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  A bride has been killed on her own wedding day after she was hit by a stray bullet from a gun fired by a guest. Mahvash Leghaei, 24, was at a party in Firuzabad, Iran celebrating her big day ...

A suspected Kuje Maximum prison escapee has been arrested in Kaduna state on his way to Kano state. Kaduna Police Command spokesman Mohammed Jalige made this known in a statement. Jalige said the arrested suspect, Ali Shuaibu, aged 60 is ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked his chief prosecutor and the head of the country’s security agency in the largest government shakeup since the start of Russia’s invasion nearly five months ago. Zelensky said he was firing Prosecutor General Iryna ...

Aero Contractors will be suspending passengers’ flights operations indefinitely from Wednesday, July 20. The company in a statement made available to journalists noted that the suspension of its operations was due to the impact of the challenging operating environment on ...

  After operating for over 128 years with awards and recognitions to show for its commitments and accomplishments in banking, corporate philanthropy, socio-economic development, support to businesses and commercial activities, FirstBank is showing no signs of stopping or slowing down. ...

    The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has revolved to protest on Tuesday and Wednesday next week over the continued closure of the public universities in Nigeria. This came as it faulted the Federal Government purported rejection of the Nimi-Briggs ...

  Two Catholic priests, Rev. Fr. Donatus Cleophas Sulaiman and Rev. Fr. John Mark Chietnum, have been kidnapped in Kaduna State on Friday. In a statement issued by the Communications Director, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Fr Chris Omotosho, the kidnapping ...

    The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the Osun governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, ...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is to undergo surgery on a leg injury. His spokesman Laolu Akande, in a statement, explained the surgery became necessary because of recurrent pain in the leg from an injury possibly while playing squash.   ...

Over 10, 000 Nigerians from across the 19 northern States, on Friday, converged in Abuja, to protest the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The protesters, under the aegis ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have stormed Osun State to curb vote buying in the Osun governorship election. As at 8:15am on Saturday, the operatives were still at the Freedom Park, Old Garage, Osogbo, the State ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential running mate, Kashim Shettima, has said the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate cannot become Nigeria’s president. Shettima said Obi can only become president in Igbo land and not in Nigeria. Appearing on Channels TV’s ...

  A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has restrained the Osun Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps from participating in Saturday’s gubernatorial election. The court order also mandated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to ...

Jigawa Governor’s Son, Mohammed Sani Badaru, has graduated from a UK university. His graduation alongside others was held yesterday, July 14, 2022 at the Brunel University London, in the United Kingdom. The Governor’s wife, Hajiya Magajiya Badaru Abubakar and other ...

  Some armed soldiers on Friday arrested a chieftain of the National Unon of Road Transport Workers, Osun state chapter, Kazeem Oyewale, popularly known as ‘Asiri Eniba.’ Oyewale, who is the NURTW Chairman, Olorunda unit was reportedly picked up in ...

  The Katsina Police Command on Friday said its men arrested one of the escapees from the recent Kuje prison jailbreak. According to the police, the 33-year-old escapee, Kamal Abubakar, was re-arrested on Thursday evening in Danmusa Local Government Area ...

  Following an alleged incessant robbery at Aguda, Surulere area of Lagos State, the state’s Police Command has called on residents to ensure incidents are adequately reported at designated police stations in their area. A resident, Kelechi Bernard, on Thursday ...

At least three children have been killed by a landslide that buried a rural elementary school in northwestern Colombia, according to authorities. Officials in Antioquia province said about 20 children of preschool and first-grade age were at recess, along with ...

Men of Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, arrested two people in connection with forceful abduction of one Pastor Mapai Samuel of ZOE family International Church, located at Odo Eran area of Abeokuta. The suspects, Ibikunle Opeyemi (female) and Kadiri Jamiu ...

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president after the speaker of the parliament accepted a resignation letter sent by embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after he fled the country. Wickremesinghe on Friday asked legislators to ...

A woman, Opeyemi Ibikunle, has explained to the police in Ogun State, why she arranged for men in military uniform to kidnap a pastor in Abeokuta, the State capital. Daily Post learnt that the pastor, Mapai Samuel of ZOE Family ...

A dismissed teacher in Abuja, Igoche Daniel Adah charged with alleged s3xual molestation before an Abuja High Court is suspected to be among inmates who escaped from prison custody when some gunmen attacked the Kuje Correctional Centre last week. Adah ...

At least two persons have been hospitalized after gunmen attacked officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State. INEC Chairman, Information, Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed the development in a ...

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been honoured with the Zambia highest award of the Order of the Eagle by the President, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday, in Lusaka, the country’s capital. Two former Presidents, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia ...

  A Lagos State High Court in Ikoyi has ruled against Imagine Global Holding Company Ltd, Imagine Global Solutions Ltd, Bamise Samson Ajetunmobi and Elizabeth Anuoluwapo Ajetunmobi. On Thursday, Justice Taofiquat Oyekan-Abdullahi ordered them to pay nearly N19billion to the ...