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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 ...

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has condemned the conspiratory silence for over 24 hours of President Muhammadu Buhari over the brutal hacking to death of a 200 level Christian student of the Sokoto College of Education, Miss Deborah ...

Spain is planning to introduce medical leave for women who suffer from severe period pain, media reports suggest. A draft bill says women could have three days of leave a month – extended to five in some circumstances. But politicians ...

Ibrahim Lawal, the media aide of detained Rivers House of Representatives member, Farah Dagogo has alleged that his boss was poisoned by Efeturi Irikefe, the Camp Commandant to Governor Nyesom Wike after he was arrested. Lawal said this while complaining ...

North Korea has confirmed its first death from Covid-19, with state media adding that tens of thousands more are experiencing fever symptoms. Six people died after suffering a fever with one testing positive for Omicron, state media reported on Friday. ...

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says it will welcome APC national leader Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other aspirants willing to contest elective positions in 2023 on the party’s platform. SDP acting national chairman Supo Shonibare, who stated ...

Billionaire, Elon Musk, on Friday said his $44 billion deal for micro-blogging and social media platform, Twitter, is temporarily on hold. Musk disclosed this in a tweet via his Twitter handle, citing pending details on spam and fake accounts. “Twitter ...

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three residents of the territory for allegedly killing Terungwa Stephanie, a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. Stephanie was declared missing after leaving her residence for Community Development ...

The FESTAC Deanary of the Justice Peace Development Commission (JPDC), Catholic Church, says it has mobilised its officials ahead of the 2023 general elections. The commission, with its record in election monitoring and observation in Nigeria, disclosed this at its ...

  The governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has appointed Professor (Mrs) Adenike Temidayo Oladiji as the eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University. The Council presided over by the Pro-Chancellor, Chairman of Council, Ambassador (Dr.) ...