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A 38-year old man, identified as Murtala Adelakun has committed suicide in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.   It was learnt that the deceased was found dead at his residence around Arekemase area In Ibadan, on Tuesday.   It was ...

The Lagos State Government has repaired the Admiralty Circle toll plaza on the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge and the Lekki toll plaza along the Lekki-Epe Expressway ahead of the planned re-opening of the tollgates, The PUNCH has learnt. The tollgates, which ...

  Former vice-presidential candidate Peter Obi has said the office of the First Lady should be scrapped as it only serves as an avenue to waste public funds.   Mr Obi said on Tuesday at an annual event organised by ...

  Tragedy struck in Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Unwana, Ebonyi State, as a young undergraduate allegedly committed suicide after she was dumped by her boyfriend.   According to social media reports, Olivia James, an undergraduate student of Library and Information ...

  A 22-year-old man, Sitifano Yosefi, has been arrested by the police for allegedly attempting to rape his 24-year-old married cousin in Dedza, Malawi. The suspect is from Chimpikizo village in the area of Traditional Authority Kamenyagwaza in Dedza District. ...

  Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has explained why he is yet to send the Anti-Open Grazing Bill to the state House of Assembly and sign it into law as agreed at the Southern Governors meeting.   Speaking at ...

A 35-year-old man, Abidemi Oluwaseun is in police net after he invaded Baptist Girls College Idi-Aba, Abeokuta Ogun State, with thugs to attack a teacher, who he said beat his 15-years-old daughter. Police said Oluwaseun was nabbed alongside two others, ...

A Kano State High Court on Tuesday, sentenced a man, Aminu Inuwa, to death by hanging for killing his wife Safara’u Mamman. Inuwa, whose age was not provided by the court, lives at Gwazaye Quarters, Dorayi Babba, area of the ...

A High Court sitting in Minna has restrained the newly-appointed Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji Mohammed Barau Kontagora, from parading himself as the 7th Sarkin Sudan Kontagora. Kontagora allegedly emerged as Sarkin Sudan following an election/selection by the kingmakers of the ...

  The Department of State Services has flown veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu, to Abuja as part of investigations for promoting Biafra and allegedly inciting members of the public. Agu was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, 2021, ...

Foluke Daramol’s husband, Olukayode Salako, has dispelled rumours about their separation, stating they still share the same bed.   The politician took to his Facebook page to state that since he got married to his wife, “merchants of beer parlor ...

Chidinma Ojukwu, the embattled student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Usifo Ataga, the late CEO of Super TV. The 21-year-old student was arraigned alongside Adedapo Quadri, another key suspect in the ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Command, on Monday arraigned Godwin Ajeh before Justice M. A. Ikpambese of the Benue State High Court, Makurdi. He was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque ...

A 39-year-old man has killed his mother in Seme Sub-County in Kisumu County, Kenya following a domestic dispute. K24 Digital has established that Michael Odhiambo Olenyo fled immediately after hacking his mother using an axe at their home in Atinga ...

A 29-year-old man, Samuel Jacob, was on Tuesday docked in a Badagry Magistrates’ Court for allegedly biting off the index finger of Sgt Musa Hassan. The police charged Jacob, whose address was not provided, with assault and inflicting wound. The ...

Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday attacked Odoata Central School in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, where the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was scheduled to hold its rally. It was gathered that APGA was preparing to hold a ...

  A small aircraft crashed blocks from a high school campus near San Diego on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring two others, while also destroying homes, officials and local media said. At least two homes appeared to ...

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has sacked Engr. Muazu Magaji for the second time. The governor first fired Magaji who was a commissioner after a post on Facebook inferred he mocked the death of Abba Kyari, erstwhile Chief of Staff ...

  A retailer on Felicia Oke Street in the Olowora area of Lagos State, Olabisi Opeyemi, is smarting from the loss inflicted on her by a suspected thief who disguised as a customer to steal two bags of rice from ...

  Emir of Bungudu in Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Atto, remains with his abductors even after the payment of N20 million ransom. The emir was abducted when bandits waylaid a convoy of vehicles he was travelling in from Kaduna to ...

The Appeal Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has set aside the judgement of a Lagos High Court, which granted a summary judgement in favour of Heritage Bank Plc over alleged N583, 977,998.73 facilities granted to an oil and Gas Products ...

WTF! The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says a group of drug cartels has abducted a retired NDLEA officer after its officers arrested a 19-year-old female drug dealer, Mngunengen Achir, in Benue State.   NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in Abuja ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, further adjourned until Dec 1, Dec. 2 and Dec. 3, continuation in the trial of former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose over alleged N6.9 billion fraud. The case, which was listed in ...

The Director and Founder of the Muslim Rights Concern, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday urged Nigerians not to jump to conclusions over the viral video of some madrasa students being brutally flogged in Kwara State. Although he noted that the ...

Taliban fighters have been pictured shamelessly enjoying themselves at an amusement park even as they bring a reign of terror to Afghanistan. Pictures show the machine-gun-wielding jihadis frolicking as they took over a theme park and played on a carousel ...