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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 ...

The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has described the Federal Government’s accusation against the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho as having connection with Boko Haram, a ridiculous diversion from reality. It is recalled that the Federal Government, through the Attorney General ...

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to seek authorisation from the Pre-Trial Chamber of the court to open an investigation into cases of abduction of schoolchildren in Northern Nigeria. The prosecutor will also probe closure of ...

  A catholic priest, Rev. Father Mark Chimezie Godfrey, who was kidnapped on October 13, 2021, in Umuahia has been released on October 23, 2021, after spending ten days with his abductors. The Catholic Diocese of Umuahia announced the release ...

Why has Government not linked Gumi to terrorists despite their relationship – Eedris Abdulkareem probes… Eedris Abdulkareem, has reacted to the claims by the Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami that Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known ...

The Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola on Friday said he would support the right of prisoners to vote during the 2023 general election. “This is so, because the enabling laws do not remove the right to vote from inmates because ...

  A pair of scissors has been removed from the pelvic area of a Sierra Leonean lady, Zainab Kamara, 7 years after doctor’s negligence left her in that state. Kamara who went for a Caesarian operation and lost the baby ...