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  Residents of G.R.A area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital have exposed a man who is allegedly tapping electricity from street lights to power his ice-block making refrigerators. The suspect, who was arrested on Wednesday, was said to be ...

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested seven men for allegedly removing and selling road barricades in Imo State. NSCDC’s Acting State Commandant in Imo, Mr Chukwuemeka Odimba, said this while parading the suspects in Owerri, ...

  A Junior Secondary School student of Mount Carmel Girls School, Ikare Akoko, the headquarters of the Ikare Akoko Local Government Area of Ondo State, identified as Motunrayo John, was reportedly swept away by a flood. The flood was said ...

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the European Union has charged Nigerians to get their Permanent Voter Cards, register and vote on the election day. The EU gave the charge on Tuesday via a statement issued by its press officer, ...

Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Lagos State chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization, has refuted reports that it dumped Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi and endorsed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. President of ...

South Korea today confirmed its first case of monkeypox virus and pledged to strengthen monitoring and response systems as it raised the alert level to “caution” for the infectious disease. A Korean citizen, who is receiving treatment at the Incheon ...

A powerful earthquake has killed at least 920 people and left hundreds more injured in Afghanistan, Taliban officials have said. Pictures show landslides and ruined mud-built homes in eastern Paktika province, where rescuers have been scrambling to treat the injured. ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, will depart Abuja Wednesday, June 22, for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. At CHOGM 2022, the President will join other ...

The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Tuesday, arraigned one Kayode Odeyemi, a 62-year-old retired former Deputy Comptroller of Correctional Service, before a High Court in Bwari, Abuja, for land fraud. In a statement by the ...

  No fewer than five Internet fraudsters have been convicted by both federal and state high courts in Ibadan, Oyo State, and Osogbo, Osun State. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in a statement on Tuesday by the Head, Media ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday said it has arrested no fewer than 35 suspects for cybercrime offences in Ibadan. PUNCH Metro learnt that the EFCC apprehended the suspects on Thursday, June 16, 2022, following an ...

Some gunmen have invaded the palace of the paramount ruler of Panyam town, His Royal Highness, Aminu Derwan, in Mangu Local Government Area of the Plateau State. The spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alabo Alfred, who confirmed ...

  The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has explained why there is fuel scarcity in Lagos and other parts of the country. In an interview with Channels Television, the Lagos Zonal Chairman of IPMAN, Akin Akinrinade insisted they ...

  Amidst worsening insecurity in Nigeria, the Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, His Grace, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma has warned that a revolution is coming to chase away those holding ...

  Nigerian billionaire Ned Nwoko has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi cannot be the next President of Nigeria. Nwoko, husband to Nollywood actress, Regina Daniel, said this during an interview with BBC Igbo, adding ...

House of Representatives member, Shina Peller has joined the Accord Party (AP). The lawmaker made the announcement on the floor of the House on Tuesday. Peller dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) last week. In a statement, Peller disclosed that ...

A Nigerian Professor, Joy Ezeilo, Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has lamented the hike in the price of diesel amidst other costs of living. In a Twitter thread, she revealed she bought 50 litres of diesel ...

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has detained a Twitter user, Ameerah Sufyan, who raised an alarm via her Twitter handle that she and 16 other residents of the territory were kidnapped. Recall that Ameerah had on June 14 alleged ...

Police Confirm Release Of Ex-NFA Scribe, Sani Toro, Two Others The Police Command in Bauchi State has confirmed the release of the former Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Toro, and Garba Iliya, former Assistant Coach of ...

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate has finally reacted to the statement by Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka that he is stingy and will never be Nigeria’s President. Speaking in a video which ...

Favour Madu, sister to late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, has also testified in court. She told a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday, that her sister was treated like an animal by her husband, Peter. Madu, a data processing ...

The Oyo State Police Command has foiled a bank robbery planned by a criminal gang in connivance with at least a contract worker of a new generation bank in Ibadan. A female suspect and four others were also arrested by ...

Muhammad Sanusi ll, has denied a viral statement attributed to him on social media endorsing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. The statement posted several times across different social media platforms had chided the presidential candidates of ...

TB Joshua’s widow, Pastor Evelyn Joshua, who is now the leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has denied prophesying over the 2023 polls. It was reported that, the Pastor had prophesised victory for Peter Obi. In a ...

  Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has resigned from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His resignation follows the emergence of Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate to the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. In ...