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President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday afternoon arrived in Paris, French capital, for one-day official visit as guest of President Emmanuel Macron at Palais de l’Élysée. He will afterwards attend the three-day Paris Peace Forum (PPF), November 11-13, 2021. The President’s plane ...

Operatives of the Rivers Police Command on Tuesday, exhumed the decomposed body of a retired, Army Captain, Godfrey Zwallmark, who was abducted on September 18, 2021. Rivers Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday also paraded three suspects arrested in connection to ...

The police on Tuesday arraigned five men before Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, over the alleged killing of one Wale Kalejaiye during an attack on a police team ...

A mother, Elizabeth Ebere, has accused a teacher at the Adeoye International School, Iyana-Iyesi, in the Ota area of Ogun State, of assaulting her daughter, Chizaram, aka Zara. Ebere said the beating her daughter received from the teacher, identified only ...

Seven policemen have been killed by bandits along Tofa-Magami Road in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Salisu Sani, told The Punch that the incident occurred around 6pm on Monday when the police ...

The Sokoto Police Command has denied reports that bandits are imposing heads on villages in the state. There are reports that gunmen have chosen leaders in Sabon Birni, a community that has suffered several attacks recently. But in a statement, ...

The retired Air Vice Marshal, Mohammed Maisaka, who was also the MD of MSK Hospital in Kaduna, was not only murdered earlier today at home, his 27-year old grandchild was murdered with him. Daily Trust gathered that the grandchild, Mohammed ...

Wetin Musa no go see for gate! Ameer Sarkee, a Kano resident is seeking to be elected the national woman leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The 26-year-old member of Nigeria’s ruling party said he has what it ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State. The returning officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of ...

A 32-year-old man, Malik Oluwatobi, on Tuesday appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun of assaulting four police officers in the state. The police command in the state is accusing Mr Oluwatobi of assault and breach of peace. Police ...

The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, Kaduna State Students Wing has reacted to Monday’s abduction of 18 Zaria Local Government staff, saying most of them are parents of their fellow students in higher institutions. In a statement signed by the ...

  Pastor Nomthi Rosemary Odukoya, wife of the founder of the Fountain of Life Bible Church, Taiwo Odukoya, is dead. Nomthi reportedly died of cancer. According to a statement on the Church official Twitter page, she battled the deadly disease ...

The Senate on Tuesday ordered the Inspector General of Police Ahmed Baba Alkali to publish the report of the investigation into the invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili’s house. The resolution of the Upper Chamber followed a point ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has imposed various sanctions on the leaders of the military coup in Mali for shifting the date for the presidential and legislative elections earlier fixed for February 2022. The sanctions were spelt ...

The proprietor and MD of MSK Hospital, Mohammed Maisaka has been shot dead. He was shot dead at home in Kaduna earlier today. Former Senator, Shehu Sani broke the news on social media. He broke the news saying; ”Earlier today,AVM ...

The trial of former Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme continued on Monday before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi Abuja with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ...

Since the collapse of the 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Nigerians have been very watchful of structures around them. A social media user just shared an obvious error in this 5-story building, attributing it to a disaster waiting to happen. What ...

  The Lagos State Police Command has verified that one of its officers was involved in an accident, Monday, November 8. The operative involved in the accident is from the Isolo Division of the force. According to an eyewitness account, ...

  The Director, Voter Education and Publicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Victor Aluko, says some collation officers of the commission are not good at Mathematics. Aluko stated this while reacting to the conflict between two officials of the ...

  A suspected ‘Yahoo Boy’ reportedly killed two persons in an accident at Ademulegun road in Ondo town, Ondo state. Four other persons were injured in the auto crash. The Toyota vehicle driven by the suspects last weekend was set ...

New Zealand beefed up security measures at its parliament on Tuesday as thousands of people gathered to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and government lockdowns aimed at controlling the pandemic. All but two entrances to the parliament building, known as ...

A 10-year-old boy was killed by a pet dog while visiting a friend after school, according to shocked neighbours. Police were called after screams were heard coming from a house where children were playing on Monday afternoon. The boy was ...

  Some social media users have expressed anger at the lack of remorse by a former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reforms Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, after a Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced him to a total of 61 ...

  A Kano State Magistrate’s Court presided over by a Senior Magistrate, Aminu Gabari, has admitted Muazu Danbala, to bail in the sum of N500,000, with two sureties in like sum Danbala allegedly described the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, ...

An Air Force sergeant has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the attack on the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. Sergeant Torsabo Solomon was reportedly arrested on Monday on the orders of the Base Commander, 153 BSG Yola, ...