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On his way to an official function on Thursday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu momentarily halted his convoy to attend to a disturbing situation. It was a sight of two underage girls on an errand for a bean cake vendor ...

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has warned that the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) must not be allowed to grow as they are deadlier than Boko Haram. Zulum spoke at the weekly briefing organised by the Presidential Communications ...

Gunmen, on Tuesday, killed a staff member of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, and set the company’s over 20-hectare rubber plantation on fire. The plantation is located in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State. Court remands Ogun ...

Agbekoya farmers society of Nigeria has disclosed that it will deploy magical power to free detained Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, (popularly referred to as Sunday Igboho) if the government of Benin Republic continue to hold him illegally. Speaking during ...

One person was feared killed and four others sustained varying degrees of injuries, yesterday, after a protest by Christian and Muslim parents of students of the Oyun Baptist High School in Ijagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, over ...

Quack doctor removes ovaries of teenager during appendix surgery in Benue A teenager, Dooyum Ianna, is currently facing a health crisis that may eventually claim her life after being operated upon by a quack doctor in Benue State. The 18-year-old ...

Nigeria’s first fully digital bank, ALAT is set to unveil the third edition of Hackaholics (3.0) themed Building the Future, a pitch event where innovators and tech enthusiasts are welcome to pitch groundbreaking solutions to some fundamental societal challenges. The 2022 Hackaholics pitch event ...

Four members of a family have been found dead at a poultry farm on Anguwar Street in Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). City News learnt that a security guard at the poultry identified as Dominic Peter ...

Officials of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on patrol of 3rd Mainland Bridge on Thursday afternoon stopped girl from committing suicide by jumping into the lagoon. The young girl (names withheld) was attempting to jump into the lagoon outward Iyana Oworo ...

  A Ghanaian man, Nana Kwasi Antwi Boesiako has revealed that he’s been married for 12 years and throughout that period he has remained faithful to his wife. The young man made this revelation in an interview with Yen, noting ...

  A young man simply known as Endurance recently returned to Nigeria and rather than a warm welcome, he got a cold shoulder from his father. He said that when he returned from Libya, he thought his father would be ...

  Nigerians have been assured that drinking alcohol will not make them to miss heaven. According to Nigerian Rev. Fr. Oluoma, alcohol can’t prevent anyone from making heaven because it’s medicinal and God created it for a purpose. The man ...

  A 28-year-old man identified as Abdullahi Adamu has appeared before a Magistrate Court in Adamawa State for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl. According to The PUNCH, Adamu lured the nursery three pupil into an uncompleted building with N20 biscuit ...

  A Twitter user identified as Woza took to the micro blogging platform to narrate an encounter with a lady he met at a random party. While they were at the party, he noticed she was everywhere because she was ...

Nina Jane Patel, the vice president of research for a rival metaverse company has said she was virtually “gang raped” in the Metaverse and that it felt like real life. According to her, the attack took place within 60 seconds ...

Three persons have been arrested at Andoni Local Government Council in Rivers State for allegedly falsely parading themselves as medical practitioners. The suspects, two males posing as doctors and a female posing as a Nurse were arrested in Asarama community ...

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism, including 424 associates/supporters of the financiers. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known during a briefing on the anti-corruption fight of the President, Major General ...

A Canadian teenager who flew to Britain to visit a boyfriend she met online was stabbed to death in a quiet cul-de-sac. Ashley Wadsworth had been in the country for just 11 weeks before she was found dead in a ...

The COVID-19 Task Force in Bauchi has said it arrested five persons caught selling and buying COVID-19 green cards. Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, BASPHCDA, Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed this, yesterday, while updating journalists on ...

A four-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head and died after he found his dad’s gun in the backseat of a car. Jarion Walker was sitting in the back seat with his two younger siblings aged 22 months and ...

  The Nigerian Traditional Worshippers Association have called for the arrest anyone who claims to have the power to use human parts for money rituals. In a statement released by the Oyo state chapter, the association stated that no Yoruba ...

  Dr Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc says ending HIV in Nigeria is possible when Nigerians take responsibility collectively. Wigwe said this at the launch of 100 million dollars HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria in Abuja. He ...

  Wladimir Klitschko has enlisted in Ukraine’s reserve army saying that love for his country compelled him to defend it, amid fears of an invasion by Russia. The Former heavyweight boxing champion joined the reserve army on Wednesday, February 2, ...

  Controversial Ghanaian cleric and founder of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim and his driver have been fined GH¢ 1,200 for illegally using strobe lights and sirens. Bishop Obinim and his driver, Eric Kofi Agyeman were reportedly ...

A man who was arrested for stealing two bibles from a city supermarket has pleaded guilty and ‘shocked’ the court by his defence. Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi, Augustine Wanyonyi claimed that he wanted to know more about ...