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A 50-year-old man was in the wee hours of yesterday burnt to death after fire razed a building at Bariga, Lagos State. The man, whose identity was yet to be ascertained, was said to have been trapped in a building ...

Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church has for the first time directly appealed to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to stop the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, Al-Jazeera reports. In an address on Sunday dedicated to Ukraine in ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has busted a mansion in the Lekki area of Lagos State where Tramadol was stored. NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a terse statement on Monday, said the mansion belonged to a drug baron who is ...

The people of Mopa town in the Mopa-Muro Local Government Area of Kogi State have been thrown into mourning following the mysterious death of four members of a family after reportedly eating a cassava flour meal known as ‘Amala.’ The ...

Goods worth millions were destroyed when a three-storey building collapsed on Sunday midnight around Adabor Junction, Ashi, Bodija, Ibadan. The incident occurred few weeks after the collapse of an uncompleted five-storey hotel building adjacent to one of the new generation ...

The presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has recognised the toddler in a viral video, naming her the poster girl of his 2023 campaign. Obi commended the toddler as Chioma Success for her energetic display during the ...

Hunter’s Son Shoots Brother Dead While testing bulletproof Charm In Kwara A son of a hunter in Dutse Gogo town near Kaiama, headquarters of Kaiama local government of Kwara State, Abubakar Abubakar, on Sunday shot dead his junior brother identified ...

The US Central District Court in California has again postponed the sentencing of Ramon Abbas, a Nigerian Instagram celebrity, popularly known as Hushpuppi, who has pleaded guilty to multi-million-dollar fraud charges. Hushpuppi was apprehended in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate ...

  There was pandemonium at the Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Sunday evening, following an announcement that Bishop Callistus Onaga had removed Fr Ejike Mbaka as the Spiritual Director of Amen. There was pandemonium at the Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria, ...

Chinese Billionaire S3xual Assault Case Settled In US It was meant to be one of the biggest #MeToo trials China had ever seen, set to play out on the other side of the world in the US state of Minnesota. ...

  Aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday met in Enugu to plot their next move, following the visit of the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, in his ...

  26 patrons, bar owners, revellers and employees of bars and restaurants in Kileleshwa, Nairobi County Kenya were on Saturday, October 1, 2022, arrested for playing loud music. They were placed in Custody at Kibera and Central Police stations and are ...

  Nigerian Lady Writes Suicidal Notes On Facebook A Nigerian lady who is based in Port Harcourt, Onwuzuruike Chidera, has posted suicidal notes on Facebook. In the notes posted, she bid herself farewell, saying that “they are here to take ...

  Kaduna Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i has condemned the killing of two herders by a mob in Birnin Gwari local government area. He directed investigations into the incident with a view to fishing out the culprits and make them face the ...

  A man in Adamawa State, Benedict Haziel, has killed another man, identified simply as Lukas, over a girl named Blessing. Haziel, who is currently being held by the police, admitted to stabbing Lukas in the buttocks, following which he ...

  The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has stated that he regretted Nigeria’s independence was too early. Oba Akanbi, who noted that Nigeria as the giant of Africa should have been developed by now, blamed the woes of ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday warned that with the growing corruption and insecurity in Nigeria, the despair faced by millions of Nigerians may not end soon. He, however, appealed to the Supreme Court to give the case concerning ...

A 42-year-old man identified as Nicholas Mwiti Nthiga was arrested on the morning of October 1, 2022, after he was accused of killing Geofrey Muriungi Makara, aged 34 in Ntabuta Village, Matakiri Location of Nkondi Ward, Tharaka Nithi county, Kenya. ...

  Troops of the Nigerian Army have reportedly rescued one of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by insurgents in 2014. The girl, identified as Yana Pogu, was rescued on Thursday in Borno by the troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation ...

  Borno State government marked the 62nd Independence Anniversary of Nigeria on Saturday with a parade, the first in 12 years since the Boko Haram insurgency began. Governor Babagana Zulum presided over the ceremony held at Ramat Square in Maiduguri. ...

  The leadership of the Labour Party has taken a swipe at the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for leaving the masses with nothing to celebrate on the country’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary. This was contained in a release issued ...

  The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a three-man one-chance gang that specialises in duping unsuspecting passengers. The gang members were arrested by officers of the Ojodu Division, at about 10:30 p.m. on Friday, September 23, 2022, at the ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari, is set to confer the 2022 National Honours Award on his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and 436 others. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and the Director General ...

The United States of America has joined Nigerians to celebrate the country’s 62nd Independence Day. In a press statement on Saturday, the US Secretary, Antony Blinken, said the partnership between both countries was built on shared values of democracy, diversity, ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said political parties in Nigeria are not allowed to receive campaign and electioneering donations from abroad. “Section 225 of the Nigerian constitution makes it clear that no registered political party in Nigeria shall ...