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Two young boys identified as Wasiu Dauda and Al-Ameen Ibrahim, have been reportedly abducted in the Ijesha area of Lagos state. According to reports, the boys who are both four years old were discovered missing around 4pm on Friday, March ...

  Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has declared that there is no evidence of money laundering against the suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. This is coming after Malami had ...

The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, has expressed his preparedness to strengthen the existing ties between Oyo State and the North to ensure that the country is safe for all, irrespective of ethnicity, language or religious affiliation. The ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday narrated how the fear of cane made him to abandon Arabic school while he was young. Obasanjo, who holds doctoral degree in Christian Theology, spoke in Abeokuta during the inauguration and turbaning of Sheikh ...

Ukrainian police said Sunday that a U.S. video journalist was killed in the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, which has been devastated by Russian attacks as Moscow’s invasion enters its third week. Although the police statement described the filmmaker, Brent Renaud, ...

The General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Spokesman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, who confirmed this, said Ekwem was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed ...

Saudi Arabia at the weekend executed 81 men, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian. They were convicted on charges bordering on terrorism and holding “deviant beliefs”, according to state news agency SPA. The authorities say the accused were provided with ...

A former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Professor Bola Akinteriwa has revealed why the Russian government may take a sanctionary measure against Nigeria as the war against Ukraine continues. Akinteriwa who spoke during a Seminar entitled: “Russia-Ukraine ...

A popular Kogi activist Comrade Idris Miliki has berated the Kogi State Government for banning the production and sale of charcoal across the 21 Local Governments of the state. Miliki, who is the Executive Director, Conscience for Human Rights and ...

Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, on Saturday, announced the approval of N100million by the state government for this year’s National Quranic Recitation Competition to be hosted by the state. Governor Mohammed made the announcement while inaugurating a 52-man ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has warned that the lingering scarcity and outrageous prices of petroleum products across the nation may lead to mass revolt. NLC in a statement signed by its President, Ayuba Wabba, on Friday said “there is ...

A dispatch rider in Lagos State has been apprehended with a baby found in his courier box. The incident, it was learnt, happened in Sangotedo Area of Lagos, as mob descended on the yet-to-be identified rider. A video of the ...

Police operatives have arrested a female suspect, Aisha Hassan, who allegedly drugged an okada rider and dispossessed him of his motorcycle at Asaba, Delta State. Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrest in ...

A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus suddenly caught fire on Friday at Agric Bus Stop, Ikorodu Road, Lagos, causing panic among road users. As at the time of this report, it was gathered that no life was lost as all ...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has mandated all officers to put on approved uniforms while on patrol, frowning at those who wear t-shirts and face caps. This was contained in a statement posted on the agency’s official ...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has revealed how the Federal Government quietly removed the subsidy on electricity tariff. She said the government had to carefully adjust the prices incrementally at some levels. Speaking on Thursday at a virtual ...

Former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has declared his aspiration to become the governor of Enugu State come 2023. Ekweremadu, who represented Enugu West Senatorial District, spoke at a consultative session Friday with the media entitled: “A Pathway to ...

  Many Nigerians have expressed anger after a grisly revelation that Nice (Andrew) Omininikoron, the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit vehicle arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a passenger, Oluwabamise Ayankole, had in the past allegedly r*ped ...

A Nigerian Master of Ceremony (MC) Bonus Emmanuel Chigozie, has been accused of beating his pregnant wife, Itunu Lawal Emmanuel, to death. The unfortunate incident occurred at their residence in Okota area of Lagos State. According to a source, “They ...

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 ...