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About 20 persons were said to have been burnt to death when a tanker with full load of petrol lost control due to brake failure, rammed into other vehicles on the bridge of Maboro River and exploded in Ankpa, Ankpa ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his running mate Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed met with ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday night. The meeting was Obi’s second visit to Jonathan in the month of September. However, after ...

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two siblings: Lateef Afeez Abiodun and Lateef Abdullahi Olalekan alongside twenty-four others, for suspected internet- related fraudulent activities in Ibadan, Oyo State. A statement issued ...

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC), has confirmed the electrocution of one of its members of staff in Calabar. Mr Collins Igwe, Regional Manager, PHEDC, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on ...

  The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, dropped his seemingly perennial foul mood when he met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. They met during the inauguration of the Body of Benchers Complex in Abuja. Wike alongside his allies ...

Man Sues Ex-Lover For Allegedly Blocking Him From Being In Her Life After Conceiving Twins A man in Nairobi, Kenya shocked the court after he sued his ex-girlfriend for allegedly denying him access to her during her pregnancy journey. While ...

The Supreme Court has upheld the nomination of Osun Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the last governorship primary. In a judgement on Thursday, a five-member Justices headed by Justice Amina Augie ...

Queen Elizabeth II died from “old age,” according to the late sovereign’s death certificate. The National Records of Scotland released the document on Thursday, with Her Majesty’s daughter, Princess Anne, listed as the informant of her death. The certificate also ...

  The House of Representatives has raised the alarm over the possibility of the ebola virus returning to Nigeria, urging the Federal Government to immediately activate preventive measures. Members of the House, at the plenary on Thursday, unanimously adopted a ...

  The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, was absent on Thursday as the presidential candidates of other political parties were physically present for the signing of the now-customary peace pact. However, Tinubu’s running mate, Kashim Shettima, ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against using too much bleaching cosmetics, saying it could lead to skin cancer. The agency’s media consultant, Olusayo Akintola, in a statement, disclosed that the director-general ...

  University of Calabar UNICAL, has said alleged kidnapper, John Ewa, popularly called “John Lyon” was not a graduate of the institution. A statement issued in Calabar by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Gabriel Egbe, said that the university’s ...

One Andrew Godwin suspected to be a fake medical doctor has been arrested by the Joint Taskforce Base 14 Boi, Bogoro LGA of Bauchi State. The suspected fake Medical Doctor who hails from Nasarawa state was arrested on Sunday for ...

  A fatther who lost three children in RIvers fire has threaned suicide. The children lost their lives during a fire incident in the Rumuochakara, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State. It was gathered that the fire which occurred ...

  Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State; Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, all believed to be loyal to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, including Wike, on Wednesday, boycotted the inauguration ...

Nigerian government on Wednesday approved N580.5 million for the procurement of four armoured vehicles to aid the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in its fight against dangerous and illicit drugs. Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the ...

The Edo State Government has declared a 24-hour curfew in the a section of Benin, the state capital, starting from 12.00am Thursday, 29 September, 2022 to 12am Friday, 30 September, 2022. The Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, in ...

  Fire gutted 7 self-contained apartments in a private hostel occupied by the Students of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin on Wednesday afternoon. The private hostel known as “GQ Hostel” was located outside the Polytechnic Campus at Apata Yakuba area, Ilorin ...

  Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, known as MBS, has become the kingdom’s prime minister, a royal decree said on Tuesday. Saudi King Salman ordered the cabinet reshuffle, giving his son the post which has traditionally held by the king. MBS, ...

  A security guard, Koleosho Abayomi, has demanded justice after a policeman allegedly shot him in his thigh at the Lekki Peninsula Scheme II, in the Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that the cop, ...

Queen Elizabeth II tried to convince Meghan Markle to repair her fractious relationship with her father, Thomas Markle. “The Queen could see how damaging the situation was between Meghan and her father and she did speak to Meghan about it ...

  The eldest son of a member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly representing Dass Constituency, Bala Ali, has been killed by suspected kidnappers. Abdul Burra, the Spokesperson for the Speaker of the House, Abubakar Suleiman, who shared proceedings ...

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Dr Babachir Lawal has distanced himself from joining the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to settle scores with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the controversial Muslim-Muslim Presidency ...

  An Ikeja High Court has sentenced the deposed Baale of Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos Mutiu Ogundare, charged with faking his kidnap to 15-year jail term. Justice Hakeem Oshodi sentenced Ogundare having convicted him of a two-count bordering ...

  Apple chief executive Tim Cook says there are still “not enough women at the table” at the world’s tech firms – including his own. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mr Cook said technology “will not achieve nearly ...