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A middle-aged man yesterday reportedly committed suicide in Ansar Ul Slam area along Oloje-Ogidi Road in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was said to have committed suicide by hanging himself on a ...

The police in Ogun State have arrested three teenagers for allegedly killing a motorcyclist at the Ogere part of the state and snatching his motorcycle. This is contained in a statement released on Thursday by Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun police ...

A doctor has issued a stark warning about the dangers of Covid after a patient had her hands and feet amputated as a result of the virus. Dr Wesley Ely, based in Nashville, US, posted a video on Twitter of ...

A photographer discovered one of the world’s most venomous spiders lurking under his bed with hundreds of its babies. Gil Wizen noticed tiny spiders in his bedroom and looked under the bed to see where they were coming from. To ...

The FedFG to create mass vaccination sites in varsities, churcheseral Government on Thursday announced its plans to create mass vaccination sites in higher institutions of learning and religious centres.   The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, ...

Three persons were on Wednesday night feared killed and many others injured after members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) clashed. Those feared killed were said to be ...

A renowned Benue industrialist, Chief Denen Tofi, has died at the age of 103. One of sons of the deceased, Aondoakura, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi on Thursday. He said that ...

#EndSARS memorial will take place at church, mosque and shrine. Activists have listed the events lined up for the planned #EndSARS memorial protests. Some flyers shared on social media show that the events will begin with a Jumat service on ...

Nearly 90 adult and rattlesnakes have been pulled out of a woman’s home in California. The woman called a reptile rescue team about snakes under her home. Little did she know that the rescuers would pull out more than 90 ...

A Nigerian woman, Bazunu Michelle has been reportedly found dead with her throat slit inside her apartment in Warri, Delta State. Details of the gruesome murder is still very skectchy but it was gathered that the deseased was found dead ...

Prince William has slammed billionaire space tourists such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk for pursuing space travel instead of helping to solve the climate crisis. In an impassioned plea to two of the world’s richest men, both worth around ...

  A former senate president, Ken Nnamani has praised a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu over his support in “stopping the third term bid” of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. This was stated by the former senate ...

The headless body of a man found around the Interwoba canal by Cherubim Road, in the Mike Three area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has left many residents in shock.   A witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told ...

  A 45-year-old man, Kwadwo Adusei, also known as Desco, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his friend over a dream in Ghana. Kwadwo Adusei was said to have fatally stabbed his 48-year-old friend, Kwesi Banahene, because ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested 22 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, in Ogbomoso, Oyo state.   According to the commission the suspects were picked up on the 12th of October, 2021 by ...

  The Chairman, Body of Bank CEOs and Group Managing Director of Access Bank PLC, Herbert Wigwe, has been recognised for his outstanding contributions to Corporate Governance and Rule of Law in Nigeria’s Banking Industry. Wigwe was presented the Juris ...

Suspected child serial killer Masten Wanjala has escaped from Jogoo Road Police Station in unclear circumstances. Authorities said he was expected in court for a mention of some of his probe cases when the incident happened. Officials who were on ...

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has responded to the claim by former Kogi governorship candidate, Natasha Akpoti that he flirted with her at an event in Aso Rockin 2014 and demanded her phone numbers.   Omokri provided documents to prove ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a former Minister Of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to pay a fine of N200,000 for being absent at his re-arraignment or stand the risk of having his bail revoked. Justice Daniel Osaigor ...

A Brit woman was terrified to find a giant snake in her toilet bowl.   West Midlands sports teacher Laura Tranter, 34, got a nasty surprise when she stumbled over to the loo at 5.30am on Saturday.   She said ...

Tragedy struck in Ugbo Paul, a suburb of Abakpa Nike, in the Enugu East council area of Enugu State, following the death of three family members and their maid after eating a meal suspected to have been poisoned. Punch Metro ...

Gunmen, numbering about fifty, invaded the Nasarawa State Local Government Civil Service Commission and took away one AK 47 riffle from personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps who were deployed to safeguard the commission. The armed men ...

Yoruba activist, Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemo, has reportedly been diagnosed with possible kidney or lungs illness. This was revealed by one of his lawyers in an interview with BBC Yoruba. Yomi Aliyyu, who is representing the activist, said Igboho developed the ...

An 18-year old girl, Miss Sophia Oyibo Awajibene, yesterday assumed office as the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication. Her emergence followed an intensive essay competition in the state, where she clinched the first position scoring 79 per cent ...

A 7-year old boy who has been accused of witchcraft has been rescued by an NGO in Eket, Akwa Ibom state. The boy identified as Samson was rescued by the Child’s Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN). The boy was found ...