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Two suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo boys, have confessed to the police how they kidnapped a 40-year-old man and killed him for a money-making ritual. Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects told the ...

  Three robbery suspects have been arrested by detectives of the Kwara State Police Command in a major crackdown on criminals around Kwara State University axis, Malete. They are Ridwan Abdulfatai (20), from Oke-Foma area in Ilorin, said to be ...

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied calling Bola Tinubu a super politician. Obasanjo declared that from his experience, only military-trained personnel were good managers of people. The rebuttal by the ex-Head of State was issued on Sunday by spokesperson, ...

  Nigerians spent $609.5m on foreign education between January and August 2022. The figure is contained in the data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria, calculated based on the information provided on the amount spent on educational services under ...

  The All Progressives Congress, on Saturday, called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to warn his ministers and other public holders to desist from working against the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. This is ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 2,465,000 tablets of Tramadol at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The pharmaceutical opioid weighed 2,256kg with an estimated street value of N1.04billion, the spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said in ...

  Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, says he will meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of at least 30 per cent of inmates from custodial centres across the country. Aregbesola made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ...

  Atiku, A Son Of Nobody, Got Himself To Where He Is Through Hardwork – Dele Momodu Says As He Begins Campaign For PDP A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Dele Momodu has said Atiku Abubakar is a son of ...

CEO of Uyi Technical conglomerate, Sir Uyi Omoruyi Oloton, is bereaved. According to reports, the Benin born billionaire businessman’s eldest daughter, Lilian took her own life on Friday nigh. It was gathered that the mother of three committed suicide for ...

  The Adamawa State Police command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Barnabas Abduneza over alleged murder of a minor. Abduneza, a resident of Kpasham, a village in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, allegedly attacked the deceased and her ...

  Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has announced he will be celebrating his 50th birthday with his online followers. Igboho in an Instagram post today, said he did not regret his struggle for the freedom of Yorubas. ...

  Hoodlums have allegedly killed a soldier while resolving the farmers and herdsmen conflict in the Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Wednesday. Malam Musa Muhammad, the local government chairman, confirmed the incident to newsmen. According to him, ...

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole due to ill health, the government’s correctional services department. Zuma, 79, has been serving a 15-month prison sentence since July for contempt of court after defying ...

  A 28-year-old Nigerian woman identified as Amelia Pounds, has reportedly died during liposuction surgery in India. It was gathered that the she died during the surgery at an undisclosed hospital in New Delhi yesterday An Instagram user confirmed the ...

  The lawmaker representing Adamawa North, Senator Elisha Abbo, has been expelled by the executives of his local government chapter of the All Progressives Congress for allegedly engaging in anti-party activities and tampering with the process of internal democracy of ...

  Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vincent Ogbulafor has passed on. Ogbulafor died on Thursday in Canada at the age of 73 years. Confirming his death, a family member who wished to be anonymous said Ogbulafor ...

Ofcourse it’s a barking season, and we should expect more. It first started with APC’s Keyamo, before Atiku’s spokeperson fired back, lol. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has likened the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola ...

Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the help the country needs is here. Tinubu, who left the country on September 24, returned on Thursday. The last time he was seen attending a public event physically ...

Professor Drags Estranged Wife To Court For Renaming Daughter After Ataoja Of Osogbo A Professor, Adekunle Oloki, has approached a District Customary Court in Osun State, for an order asking his former wife, Kafayat Oyetunji, to reverse his daughter’s name. ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday presented the proposed N19.76 trillion budget for the 2023 financial year to the National Assembly. The budget, which would be the last presented by the Buhari administration, is about 15.37 percent higher than the amount ...

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work with immediate effect. The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an application by the ASUU seeking permission for it to ...

  A soldier, identified simply as Nafiu and attached to the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Tungan Maje, Federal Capital Territory, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services for allegedly hiring out and selling guns to kidnappers. Punch ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned the Managing Director of Saphire Scents Limited, Adewale Aladejana, before Justice M. A Madugu of the Federal High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N12 million under ...

  The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says it will take action against the police orderly of Titi, wife of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Wednesday, the PDP presidential candidate posted on Twitter pictures of ...

  The Rivers State House of Assembly has de-recognised Celestine Omehia as a former Governor of the state. The lawmakers passed the motion during a sitting on Thursday. Following the motion, Omehia has been asked to refund all monetary entitlement ...