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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 ...

  Police in India are searching for a teacher accused of beating a Dalit student to death over a spelling mistake, officers said amid violent protests triggered by the incident. Nikhil Dohre was struck with a rod and kicked until ...

  Three suspects conveying 150 bottles of ‘skuchies’ have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. ‘Skuchies’ is a cocktail of drugs, including cannabis sativa, tramadol tablets, codeine, swifnol, among others. The trio – Francis Friday, Kemi Adeyemo, and ...

A United States district court has sentenced Abidemi Rufai, a suspended aide of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, to five years’ imprisonment for fraud. The District Court in Western Tacoma in Washington jailed Mr Rufai on Monday for wire ...

  The Nigeria Police Force has declared an Indian national Ayan Asit Chakraborty wanted. A Gazette Bulletin with Ref No AR: 3000/ZN.2/MTU/TMI Vol. 2/141 announced that the Magistrates’ Court had issued a warrant of arrest in Lagos. The suspect is ...

  A family in Kamacuku village, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya is in mourning after a woman allegedly killed her husband before hanging herself. Moses Kirimi’s body was found in a pool of blood in the parking lot of his home on ...

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced 66 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The jail terms range from two weeks, four months, and six months of community service to ten months imprisonment. The convicts ...

  President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, nine years after he exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations by the National Security Agency (NSA). Snowden, 39, fled the United States and ...