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Residents in some parts of Lagos State will experience eight weeks of power outage, as Ikeja Electric, IE, announces a planned reconductoring of 132kv lines. The re-conducting will be embarked upon by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, which is ...

Fear gripped residents on the District Centre Estate, Phase 4, Kubwa, in the Bwari area council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, following the invasion of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre by suspected robbers on Monday. The hoodlums were said ...

A man who forced his son to have s.e.x with his drunk mother twice was jailed for 29 years and handed 24 strokes of the cane on Monday. The 41-year-old man had also s.e.xually abused his daughter from when she ...

The Senator representing Kano Central, Ibrahim Shekarau, has told Southern governors to stop using threats and gang up against the North in the quest for the 2023 presidency. The federal lawmaker, who was a former governor of Kano State, noted ...

A 55-year-old woman in Kakamega, Kenya took her own life and left a suicide note behind.   Elimina Khati Makongo is said to have hanged herself in her house claiming she was tired of her son’s constant harassment.   According ...

The Imo State Government has debunked the speculation that the wife of the Governor of the state, Chioma Uzodinma, was abducted. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, said that the sponsors of the rumour are “devils’ agents.” ...

India’s top court has approved the government’s decision to pay 50,000 rupees ($674) as compensation for every death due to Covid-19. The Supreme Court’s order followed a petition by lawyers seeking compensation under India’s disaster management laws. India has officially ...

A 27-year-old woman is currently in the grips of the police for allegedly killing her 35-year-old husband Lartey Daniel at Bosuso, a farming Community called ‘My God Village at Tei Glover, in Fanteakwa South District in the Eastern Region. The ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday warned Nigerians to shun frozen poultry products and other food items preserved with formalin. Formalin is a poisonous chemical popularly used to preserve the human body in mortuaries. ...

  The police in Enugu state is currently on the trail of suspected assassins who allegedly killed a businessman, James Innocent, at his residence in Ibagwa-Ani, in Nsukka local government area of Enugu State o Friday, Ocrober 1.   According to ...

    Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, took to his Snapchat handle this evening to debunk claims in some quarters that the Federal government is behind the current crash of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram.    

A student of the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, in the Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, has drowned in a boat accident along the Warri River. A caterer attached to the varsity was also reported dead in the ...

Obinna Echianu, an inmate of the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja who was also on the death row has committed suicide. The deceased was sentenced for murder of an Uber driver, Inalegwu Ali in Abuja, last year. He hung himself ...

This is the story of how a police officer shot his mistress, a mom of 4 dead, just because he didn;t want his wife to find out about her. Her friends and family loved being around her and when the ...

  Amid global outage of Facebook along with its associated platforms, the data of its over 1.5 Billion users are now being sold in the dark web. A report said the data are being sold on a Hacker Forum. Sputnik ...

The Delta State Police has confirmed the recovery of the decomposing body of 23-year-old Delta State-born comedian and social media influencer, Onomuakpokpo Ogheneochukome, popularly known as Brakin Face. The Police Public Relations Officer for Delta State Command, DSP Bright Edafe, ...

Lagos monarchs within the Badagry Division have endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidency. They described Tinubu, a former Lagos Governor, as the best candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. The traditional rulers made ...

A Kilifi man who was charged with defiling his 9-year-old step-daughter has been found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Mpeketoni Law Courts, Kenya. In his judgment, the presiding magistrate Pascal Nabwana said that his court had established ...

No fewer than six worshippers have reportedly been electrocuted at El-Adonai Evangelical Ministry in Abule Egba, Lagos. It was learnt that a high tension electric wire suddenly snapped and fell on the church’s flag pole during Sunday church service, around ...

  Lagos State Government has sealed the popular Prest Club in Lekki for noise pollution. Commissioner for Environment, Tunji Bello warned bars, clubs and lounges in the State to stop loud music. The official said apart from locking such places, ...

Abducted Kogi ex-Provost, Chief Oshadumo has died in a crossfire between kidnappers (abductors) and vigilantes, his rescuers. Oshadumo was kidnapped two Sundays ago when gunmen attacked the ECWA church in Okedayo-Kabba, Kogi State, where one person was killed, and his ...

  Bauchi State Governor’s daughter, Fatima Zara Bala, has revealed she is living with Fibromyalgia. Zara made this known during a question and answer session on her instagram page. Zara who is preparing for her wedding was asked if she ...

A few days ago, a video snippet went viral on social media allegedly showing the Nigerian Defence Minister, Bashir Magashi, boarding a black Sports Utility Vehicle with an AK-47 rifle strapped across his shoulder despite the fact that he had ...

The house of APC Chieftain, Joe Igbokwe has been set on fire. The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, has however accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of setting his house in Nnewi, Anambra state on fire. The special ...

Oladipupo Williams, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has died of COVID-19. The 74-year-old SAN died in the early hours of Sunday, October 3, 2021. His death was confirmed by his son, Kunle Williams. According to Kunle, Oladipupo died from complications ...