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A member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Stephenie Se-Ember Terungwa, who was kidnapped and murdered in Abuja has been laid to rest. The 25-year-old corps member was laid to rest in her hometown, Mbakumbur, Mav-Ikyov in Ushongo Local ...

Russian citizens will from Friday, July 1, require a visa to enter Ukraine, as Kyiv scrapped a decade-long visa-free regime that facilitated travel across borders for citizens of both countries. The decision to end the visa-free regime was announced by ...

  At least 19 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say. The state emergency service, DSNS, says nearly all of the victims were in a nine-storey building hit ...

  The Executive Director , African Governance and Leadership Initiative Chris Kehinde Nwandu has graduated with a Bachelor of Law Degree from prestigious Leadcity University Ibadan. CKN as he is popularly known is also the Editor in Chief of one ...

Bandits have attacked a mining site in Niger State and reportedly killed security agents, civilians, and kidnapped four Chinese nationals. The attack was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Ajata, Aboki in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government ...

Police in Bungoma County are holding a 25-year-old woman over the mysterious death of a Ford Kenya official, Moses Nabibya. Mr Nabibya, who was the Ford Kenya’s national organising secretary in Bungoma, was found dead in one of the guesthouses ...

  Catholic Priest, Rev Fr. Vitus Borogo, who was killed by bandits in Kaduna State, has been buried. Recall the incident happened on Saturday at the Prison Farm, Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on the farm. Borogo was ...

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate court in the United Kingdom UK today June 30 over organ harvesting charges. At the hearing today, the prosecutor told the court that David Ukpo, who alleged that he was coerced to ...

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a flat rate increase for all Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Standard routes. With the increase, a bus ride from Ikorodu – TBS will now cost N600 from N500 while Berger ...

Catholic priest, Fr. Kelvin Ugwu, has shared a think-piece about Jesus Christ and his true mission on earth. In a Facebook post, Ugwu stated that if Jesus came into the world to only heal the sick, then he failed woefully ...

The family of a 30-year-old man, Chinonso Omeh, who was allegedly killed in police custody, has demanded justice for him. Chinonso, who hailed from Umuogboagu community, Enugu Ezike, in the Igbo Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, died ...

A former cop has, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, been arrested for impersonating police officers shortly after she attended a TV interview in a full police uniform. Monica Wamaitha Gitau was arrested while attending a live interview on Inooro TV. ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has started the demolition of over 100 buildings constructed on waterways at Dutse Makaranta, a populated suburb in Bwari Area Council. Mr Ikharo Attah, the Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection ...

Otto community, in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State, has again been thrown into panic on Tuesday when a three-year-old boy, Faruq Saluhu, went missing. Punch Metro had reported in October 2021 that another three-year-old boy, Nohim Ishola, went ...

A joint task force commander and a resident of Sabon Gero community, New Millennium City Settlement, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were killed when bandits stormed the area on Tuesday. The invasion of the bandits in ...

There is palpable tension in Enugu State capital as gunmen reportedly attacked a police checkpoint and allegedly killed two officers on duty and others, The Punch reports. The incident which happened this morning was said to have occurred at Gariki, ...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has declared July 9 as Eid al-Adha. Also known as Sallah, Eid al-Adha will feature the slaughtering of ram during the period known as the “festival of sacrifice”. In a statement issued by ...

Popular socio-political activist, Aisha Yesufu has reacted to lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo’s outfit as a ‘juju’ priest as he appeared before the Court. The lawyer has been at both the Supreme Court and a High Court in Lagos dressed as a ...

The Ondo State Government has ordered all public and private institutions in the state to install Close Circuit Television on their premises on or before August 1, 2022. This followed the directive of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu that CCTV should be ...

Pastor Mike Bamiloye of Mount Zion Ministries has told his followers on social media that, if they get scammed by fake pastors, it is absolutely their fault! Educating them, the man of God made other cases and said; “WHY ALL ...

A mild drama, yesterday, played out on the floor of the upper legislative chamber when the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, switched off the public address system attached to Senator Rochas Okorocha (APC: Imo West) during screening of ministerial nominees. Lawan’s ...

‘Too many passengers at Heathrow Airport has led the travel hub to cancel or move 30 of its flights this morning, impacted hundreds if not thousands of customers. More flights from Heathrow Airport have been cancelled this morning due to ...

Ozonna Soludo, Nigerian contemporary musician and son of Anambra state governor, Charles Soludo says his father never wanted him to be a singer. In a chat with The Nation, Ozonna said he met tough resistance from his father and it ...

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has declared Thursday, 30th June 2022 and Friday, 1st July 2022 as state-wide Public holidays to enable people of the state obtain their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, ahead of the general elections. Bello made ...

  The human rights activist who stirred controversy last Thursday at the Supreme Court after he appeared in court in a lawyer’s gown with a ‘native doctor’ attire, on Wednesday reverted to a normal lawyer’s dress code. Omirhobo appeared at ...