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  The Kwara Ministry of Health on Thursday in Ilorin confirmed the first case of monkey pox in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr Raji Razaq, the state Commissioner for Health. This follows rigorous efforts ...

  The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Nasarawa Eggon Local Government of Nasarawa State, CSP Haruna Abdulmalik have been reportedly kidnapped and taken to unknown destination in the state.. The DPO was said to be on patrol off Nasarawa ...

  In a bid to allow residents of Osun state te to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), the State Government has declared Friday, June 24, as work-free day to enable civil servants who are yet to collect their PVCs ...

The Commander of the Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye said the suspected killers of worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state have been arrested. Adeleye who made the remarks in ...

  2face has met candidates of the three major parties participating in the July 16 Osun governorship poll and urged them to prevail on their supporters to eschew violence during the poll. Idibia met, at different times, with Dr Akin ...

The Uxbridge Magistrate Court in London has denied bail to former deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice over claims that they trafficked a 15-year-old boy from Lagos to the UK with the intent to harvest his ...

  Former Senate Deputy President Dr. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, have been arrested and detained by police in the United Kingdom. The Nigerian politician and his wife were accused of conspiring to bring a child to the UK ...

Gunmen have beheaded a former Anambra State lawmaker, Mr. Nelson Achukwu. The headless body of the man, who was physically challenged, was found and identified by his relatives, days after he was kidnapped. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, ...

  About seven gunmen struck on Wednesday at Orin Ekiti in the Ido/Osi Council Area of Ekiti State and abducted a retired top civil servant identified as Bamisaye, who was working in his farm. Sources said the farm where the ...

  A middle-aged man, Aliyu Hammanseyo, of Mubi North Local Government Area, Adamawa State, has been remanded in prison for allegedly stabbing his friend to death over N1,500. Hammanseyo, who was arraigned before the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Yola, was remanded ...

No fewer than 22 Senators on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress may dump the APC for the main opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, a chieftain of the ruling APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has hinted. According to a statement ...

The governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, Wole Oluyede, on Wednesday expressed regret for joining politics, following the turn of events in the poll. Oluyede, an Australia-based medical doctor, who said he had lost ...

  Against the backdrop of public outcry, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to extend the ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) exercise by 60 days. Earlier, the House of Representatives had last Wednesday urged INEC to extend the ...

A 50-year-old man, Usman Tajudeen, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti for raping a four-year-old girl. Tajudeen was arraigned on one-count charge of r*pe, contrary to Section 31 (2) of ...

  The Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday said it arrested no fewer than 14 suspected criminals in different parts of the state. Some of the suspects were identified as Ojo Rotimi, Tosin Omoniyi, Jimoh Dele, Uwanfor Destiny, Babajide Moses, ...

  The Police Command in Ogun has arrested a 22-year-old tricycle operator, Rasaq Tahoeed, for allegedly robbing and raping a female passenger at Iyana-Coker in Ifo Council area of the state. The command spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement ...

A popular Islamic cleric in Kaduna, Sheikh Dahiru Lawal-Abubakar is dead. He was the chief Imam of Maiduguri Road Central Mosque, Kaduna. The scholar died on Wednesday at the Nigerian Army 44 Reference Hospital. The deceased was a judge at ...

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has launched ‘Operation Show Your Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC)’ in all its provinces across the country. Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Church, gave the order in a letter released by ...

  Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted seven people, including a doctor and a lawyer at Geregu-Ajaokuta road in Kogi State. Daily Post learnt that they were abducted at about 2pm on Tuesday. The State police command confirmed the ...

  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 ...