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Gunmen have kidnapped two priests from a Catholic church in Katsina. The incident happened at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the gunmen broke into the rectory in ...

The Federal Government has activated a passport tracking system that allows applicants to monitor and know the status of their application online. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said this during Tuesday’s passing out parade of the 47th Basic Superintendent ...

A plane has reportedly crash landed at Ikeja, Lagos. According to many social media users, the plane crash landed yesterday night. Though a plane was seen on the busy Agege Motor Road near the Ikeja Along Bus Stop with one ...

Adam Namadi, son of former vice president Namadi Sambo is asking Kaduna delegates to refund his money following his defeat at the primaries despite having paid about N76 million, Peoples Gazette reports. The younger Namadi was hoping to become the ...

A House of Representatives aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Philip Okwuada on Monday reportedly fainted after losing the party’s primaries in Delta State. Punch learnt that Okwuada who was contesting to be the party’s flag-bearer ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have stormed the residence of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. The anti-graft agency operatives stormed the residence of the former governor in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory ...

The Nigerian Association of the Blind has threatened to embark on a nationwide protest over the inability of their members to independently access financial services across the country. The group said the Nigerian Bankers’ Committee in 2012 adopted nine principles ...

Members of the association led by the chairman, Evangelist Oluwatosin Jeremiah presented to the gift to him shortly after a closed door meeting with Obasanjo at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Jeremiah told newsmen that the association had visited ...

Drama ensued in Kakamega, Kenya after a robbery suspect was attacked by bees while carrying a television he is alleged to have stolen from a house in the suburbs of Kakamega town. The said house was attacked by thieves who ...

Billionaire businessman and politician, Ned Nwoko, has clinched the Peoples Democratic Party senatorial ticket for Delta North district ahead of the 2023 general elections. To celebrate his win, the politician splashed over N10m on his staff, as he gifted N100,000 ...

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said there are no specific treatments available for the monkeypox infection. The centre also urged Nigerians to take certain measures to prevent contracting the disease. This is just as the Minister ...

Commercial flights resumed on Monday at the Kaduna International Airport two months after it was attacked by bandits. The bandits had on March 26 launched an attempted invasion of the facility, killing a private security guard attached to the Nigerian ...

  A cute little baby girl has been reported being abandoned by the roadside by her mother due to the fact that the mother can’t provide for her.The baby who will be up to a year plus was found by ...

A 27-year-old man identified as John Aipoh is in police net for allegedly killing his 24-year-old lover, Precious Ikpikhumi. Police statement revealed that John killed precious, a final year student of the Institute of Health Technology, University of Benin Teaching ...

Terrorists who attacked and kidnapped the 28 March 2022 Abuja-Kaduna bound train passengers have threatened to, within seven days, start killing the passengers in captivity if their demands are not met. They called the government to, as a matter of ...

    An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday sentenced a dismissed policeman, Mohammed Alidu, to life imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old school girl in a police barracks. Justice Abiola Soladoye, in her judgment, held that Alidu ...

Campaign billboards of Senator Ademola Adeleke are being set ablaze in Ejigbo town, Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State. A mob was observed destroying and tearing down the billboards in parts of the town. Senator Ademola Adeleke is the ...

The National Population Commission (NPC) Badagry office located at Town Hall near Topo Garage, in Lagos State has been attacked by robbers. A staff member of the commission, Mrs Funmilayo Bojrenu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Anamekwe Chukwunyere Nwabuoku to oversee the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. Nwabuoku is to take over the position pending the outcome of the EFCC investigation of the suspended AGF, Ahmad Idris. Buhari’s ...

General superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church Pastor William Kumuyi has cancelled his crusade in Aba, Abia State following warning from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The crusade was scheduled to hold in Aba from May 24 to ...

Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary, the Rescue Nigeria Mission, a group canvassing support for the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s bid to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, has foreclosed the chances of Bello stepping down ...

An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in the Eket Local Government Area has dissolved a 13-year marriage over the allegation that the 36-year-old wife slept with a pastor of one of the new generational churches in the state. The ...

A suspected robber was on Saturday beaten to death by an angry mob in the Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The deceased, along with four other members of the gang, had reportedly robbed a 52-year-old man, Alhaji Usman ...

Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has announced a N10 million reward for anyone that has valuable information to lead to the immediate arrest of the perpetrators of Hon. Okechukwu Okoye’s death. The Governor expressed shock and deep ...

The Catholic Diocese of Gboko in Benue State has announced the suspension of Reverend Father, Hycainth Alia, for expressing interest in the governorship contest of the state. Alia is among the 12 governorship aspirants who purchased expression of interest and ...