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  A newborn baby ended up requiring 11 stitches after she fell out of her pregnant mum head first. Mum Josian Marques Pereira has slammed the Sofia Feldman Maternity Hospital in Brazil for what she branded “negligence”. Her baby Olivia ...

The police in Anambra State have confirmed the abduction of Okechukwu Okoye, a lawmaker Gunmen have abducted a lawmaker representing Aguata State Constituency 1 in the Anambra House of Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye. Mr Okoye, an indigene of Isuofia, the same ...

The family of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, has again cried out to the international community to help secure her release. The family has asked Britain and the United States to pressure the Nigerian government to rescue Sharibu who ...

Amid fuel scarcity that has gripped the nation’s capital in the past week, it has emerged that top politicians of political parties procured fuel in most petrol stations in Abuja ahead of their primaries. Many Abuja hotels have also been ...

The Sokoto State Government has announced the suspension of the resumption of basic and secondary schools in the State by one week. The schools were supposed to resume yesterday and today (Sunday and Monday) for boarding and day students. The ...

Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has demanded justice for Deborah Samuel and her family. Condemning the murder of the student last Thursday, Adams said the perpetrators must not go unpunished. A statement on Sunday by his spokesman, ...

The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has announced the review of the earlier 24-hour curfew imposed on the state following the violence that trailed the protest embarked upon by some residents of the state earlier on Saturday. According to ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted telecom consumers and members of the public about an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with cars. In a statement on Sunday, ...

The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, murdered over alleged blasphemy. In a statement on Monday, the APC ...

Police in Bauchi State, have arrested three people over the death of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Bauchi Local Government Area, Alhaji Musa Hussaini Gwabba. The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Umar Mamman Sanda, in a statement by ...

Suspected arsonists have burnt down Idemili North Local Government secretariat in Ogidi and a Magistrate Court in the area. Sources said the arsonists entered the premises on Sunday night to perpetuate the act, burning down all files, properties in the ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four people over the killing of sound engineer, David Imoh. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development to Channels Television on Sunday. Hudeyin said, “The victim is David Sunday Imoh, aged ...

Gunmen, on Saturday attacked and killed two policemen, three civilians, and left several others injured in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to Daily Post, a vehicle conveying the police officers and some civilians were attacked by yet ...

Azman Airline has distanced itself from Captain Jamil Abubakar after he made a tweet allegedly justifying the stoning to death of Deborah Samuel, a Christian student in Sokoto. Tweeting following Deborah’s death, Captain Jamil, a pilot and son of former ...

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has declared 24-hour curfew in the state following massive protest for the release of arrested suspects in the murder of Deborah Samuel on Thursday. Following the killing, policemen arrested some suspects in connection with the ...

Tension has gripped residents of some parts of Sokoto State as protesters trooped to the streets demanding the release of suspects arrested over the killing of Deborah Samuel in the state. Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College ...

Anambra state Governor, Charles Soludo has visited Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in detention. The governor, who posted pictures of the meeting on his Facebook page on Saturday, said they discussed the sit-at-home protests ...

The body of Deborah Samuel has been laid to rest The remains of the 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto state, who was gruesomely murdered by her colleagues on Thursday May 12, were laid to rest amidst ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has directed all churches across the country and Christian stakeholders to embark on a peaceful nationwide protest over the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State. ...

Parties in the Deeper Life High School saga, where some senior students and teachers allegedly molested and abused a junior student, Don-Davis Archibong, have agreed to an out-of-court settlement. In a peace and reconciliation reception organized by Deeper Life High ...

    The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has condemned the lynching of Deborah Samuel which occurred in Sokoto State on Thursday. Samuel was a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, who was killed for ...

The United States has eclipsed one million COVID-19 deaths, the White House announced Thursday, the first nation to reach the grim total during the pandemic that has dominated life for the past two years. President Joe Biden paid his respects ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has withdrawn from the race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He announced his withdrawal from the contest in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ngige’s announcement followed a valedictory ...

  Vladimir Putin is “very ill with blood cancer” an oligarch with close ties to the Russian leader has reportedly been recorded as saying. The oligarch is believed to have spoken about Putin’s grave health during a conversation with a ...

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over an allegation of blasphemy as deeply distressing. Osinbajo spoke with newsmen on Friday at the Presidential Wing ...