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Two female passengers died on Wednesday when a 20-seater boat which departed Ipakodo ferry terminal in Ikorodu capsized. The General Manager of Lagos State Waterways Authority, Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, who made this known in a statement, said the boat capsized almost ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has acceded to the request of former Imo Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha for permission to travel to the United States for medical attention. In a ruling on Wednesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered the court’s ...

Deji Adeyanju has said the Nigerian State is gradually falling apart, asking Nigerians to have what he called a Plan B. Adeyanju said this in his reaction to last night’s attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja. According to Adejanju, ...

TikTok star Colleen Le was left with more than she bargained for when she entered a relationship with her now ex-boyfriend – who had chronic kidney disease and needed a transplant at 17. Not only did Colleen leave the relationship ...

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, opened up on his choice of running mate, saying he preferred a younger person as vice-presidential candidate. The former Anambra State governor stated this while featuring on Arise TV ...

July 6, 2022 0   The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) South-East chapter, has said it is set to withdraw its services from July 13, as directed by its national body. The Zonal Chairman of the ...

No fewer than 64 Boko Haram terrorists were freed during the attack on the Kuje custodial centre in Abuja. Boko Haram terrorists were said to have attacked the facility on Tuesday night. We earlier reported that 600 inmates were said ...

A couple, Chukwudi Micheal and Bolani Micheal, have been inconsolable after losing four children to a fire that gutted their two-room apartment on Tapa Road, Oke-Oko, Isawo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that the incident ...

  A woman has dumped a baby on the streets of Lagos state with a note. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this on social media. He said a note was dropped by the baby ...

Five teenagers were on Tuesday found guilty of killing a dad after fatally injuring him in a group attack. Danny Humble, 35, had been enjoying his first night out since lockdown restrictions eased and was walking home in Northumberland with ...

A serving Metropolitan Police officer appeared in court today accused of raping a woman on Brighton beach. Sergeant Laurence Knight, 33, is said to have met the woman, a stranger, in the early hours of July 17 last year while ...

A 39-year-old suspect has committed suicide at the detention center of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The suspect was arrested and detained in Ikeja GRA, Lagos State for child trafficking offences. An intelligence officer ...

  Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc has doled out a N10 million business grant to 30 corps members who emerged the winners of the eighth edition of its flagship Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, known as Corpreneurship Challenge. The winners emerged after ...

  Zenith bank has once again won the best commercial Bank, not only that it was also named the Best Corporate Governance Bank, Nigeria in the World Finance Corporate Governance Awards 2022. The awards, which were presented to the Group ...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday night clashed with vigilantes in Zak Community of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State and as a result of the incident, 12 people were killed. Last week Thursday, suspected bandits were said ...

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has dissociated itself from the act of the pastor arrested in Ondo who reportedly camped his members on the church premises, misleading them into believing that the second coming of Jesus ...

Some of the 77 worshippers rescued from the basement of a church in Ondo State have refused to be reunited with their families. The worshippers, including children, were rescued from the basement on the premises of The Whole Bible Believers’ ...

  Justice H.O. Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court sitting at Ikeja, on Monday, sentenced an Islamic cleric, Isah Mustapha, to life imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old girl in the state. The victim, in her testimony, said the convict ...

The Edo State Police Command announced on Monday the rescue of Rev Fr Luigi Brena, 68, an Italian of Somascan Father’s Community who was kidnapped by hoodlums. The Command’s deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, in a statement said ...

No fewer than one million Nigerians will be recruited by the National Population Commission, NPC, for the conduct of the 2023 National Census. The commission assured that a reliable technological innovation will be deployed for the conduct of the exercise ...

A baby has sparked disbelief in India after it was born with an extra pair of legs and arms. The tot has been hailed a ‘miracle of nature’, and has even been compared to a reincarnated version of God. Extraordinary ...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has shared photos of himself and his girlfriend, Nerita, hours after meeting his ex-wife, Precious Chikwendu in his Abuja home. Sharing the photos on his official Instagram page, he locked the comment section of ...

A lady has been nabbed for stealing a Generator in Warri, Delta State. According to Warri Aproko, the incident happened at Lori- Igba street, off Deco Road on Sunday night, July 3. Two ladies had called a keke rider to ...

The Catholic Church in Nigeria (Lagos Archdiocese) has rejected the new abortion guidelines in the state. Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Rev. Adewale Martins described the government’s claim that it consulted all stakeholders in the guidelines’ preparation process as untrue. The ...

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has reiterated his stand on the need for his people and Nigerians to defend themselves against insecurity. He said that might be the way to tackle the fight off the menace. Speaking as a guest ...