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A district court of Mohali, India has sentenced a Nigerian woman to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for smuggling heroin. The court of district and sessions judge Harreet Kaur Kaleka also slapped a fine of ₹1 lakh on the ...

A 17-year-old father is facing charges for the death of his newborn son. Caleb Blake Brown and the mother of the baby went to an emergency room in early August when she noticed the three-week-old baby was pale and had ...

Lagos and Ondo state governments have said they would defend the anti-opening grazing law in court should the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-cultural Association make good its threat to drag states before the courts. Some southern states, including Ondo, ...

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has stated that he’s still undergoing physiotherapy in London after a successful surgery.   The former governor of Lagos disclosed this while addressing the Northern Caucus of the ...

Suleiman Chukuba, chairman of Shiroro LGA in Niger state, says over 500 communities in his LGA have been taken over by Boko Haram insurgents. Speaking with journalists on Friday, Chukuba said not less than 8 wards in the LGA are ...

    Two sisters aged 5 and 7 spent several days in an apartment with the body of their mother who had died suddenly in northwestern France, the regional prosecutor said on Saturday. “Be quiet, Mommy is sleeping,” the girls ...

  Gunmen kidnapped Dr Ibrahim Garba, Permanent Secretary, Niger Ministry of Transport, and his son on Friday, Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas, said in Minna on Saturday.   He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

  A 52-year-old man, Adebayo Akinrinoye has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly defiling his 16-year-old daughter. The suspect was said to have been arrested on September 23 at Kabiru close, Idi Oparun bus-stop, Matogun, Agbado, ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has said he has nothing against COVID-19 vaccine and he will take it if neccessary, Adeboye while addressing a congregation of worshippers in the early ...

Ghanaian pastor, Prophet Nigel Gaisie revealed how many can be a failure at 35, 40 and even at any general age. He descirbed those who still live with their parents or family compound at 35 as failures and anyone that ...

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is still recieving visitors in London.   The Northern caucus of the House of Representatives led by Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Idris Wase have visited the All Progressives Congress National Leader, in London.   More photos below…   ...

Police in Big Tree area, Kiminini Sub-county, Trans Nzoia, Kenya have been accused of the alleged murder of a thirty-year-old man whom they allegedly clobbered at around him 8 pm for allegedly violating the 4 am to 10 pm curfew ...

Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated the former governor of the state and the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aremo Olusegun Osoba over a successful knee replacement surgery.   Abiodun, in a statement by his Chief ...

Gunmen suspected to be Sea pirates on Thursday attacked and abducted four fishermen in Ibaka, Mbo local government area of the Akwa Ibom state. The victims comprising three Ghanaians and one Nigerian were said to be kidnapped just behind the ...

Here are photos from the burial of the Chief Superintendent of Police Kazeem Abonde, who was killed during a clash between Lagos State Task Force and Okada riders in the Ajao Estate axis of Lagos.   Abonde was a lawyer, ...

  The Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being dishonest to Nigerians. Reacting to Buhari’s Independence Day broadcast, Afenifere the president has further exposed the disconnect between his government and Nigerians. Afenifere said the “picture painted ...

The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Samson Ayokunle, yesterday said that for the past years, bad and selfish leadership threw the citizens into unnecessary pains. The CAN leader said this in his independence anniversary message. He said: ...

  Some activists have blocked roads in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja protesting against bad governance. In a video posted by an activist, Imoyele Sowore on his verified Facebook page, a large number of protesters were sighted chanting solidarity songs. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says he has ordered a conditional lifting of the ban placed on microblogging site, Twitter.   Citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence, the Federal Government suspended ...

A Lagos resident, Nofiu Odusanya, alias Atere, has allegedly broken the leg of a community leader, Mutairu Olayiwola, in Isale Oja, in the Agege area of Lagos State for meddling in a fight. It was gathered that Odusanya, on Sunday, ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced the postponement of the planned unveiling of the digital currency, eNaira. The launch was initially scheduled for October 1. The apex bank’s Director of Communications, Osita Nwasinobi, explained in a statement that the ...

  Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Thursday, imposed 28 years imprisonment on Ilorin-based Alfa Jamiu Isiaka for an oil contract scam The cleric was arraigned for fraud and obtaining by false pretence. The offences ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his commitment to ensure that the country remains united despite agitations for secession in some parts of the country. This was contained in a speech delivered at the closing edition of Nigeria@60 celebration on Thursday ...

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has stated that if given an opportunity, Nigerians would pick an Islamic system of government over a system inherited from British colonial masters.   He made this claim in his ...

The Nigerian police have announced the burial arrangemnet of Chief officer, Abonde Kazeem killed last week thursday at Ajao estate, by Okada riders.   He will be buried at his residence at Abonde area in Oyo state, tomorrow, Friday October ...