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A 31-year-old man identified as Nicodemus Ignatius has been arrested by the police in Adamawa State for allegedly beating his 75-year-old father to death. Nicodemus, who hails from Unguwan Bistel in Song town, Song Local Government Area, carried out the ...

  Fear has now griped the residents of Ago Aduloju, a farmstead in Ado Ekiti metropolis, as suspected gunmen killed a poultry farmer who was in his farm. A resident of the area located on Ado-Ijan road Ado Ekiti, revealed ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said authorities had managed to evacuate around 100,000 from several cities in the past two days, but warned the threat of Russian forces deploying chemical weapons is ‘very real’ as the invasion enters its third week. ...

The corpse of a 22-year old lady, simply identified as Shakirat has been dumped at the back of her mother’s shop at Oke-Oore, Iwo, Osun state. A resident of Oke-Oore, who pleaded anonymity, while speaking with our correspondent, said the ...

The Lagos State government has announced the suspension of the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) from parks and garages across the state. Gbenga Omotoso, the commissioner for information and strategy, said in a statement Thursday ...

An indigene of Kano State, Hussein Lawal, 30, yesterday began trekking from Abuja to Lagos to show support for the presidential bid of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu. According to Daily Trust, he began ...

  At present, NATO Member States comprises 30 countries from the original 12 countries that signed the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Check the complete NATO countries list below. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO also called the ...

  Three people have been killed in a Russian bomb attack on a Ukraine hospital in southern Ukraine, Mariupol city council said Thursday. “As of today, we know that after the terrorist bombing by Russian aircraft of the children’s hospital ...

It’s a ‘war’!!! Following unresolved differences, Lagos council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called “MC Oluomo” has broken away from the National body of the union. Recall that NURTW national body ...

Unknown gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two siblings Esther Kehinde, 20, and David Kehinde, 15, at Oremeji street, Joga Orile area of Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government, Ogun State. It was learnt that the victims were abducted from their residents around ...

Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo’s spokesman, Jimoh Buhari, has said the Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, has not been suspended and the viral news is only a ‘social media talk’. Jimoh says they are ...

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi and others have sought an order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, staying the execution of its judgment directing them to vacate their offices over their defection to another political party. Justice Inyang Ekwo, on ...

Singaporean citizens are prohibited by law to travel or attempt to travel to Ukraine to partake in hostilities, with the punishment set to range from 15 years to life in prison. The Singaporean Foreign Minister, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said this ...

A student was reportedly shot dead and two others injured as the annual inter-house sports of Agolo High School, Ikare Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State turned violent. It was learnt that event had started peacefully on ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed March 17 for an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. This is contained in a notice of meeting signed by Governor Abubakar Bello, the acting Chairman of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning ...

The alleged killer of SuperTV CEO Micheal Ataga, Chidinma Ojukwu, who is the principal suspect in his murder, has been crowned Miss Cell 2022. The suspect, whose trial is ongoing, won the beauty pageant held at Kirikiri correctional facility. The ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State believes the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the best choice for Nigerians ahead of the 2023 election, saying the party will clinch the presidential seat. The governor spoke on Wednesday as a guest on ...

A 34-year-old worker of Nana Primary School, Delta State, Precious Oki, has been arrested by men of the state police command for allegedly stealing seven computers belonging to the school. Punch Metro gathered that on March 2, 2022 around 3pm, ...

  A police officer on Wednesday, March 9 took his own life by hanging himself on a tree within Athi River police lines. It is unclear why Josphat Kiirinya Ndegwa, an officer attached to Athi River Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ...

  The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Martins, has recalled Rev. Father James Anelu, who was suspended for allegedly banning Igbo songs in his parish. The Director of Social Communications, Lagos Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Anthony Godonu, disclosed this ...

Terrorists suspected to be bandits have shot 13 soldiers and five policemen dead in a massive gun-battle that lasted for three hours on Tuesday night in Kebbi State. Bandits had on Sunday killed 63 members of local vigilante in Kebbi. ...

  Mistura Shogunle, a medical doctor working at the Mirabel Centre, a s3xual assault referral centre, on Wednesday, narrated before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-r*ped by seven men in her ...

  The parents of Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwola, who was kidnapped on Feb. 26 in a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit bus and later found dead said that all the family wanted was justice. Mr Joseph Ayanwols and Mrs Comfort Ayanwola, the ...

  Singer Timaya Inetimi, was last week accused of a hit-and-run accident, which led to a police invitation and social media frenzy. Days after the accident, the victim, Osinubi Damilola, has broken her silence, as she revealed her own part ...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has cautioned residents across the state against boarding the Bus Rapid Transit vehicle without inner lights at night. This is coming on the heels of the death of 22-year-old lady, Miss Oluwabamishe Ayanwole, who ...