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One out of the 668 Muslim pilgrims from Taraba State to the just concluded pilgrimage in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has been declared missing. The missing pilgrim, Hassan Abdullahi Bamuze, was reported to be missing from the two batches ...

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has called on Nigerian parents and guardians whose children are affected by the ongoing shutdown of academic activities in government-owned universities to appeal to the Academic Staff Union of ...

Gunmen wreaking havoc in the Southeastern part of the country have attacked the Agwa Divisional Police headquarters in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo state, killing at least four officers. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday night ...

  Some gunmen kidnapped three children at about 8 pm, on Wednesday night, in Kaduna Estate, Ajaokuta steel township complex in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State. According to an eyewitness account, the gunmen who were fully armed, shot ...

  A police Inspector, Monday Orukpe, has reportedly died from injuries he sustained after soldiers of the Army Ordinance Corps beat him to coma in Lagos on Wednesday. Monday Orukpe, who was abducted alongside another police officer, died at the ...

  Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Thursday, in Lagos, expressed great concerns about the current state of the country, saying Nigeria and its people had never had ...

  US public health officials have declared the spread of the monkeypox disease a public health emergency. The declaration will free up additional government resources to help contain the spread of the virus. As of August 3, more than 6,600 ...

    At least 13 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a fire at a crowded nightclub in eastern Thailand, police and rescue workers said. The cause of the fire at the Mountain B nightclub in the ...

A family court sitting in Ibadan judicial division, Oyo State, has ordered that a suspected r3pist; a teacher, Alayoteti Oyebode, accused of defiling a 14 years old student of the Federal Government Girls College, Oyo be remanded in Abolongo Correctional ...

  Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday evening abducted a quarter chief in Ikare-Akoko, in Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State, High Chief High Mukaila Bello and three other people. Bello was said to have run ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says extending the voter registration exercise will hamper its preparations for the 2023 general elections. This is according to the Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mike Igini who spoke during an ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Thursday sentenced 20 Ghanaian fishermen to one-year imprisonment each for transporting 13.670 kilogrammes of marijuana, aka cannabis sativa, from Ghana to Nigeria. Justice Nicholas Oweibo convicted and sentenced them after finding them ...

Ex-IGP, Tafa Balogun Is Dead A former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Tafa Balogun, is dead. Family sources have confirmed the news. Details of his passing was however withheld. Balogun was born on August 8, 1947, at Ila-Orangun in Osun State ...

  The Central Criminal Court in the United Kingdom has adjourned the alleged organ harvesting case involving Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife. Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to arrange/facilitate the travel of another ...

  The Delta State Police Command has declared two brothers wanted in the state for conspiracy, terrorism, cultism and attempted murder. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Bright Edafe who stated this in a statement on Thursday in ...

  Three athletes from Sri Lanka have mysteriously disappeared from the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. A wrestler, judo star and judo coach have not been seen since Monday. The trio had previously surrendered their passports so are unable to leave ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday destroyed/set ablaze over 560, 068.31414 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs, the largest to be destroyed in the 32-year history of the anti-narcotic agency. Leading other top officials of NDLEA, other security ...

Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has thanked former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar and the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for appointing him as a spokesperson for the 2023 presidential campaign. Atiku in a statement issued by his Special Adviser ...

  Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has pledged to legally procure AK-47, AK-49 and other sophisticated weapons for the state-owned security outfit. The governor stated this on Thursday while unveiling the security outfit, Community Volunteer Guards in Makurdi the ...

  The All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, confirmed the Governor of Plateau State and Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, Simon Lalong, as the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council. The APC Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, disclosed this to ...

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has designated former Senator, Dino Melaye, and Dr. Daniel Bwala to serve as his spokespersons for the 2023 presidential campaign. Media Adviser to the presidential candidate, Paul Ibe, in ...

The Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of Iniubong Umoren. Umoren, a job seeker, was reportedly raped and killed on April 2021. The 20-year-old suspect was subsequently arrested after the ...

  Senate President Ahmad Lawan yesterday described the level of insecurity in the country as “frightening.” Lawan said that in spite of the fact that the Muhammadu Buhari administration had invested so much in security than its predecessors, the situation ...

  A middle-aged woman on Wednesday caused a stir at Obalende Bus Stop in Ikoyi -Obalende Local Council Area of Ikoyi, Lagos when she suddenly threw away her bag containing clothes and other items and shouted “my head.” The woman ...

Arise TV anchor, Rufai Oseni has apologized to the Lagos State Government for driving on the dedicated lane for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Speaking during on Arise Tv, Rufai apologized to friends, family and colleagues over the incident, saying he ...