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Lucius Nwosu, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is dead. Although the cause of his death is yet to be disclosed, he was said to have battled ill health for some time. Nwosu has handled several top cases, especially suits ...

Nigeria Police Affairs Minister, Muhammad Dingyadi, has alleged that the insecurity situation bedevilling the country would be worsened if everyone in the country is allowed to bear arms. Dingyadi disclosed this while fielding questions from pressmen at a media parley ...

    A suspected ritualist, Bashiru Ajadi has been arrested by police operatives for allegedly killing and dismembering his girlfriend named Ashiata Salimon in Ajadi Arin village, in Ayedire local government area of Osun State after she paid a visit ...

Nigeria’s power grid collapsed again on Friday, making it the fifth time it collapsed in two months and the third in less than 30 days. Power distribution companies, known as DISCOs such as AEDC, EEDC and Kaduna electric confirmed the ...

Retirement age for teachers throughout Nigeria is now 65, as President Muhammadu Buhari assented to Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Act, 2022. The bill was one of the four bills recently passed by the National Assembly which Buhari ...

The Kogi Government has buried the carcasses of some of the 20 poisoned cows discovered on Wednesday in Lokoja. The government also directed residents of Lokoja to avoid consumption of beef for seven days, so as not to fall victim ...

Terrorists have kidnapped the wife and daughter of the Plateau State Commissioner for Environment, Idi Usman Bamaiyi. Online reports said the kidnapping took place early today in the Gindiri, Mangu LGA residence of the Commissioner. Armed terrorists reportedly broke into ...

Gospel artiste, Sister Osinachi popularly known for her song Ekwueme has passed away. Osinachi Nwachukwu Death Cause wouldn’t reveal one thing about her incurable sickness. Some Twitter posts counsel that she died peacefully after a fast illness. Osinachi Nwachukwu is ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has picked up expression of interest and nomination forms for a second term. He made this disclosure on Thursday. Makinde was elected as governor in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party ...

Omoyele Sowore has said he would mobilise legal support for the nine policemen dismissed by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, over the planned industrial action. Recall that two Inspectors, five Sergeants and two Constables were dismissed on Tuesday ...

Just for women… well caring husbands to can read, just in case they notice this in their pregnant wives. Dr Olakunle Moteemi, a physician has called on expectant mothers to always watch out for warning signs that may negatively affect ...

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly attempting to r*pe his housemaid in Ifite, Awka, the state capital. It was gathered that the 12-year-old house girl jumped from a storey building to escape as she fractured ...

Nigeria’s minister of education, Adamu Adamu, on Monday, gave a three-month deadline to the newly inaugurated committee saddled with the responsibility of renegotiating the 2009 agreement between the government and the university workers’ unions including the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), ...

Russian forces have now “fully withdrawn” from the northern region of Ukraine, amid the ongoing war between both nations. This was disclosed by the UK Defence Ministry, in a tweet via its Twitter handle on Friday morning, while providing the ...

Residents of Kogi State were on Thursday advised to shun cow meat for at least one week as 20 cows died mysteriously in Lokoja. The state government says there is the possibility that the cows ingested poisonous substances while grazing. ...

The Federal High Court in Lagos State has rejected the no case submission by Dr. Anuoluwapo Funmilayo Adepoju and Med Contour. The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) dragged her to court after a complaint of post-body surgery complications. ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit after counsel for ...

Sheikh Nuhu Khalid, former Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Central Mosque in Abuja, has vowed to continue speaking about the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. Khalid said he would rather die of hunger than stay quiet when ...

A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Dije Aboki, has convicted and jailed two civil servants, Helen Odey and Zainab Musa, for conspiracy, impersonation and false statements. While Odey was jailed for three and half years, Musa was ...

  A video which has sparked mixed reactions online shows the moment a mentally challenged man was helping a bus driver. The driver’s bus broke down on the road and he needed someone to help him push to start it, ...

  Embattled man trapped under his roof with his sister-in-law who blackmails him at the slightest opportunity after sleeping together. The young man who narrated his story anonymously through a relationship adviser emphasized a particular feature that he loves most ...

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested an officer attached to the Meiran division in Lagos state, ASP Eyitere Joseph, who was recorded extorting N50, 000 from a serving corps member in the state. The acting spokesperson of the Nigeria Police ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential hopeful, Peter Obi has said that if Nigeria is properly managed it can witness growth in 10 years. He made the statement while speaking to the Senate PDP Caucus on his 2023 Presidential ambition. ...

Leke Adeboye, the last son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who used the word “goat” to describe some of the church’s clerics, has apologised for his action. Leke Adeboye, a ...

A 12-year-old girl (names withheld) who was lured and raped by a 52-year-old Islamic teacher in a Kaduna community has given birth to a baby boy without going under a knife. It took the dedication of four specialists at Barrau ...