the ...

  Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), on the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa on Tuesday was another evidence ...

  A middle-aged man reportedly killed his 3-year-old daughter by slitting her throat with a knife before hanging himself in their house in Misakwani, Mumbuni in Machakos county. Confirming the incident, Misakwani assistant Chief Alice Musau has said the reason ...

  The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country has increased to 481, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. This is even as the suspected cases stand at 1,180. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo ...

  A family of six persons have drowned after flood overtook Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident happened in Nzam community on Tuesday. The family drowned after their house was submerged. Shortly ...

  The family of late Bamise Ayanwola, who died after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle in Lagos State, have said the Mainland Hospital mortuary, Yaba, where her corpse was deposited, is demanding N500,000 from them. The deceased’s elder brother, ...

  The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency have said States in the North Central and South East should expect more floods. The Director-General of NiMet, Professor Mansur Matazu stated this in Abuja on Tuesday during ...

  The United Kingdom is looking at tightening the rules on how many relatives migrants can bring into the country. According to Daily Mail, UK, it has been discovered that Nigerian migrants bring in the highest number of dependants when ...

  Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has appointed 14,000 advisers for various political units in the state. According to a statement signed by the Governor’s spokesperson, Kelvin Ebiri, the advisers will play a pivotal role in the administration. “In addition to ...

  The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has launched a health insurance scheme for veteran Nollywood actors and filmmakers. He made the disclosure when he hosted some of the veterans to a dinner on Monday night. This was contained in ...

The Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, Right Reverend Jonas Benson Okoye, has relieved five priests in the diocese of their duties over alleged insubordination The five priests of St Martin of Tours, Ihiala, had reportedly been having ...

  The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has watched the chilling footage of Chidinma Ojukwu confessing to stabbing to death the Chief Executive Officer of Super Tv, Usifo Michael Ataga, all by herself. It also ...

  Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday that King Charles III will be crowned on Saturday, May 6, 2023, but offered few clues about how the ancient religious ceremony of coronation might differ from the last one in 1953. The new king’s ...