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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna State has ordered that a bricklayer, Ahmed Usman, who allegedly defiled a nine-year-old girl, be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel did ...

  Nigeria’s economy has lost N499.32bn to the shutdown of Twitter since it came into effect on June 4, 2021. On June 4, the Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by ...

A 25-year-old housemaid Dominion Okoro has revealed how she killed Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, the mother of a former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion. Okoro said she killed the 85 year-old woman, while she was asleep, with a ...

The Japanese Ministry of Justice said three prisoners on death row were executed on Tuesday, the first in Japan since December 2019. The execution was the first under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration. The three were identified as Yasutaka Fujishiro, ...

The Plateau State University (PLASU) Bokkos, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced an indefinite strike to press home its demands for improved welfare and working environment. ASUU chairperson, Dr. Hassan Zitta and secretary Deme Bitrus ...

First Lady Aisha Buhari has ordered all her staff to proceed on leave until further notice. This was contained in a short terse statement posted on Aisha Buhari’s official Instagram handle (@aishambuhari), signed by Dr. Mohammed Kamal, Senior Special Assistant ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked all prospective candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to acquire their National Identification Numbers (NIN) ahead of the exercise. The board stated this on Monday in its weekly ...

  Iran’s top diplomat to Yemen, Hassan Irloo is dead. He died Tuesday after contracting coronavirus, Iranian state TV reported. The death of Ambassador Irloo came after he was recalled from war-torn Yemen for what Iran described as medical treatment. ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday presented a budget of N305 billion for the 2023 general elections to the National Assembly. INEC’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the presentation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. According to Yakubu, ...

  A 75-year-old man, (name withheld) who arrived Nigeria through the  Murtala  Muhammed International Airport, Lagos aboard a flight operated by Delta Air from the US has died at the airport. The man was found dead shortly after the aircraft ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday stated that Nigeria has entered the fourth wave of coronavirus disease following a 500 per cent increase in the number of cases in the past two weeks. This is as the disease ...

A civil society organisation, the Women Empowerment & Legal Aid, on Monday, asked the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk Yahaya, to respect the decision of a female soldier, Private Sofiyat Akinlabi, to marry a male corps member. The ...

Founder, Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie has lamented that a cow is more important than human being in Nigeria of today. He said this is how funny the Nigerian government (under President Muhammadu Buhari) is by allowing cows to have ...

A woman said she caught her husband cheating on her when she saw his ‘half-n*ked mistress’ leaving the family home on a doorbell camera. TikTok star Sara, @nottheworstmom, said that her husband had skipped a family holiday because he was ...

The family of Luka Binniyat and the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union have demanded his immediate and unconditional release. Binniyat, a freelance journalist, was said to have written a report on the wanton killings and destruction of properties in Southern Kaduna. ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has submitted the probe panel report on the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, to the Police Service Commission. This is coming almost six months after the SIP led by DIG ...

Chile has ELECTED a new President, and he is 35. The streets of Santiago erupted in celebration Sunday after leftist millennial Gabriel Boric became Chile’s youngest-ever president-elect with an unexpectedly large victory over his far-right rival in a polarizing race. ...

  Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday said the high rate of orphans in the state was as a result of incessant herdsmen attacks. Ortom stated this at the Evangelical Church Winning All, English LCB, Makurdi, during a thanksgiving ...

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, said Federal Government has disbursed about N100 billion through the Development Bank of Nigeria since 2017 to facilitate Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to boost job creation. A statement ...

Farmers have been left baffled after one if its cows has given birth to a two-headed mutant calf. The poor creature was born on a farm in the Brazilian municipality of Nova Venecia in the state of Espirito Santo on ...

A Zimbabwe clinic was closed after nurses fled, complaining that invisible creatures were r3ping them. The bizarre incident occurred at Shale Clinic in Umzingwane district, Matabeleland South. The mysterious creatures, which are suspected to be tikoloshes, are also allegedly wreaking ...

The Federal Government generates at least N300 million from Abuja-Kaduna train service every month. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made this known while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Hard Copy. According to the minister, the operation of ...

Mr Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), has advised the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former two-term Governor of Lagos State, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to forget about his 2023 presidential ambition and back a younger ...

  THE FBN Holdings Plc has officially notified the Nigerian Exchange Ltd and the investing public of the resignation of Remi Babalola, its Chairman and Non-Executive Director. This is contained in the statement on investors’ relations signed by the Company ...

The Nigerian Army has explained why it arrested and detained a female soldier who accepted a proposal from a male corps member at the Yikpata orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kwara State. The open display ...