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A year-one student of Mass Communication at Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, simply identified as Wumi has died after reportedly visiting her boyfriend. The boyfriend has been arrested. “The girl slept in her boyfriend’s residence. When she left his place she ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the handover of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) students arrested by the Nigerian Army. The officers of the 12 Field Engineering Regiment in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, took the suspected ...

A man brandishing a knife was shot by police in the chest on the Paris Metro after shouting that “France is ruled by Islamic State”. The suspect allegedly turned on police after he was confronted for not wearing a mask ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the families of those who lost their lives in yesterday’s building collapse in Ikoyi, Lagos. He sent his condolence in a statement signed by his spokesman, Femi Adesina. At least 10 persons were feared ...

Armed men suspected to be bandits Tuesday morning stormed the Senior Staff Quarters of the University of Abuja at Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.   It was gathered that no fewer than four staff of the ...

A Nigerian man, Abuchi Nwaribeaku, was on Monday docked before a Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly producing fake Puma sportswear. Nwaribeaku, 36, a resident of Surulere in Lagos, is facing a two-count charge bordering on forgery and conspiracy. He, ...

One of the most feared and notorious bandit leaders who was linked to abductions of school children in many parts of the North West, Dogo Gide, has reportedly been killed in a dispute with his disgruntled Second in Command. Gide ...

Fulanis have spread into multiple villages in Kwara, with their population gradually outnumbering indigenes, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has cried out. Mr AbdulRazaq, who spoke in an interview with Vanguard, attributed the influx of Fulanis to the ban on open grazing ...

Elon Musk has asked the Director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme, David Beasley, to prove that two per cent of his wealth can solve world hunger. Beasley was quoted by CNN to have said that a one-time payment ...

Seven bodies have been evacuated from the debris of the collapsed 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. The building under construction caved in on Monday afternoon with many people trapped. Rescue operation is still ongoing, with emergency responders battling ...

The Queen has been spotted out and about for the first time since spending a night in hospital. She was seen yesterday driving her car around her Windsor estate, the same day she had been due to attend the COP26 ...

Luxury apartments in the 21-story building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, were being sold for $5 million (N2.85 billion at the prevailing exchange rate of N570/$) per apartment, according to online listings. A flyer designed for the residential ...

The Joint troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have bombed Boko Haram’s enclave in Sambisa Forest, killing 37 terrorists and destroying gun trucks. Army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement late Sunday night said the troops had continued ...

A medical student from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Mirabel Obi, has said she was harassed by the school authorities after twerking in a bikini on campus. Speaking on alleged harassment, she said, “ I was only harassed without being ...

Several people have been trapped under the rubble of a 21-storey building that collapsed at Musikiu Junction by Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.   The building was said to be under construction when it suddenly collapsed on construction workers.   The ...

Three guests were shot dead at a wedding reception in eastern Afghanistan on Friday night, apparently because music was being played, according to the Taliban.   The attack was carried out by three assailants who claimed to be members of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Glasgow, Scotland to attend the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media ...

Monday morning drama! Suspended Plateau speaker storm assembly with his group to resume ‘work’… Fresh drama is brewing in Plateau State House of Assembly as the suspended Speaker of the House, Abok Ayuba, and his group on Monday morning gained ...

Eight “prophets” belonging to an apostolic faith sect drowned on Saturday during a baptism ceremony in a river in Rushinga, Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe. The Herald newspaper said the “prophets” died while competing to retrieve a “holy stick” in ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the application by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for the interim attachment of a vessel MV Chayaneenaree used to import 32.9 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport ...

Ex-Niger Delta militant Ebikabowei Victor-Ben, a.k.a Boyloaf, has bagged a first class degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Baze University, Abuja. The university held its 7th and 8th convocation last week. News about Boyloaf’s academic achievement was celebrated ...

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a man, Soji Bakare, aka SOJ, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The suspect was alleged to have s.e.xually assaulted the minor at her parents’ house on Aiyeyemi Street, in the Isolo area ...

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, October 31, visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock.   The meeting was held behind closed doors.   After the meeting, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, said he visited the president to thank ...

A mass communication student of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, identified simply as Chidinma, has reportedly stabbed her boyfriend, Daniel Johnson, over WhatsApp chats with another female friend. It was gathered that the victim was stabbed by the lady on Wednesday, ...

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, a Nigerian social crusader and widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has delivered a set of twins. She delivered the twins – a boy and a girl – at a hospital in the United ...