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Newest APC member, FFK has again defended his defection.   Fani-Kayode says the APC he criticised back then is not the APC of today.   His words below;

No fewer than 3,964 Nigerians are currently on the watch list of the Nigeria Immigration Service. The names of the affected individuals, it was gathered, have been placed with security agencies at the nation’s international airports where they will be ...

Britain will issue up to 10,500 temporary work visas to lorry drivers and poultry workers to ease chronic staff shortages, the government announced Saturday, in a U-turn on post-Brexit immigration policy. The short-term visas, to run from next month until ...

Kenneth Ibe, a 300 level law student of the Imo State University, Owerri, who was abducted by gunmen, have been killed. The student, a native of Isiala Mbano local government area of the state was killed on Friday by his ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a hotel in Abuja where drugs are sold and young ladies camped for commercial work. During a raid at the drug joint, JAT Suites, operatives of the agency arrested at least ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Sunday said ten more students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna State have been released.   The Vice President of CAN (19 Northern States and Abuja) and its chairman in Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph ...

Three people have been arrested in Adamawa State over what the police described as ‘house to house robberies’. The state police command said in a statement on Sunday that the three were rounded up on September 24, 2021, following a ...

After keeping journalists for almost 8 hours in the Ante Chamber of Government House in Kano to receive the briefings of appointment of a new Emir of Gaya, the Government announced Ibrahim Aliyu as the 2nd Emir of Gaya at ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed New York for Abuja, Nigeria, after participating at the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA. Buhari left New York on Saturday, a day after he delivered his country’s address to the world body. The president is ...

Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has compensated the families of two slain police officers. The deceased were attached to Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command. Represented by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Gboyega Soyannwo, the governor condoled ...

The police in Lagos have arrested Oluchi Okoye alias PACA for tying Reuben Alozie to a stake over unpaid N4.6miliom debt. The suspect tied up the debtor at No. 29 Abeokuta street from September 22nd to 23rd when Alozie was ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared a sit-at-home across the Southeast on October 1. IPOB said the October 1 sit-at-home is to show its rejection of Nigeria and all the country stands for. In a statement by its ...

The Lagos State Police Command has broken its silence over Thursday’s brutal murder of a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Kazeem Sumonu Abonde in Ajao Estate area. Pandemonium ensued when hoodlums and okada riders reportedly attacked police officers that had ...

Katsina State Chapter of the Nigeria Hunters Council, NHC, has volunteered to assist the State Government in winning the war against banditry in the State. Hajiya Ummah Dauda, the Assistant Commandant General (ACG), made the pledge on Thursday, when she ...

A woman is facing a manslaughter charge after allegedly killing her boyfriend by throwing a mobile phone at his head during a violent row. The 22-year-old, named locally as Roxana Adelina Lopez, has been made a formal suspect in an ...

Football fans could be allowed to drink alcohol in STANDS in the near future following a fan-led government review. Supporters haven’t been allowed to enjoy booze while watching football since 1985 but a change in the rules is to be ...

A man who was accused of having s.e.x with a HORSE managed to escape prison – for a mere 26 minutes. Jonah Barrett-Lesko, 25, was able to flee La Plata County Jail, Colorado by climbing up a wall, only to ...

A prominent leader of the Taliban has said the group will reintroduce punishments such as amputations and executions for criminals, though perhaps not publicly. Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, one of the founders of the Taliban, confirmed the return of executions. He ...

The Nigerian Police Force say they have dismissed a police sergeant, Samuel Philips, for allegedly shooting a teenager in Lagos. Adekunle Ajisebutu, the police spokesperson, said the dismissed officer will also be charged to court. In a statement by Mr ...

Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has said some of the persons who vilify his principal publicly return to Aso Rock for dinner. The presidential spokesman said this while commenting on the return ...

Kenyan Police have arrested two brothers for assaulting their elder brother to the point of death. The duo attacked the deceased after a distress call from their mother. The deceased had returned home at 8:00 pm in a drunken stupor ...

The Federal Government has alerted the general public to heighten security activities preparatory to the events marking the country’s 61st Independence anniversary. The alert was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Minister of Information and ...

Four people from the same family were killed by lightning on Lake Victoria’s Bumbile Island in Tanzania’s Northwestern District of Muleba in Kagera Region, an official said on Friday.   Muleba District Commissioner, Thoba Nguvilla told a news conference that ...

An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has said Nigerians stand to gain more following Femi Fani-Kayode’s defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement issued by MURIC’s Director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola, he ...

The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has said kidnapping is a capital offence in the state. Ikpeazu stated this in Umuahia on Thursday while launching the Abia State Security Fund/Deployment of the Security Support and Resident Card, warning that “anybody ...