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A 12-year-old boy has shot dead his Nigerian mum in their home in Alabama in the United States of America. The boy who has since confessed to accidentally shooting his mother, a Nigerian woman, after initially claiming an intruder killed ...

  Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, has convicted and sentenced seven internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts: Ogunyemi Olajide Temitope, Olamilekan Fafiolu Quadri, Olamilekan Paul Akinyemi, Ayegbusi Ayokunle, Taiwo Azeez Dolapo, ...

Veteran Nigerian journalist, John Chiahemen is dead. His family has announced his death. Mr Chiahemen worked with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Thompson Reuters. Read the full statement below. It is with great sorrow and great peace we share ...

Tesla boss Elon Musk has sold another 7.92 million shares in the electric car maker, worth around $6.88bn (£5.7bn). The sales took place after the firm’s annual shareholder meeting last week, regulatory filings show. Mr Musk says he needs the ...

Terrorists have abducted the daughter-in-law of the Chairman of the Northern Elders’ Forum( NEF),Prof. Ango Abdullahi. This is coming barely a month after his son, Sadiq, was released from captivity by terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train. Professor Ango told ...

An unidentified lady has killed a staff of the college of health in Onitsha, stabbing him to death with a knife. It was gathered that the man, who was simply identified as Ikechukwu, came home on Tuesday night to behold ...

  The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has asked his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, to call his supporters to order, warning that “falsehood and disinformation will not win elections”. Tinubu, ...

  Nemesis has caught up with three youths in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, after they snatched someone’s phone but were rounded up as they tried to escape and their tricycle damaged. Two of the youths and their tricycle (Keke ...

  No fewer than seven hostages abducted from the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28 have been released. The seven hostages released by the terrorists include a family of six and a woman. Their release was confirmed to journalists in Kaduna ...

  The terrorists that attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28, have released another seven hostages, including a family of six and a woman. The identities of the released family of six are Abdubakar Idris Garba, his wife, ...

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has warned against illegal selling and buying of lands and shops at the popular Kpirikpiri market in the state. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Abakaliki by the state Commissioner for Information ...

A jealous husband has strangled his wife to death and also poisoned himself. The incident happened in Suleja, Niger state. Mr Adeniyi Jose, from Akure, Ondo State, strangled his wife-of-eight years, Chidinma Gloria Ibeh, from Imo state, with a rope ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that some people mocked him when he lost his biological son last year. He stated this on Tuesday night during the ongoing 70th Annual Convention ...

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State, have arrested a 36-year-old man, Ayodeji Ademiluyi, for allegedly parading himself as a medical doctor and defrauding Point-of-Sale operators in the state capital. The state Commandant of the agency, ...

  A 60-year-old father, Malam Bala and his son, Sunusi Bala, 35, drowned on Wednesday in Kano. The duo lost their lives in Sabon Garin Bauchi, Wudil Local Government Area, while draining water from well. State Fire Service spokesman, Saminu ...

  The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has disowned a post on Facebook which claimed that he advised the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to give his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, a chance. ...

The World Health Organisation has said that 160 million Nigerians are at risk of yellow fever. The WHO said with Nigeria’s population of about 200 million, the figure makes up around 25 percent of all the people at risk in ...

Following a change in plan, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced plans to commence its presidential campaign on September 28. A meeting of the National Working Committee under the leadership of Senator Abdullahi Adamu is scheduled to hold today, ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has denied a media report that it had since accorded recognition to Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Honourable Godswill Akpabio, as the senatorial candidates for Yobe North ...

  Call and data tariffs may increase by as much as 100 per cent if plan by the federal government to hike consumption tax on telecom services scales through, Daily Trust reports. The new tax regime, according to industry sources, ...

  A 35-year-old man, Kamaldeen Raji has stabbed a lottery operator to death during an argument over debt in the Badagry area of Lagos State. Tribune Online gathered that the deceased man, who was a manager at a lottery agency ...

  Fire today gutted Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) injection substation in Idumagbo, Lagos Island. Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications EKEDC in a statement in Lagos, said electricity supply to customers in Idumagbo and Ajele areas have been affected ...

The Police in Ogun State have reacted to claims that 20 persons were kidnapped by bandits at the Kara bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan highway. Police said the news circulating across social media platforms is fake and a lie from the ...

  The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar, has assured the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream 11 corps members in Sokoto State that the Shari’a Law is not binding on non-Muslims in the state. The Sultan gave the assurance in his ...

A 40-year-old herb seller has been arrested for allegedly killing a septuagenarian, Mr Rufus Olayinwola, his creditor. The suspect, simply identified as William confessed that he got into an argument with the deceased who loaned him money and pushed him ...