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  A Nigerian man, has reportedly killed his wife after pouring petrol on her and setting her ablaze following an argument. It was gathered that the incident happened after the victim returned from her village where she was said to ...

A woman “faked her own kidnap and used ransom money from her husband to play bingo” in Spain, police say. Police have arrested a woman who allegedly faked her own kidnap and used part of the £5,000 ransom money paid ...

A woman, identified only as Ebere, has succumbed to the injuries she sustained when her husband allegedly set their apartment ablaze during a fight. The incident happened on Ifesowapo Street, Asolo-Agbede, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Punch Metro ...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has regretted the detention of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, in Benin Republic. In an interview with BBC, the monarch said the agitator rejected advice offered him by ...

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has vowed to recapture all inmates who escaped from the Nigeria Correctional Service Custodial Centre, Abolongo, Oyo, saying the Federal Government has enlisted the service of the Interpol to nab fleeing prisoners. A statement ...

A 31-year-old woman, Shade Adelowo has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly using a razor blade to inflict injuries on the body of an 11-year-old boy, Kehinde Ojo, son of her neighbour. Adelowo had on Sunday ...

Two bullion van drivers with the Banker’s Warehouse, Victoria Island, Lagos have been arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing $10,000 belonging to their employer. The defendants, Abioye Ayodeji, 44, from Osun State, and a resident of Tunde Ogini ...

About 18 persons have reportedly been killed by gunmen at Maza-Kuka in the Mashegu Local Government Council of Niger State in the early hours of Monday. According to sources from the community, the armed men who stormed the community went ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission grilled a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah.   Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled ...

A woman ended up with huge swollen lips after a centipede bit her on the mouth while she slept. Nataly Galdino, 21, from São Vicente, Brazil, had to go to hospital and spent two days looking like she had had ...

The Nigerian Labour Congress on Monday cautioned the Federal Government against the use of force in the enforcement of workers’ vaccination. The President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba gave this charge during a briefing on COVID-19 vaccination advisory for Federal ...

A Machakos man in Kenya believed to have killed his wife by stabbing her six times after allegedly finding her with another man in their house has surrendered himself to Athi River detectives. “Andrew Mutiso Musau, 28, who disappeared after ...

Sudan’s top general has declared a state of emergency, dissolved the authorities leading country’s democratic transition, and announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders on Monday in what activists denounced as a “coup”. General Abdel ...

There was joy and loudness as certain celestial members who were gathered for prayers claimed to have seen their founder, late popular pastor, Jospeh Oshoffa appeaing to them in the sky.   The memebers were heard calling out a certain ...

The Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has arrested a 21-year-old suspected bandit, Umar Adamu alias Meagwua, for being part of the gang that shot and killed a pregnant pharmacist because she was walking too slow and delaying them. The gang ...

Protests have broken out in Sudan as armed forces over the night arrested and detained the country’s , Abdalla Hamdock and other members of his transitional government in what appears to be a ‘coup’.   People are now on the ...

Governor Seyi Makinde has visited the Correctional Centre in Abolongo, Oyo Town, which was attacked on Friday. Over 800 inmates are said to have escaped during the attack.   Armed men friday night had stormed the prison, destroying and shooting ...

An ex-Ijaw militant has allegedly commited suicide at Ogbe-Ijoh, headquarters of Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The Ijaw ex-militant from Ogbe-Ijoh reportedly took his own life through a yet-to-be-ascertained means on Saturday night after a long battle ...

Sex tape seems to be the in-thing now, but hey Nigerian men and women are refusing to pay their blackmailers, lol. A former permanent secretary of the Bayelsa state ministry of education, Dr. Walton Liverpool has spoken about his trauma ...

Mr Spell allegedly back on the streets after being ‘dumped’… Remember Mr Spell? L.W.U.E.R.O etc? Well he is back on the streers on Umuahia again. Mr Spell became famous when certain nigerian youths recorded him spelling words wrongly. You could ...

The military in Sudan overnight carried out a mass arrest of civilian leaders and politicians, in what is suspected to be an internal coup. Reports said armed men barged into the homes of ‘political and government leaders’ on Monday following ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. He will also go to Makka and Madina for the lesser hajj, after the summit. The ...

Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde as said figthing over politicians or religion is wrong citing the wedding ceremony between ex-Governor Ayo Fayose’s son and bride. The Governor who attended the wedding ceremony yesterday in Lagos, acknowleged the presence of past ...

TB Joshua’s wife, Evelyn has finally broken her silence over the leadership tussle rocking the church since the Prophet passed on five months ago, Mrs Joshua, however, made it known to Saturday Sun that there was neither crisis nor leadership ...

  The National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC) is to partner with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to promote the dignity of senior citizens and tackle related abuses against them. In a statement released on Saturday, the NSCC spokesperson Omini ...