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The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, has said he is the only monarch, who has a right to confer chieftaincy titles that cover Yoruba land, on deserving people. The Oba spoke when he conferred the titles of ...

Eight detained Sunday Igboho’s aides have been released to their lawyers, Pelumi Olajengbesi. The aides were released on Monday to their lawyer after the Department of State Security, DSS, failed to comply with court ruling on the matter. It would ...

Ajimobi’s late son, Idris Ajimobi has posted photographs of a man allegedly wanted for robbery and kidnapping. Sharing his photos today, August 30th on instagram, the son of the former Governor of Oyo state wrote; “If you have any information ...

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Monday ordered that a woman, Nifemi Ajayi, who allegedly bit her neighbour on the scrotum, be remanded. The police charged Nifemi with assault. Magistrate Olusola Aluko also ordered the Defence Counsel to file ...

The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) has urged Nigerians to defend themselves following the rising cases of insecurity in the country. The National Chairman, YOWICAN, Ambassador Belusochukwu Enwere, said on Sunday in Abuja that the crisis ...

An NHS doctor has warned that a common act of grooming can cause a life-threatening medical condition. In a video he uploaded on his Instagram account, Dr Karan Rajan warned you should “never pull out your nose hairs”. Explaining the ...

  A student died of horrific injuries this week after being mauled by a pack of stray dogs. Simona Cavallaro, a 20-year-old Italian, was attacked by the dogs in the southern Italian town of Satriano after picnicking with her boyfriend. ...

Senator Bala Na’allah, who represents Kebbi South, has broken silence on the assassination of his son, Captain Abdulkarim Na’allah. Na’allah in a statement issued on Monday, said the son’s attackers were not armed with guns. He explained that the attackers ...

Kaduna State Police Command has commenced a full-scale investigation into the assassination of Nigerian Pilot, Mr Abdulkarim Na-Allah, son of Senator Ibn Na’Allah. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Mudasiru Abdullahi, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement issued by ...

The US has put pressure on Britain in a bid to force Prince Andrew to co-operate with investigators over s.e.x abuse claims, it has been reported. Investigators probing the case of Ghislaine Maxwell and other associates of dead billionaire paedophile ...

Security agencies have increased their presence around commercial banks in Oyo town after armed robbers reportedly wrote a commercial bank in Owode area of the town. The Nation reliably gathered that robbers wrote to the branch about one month ago, ...

Two female siblings have been killed by lightning in Ikirun, headquarters of Ifelodun council of Osun State The Nation gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday around 4:30 pm in the Ogo-Oluwa area of the community. A resident, Mary Ojuolape ...

Despite the thumbs-down and disapproval that greeted Governor Godwin Obaseki’s call for compulsory vaccination in Edo state, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the September 19th 2020 election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, said he has been rallying ...

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old man, Imoleayo Adekoya, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a 27-year-old lady. Adekoya reportedly dragged the victim to an isolated area after accusing her of not greeting him and ...

A suspected narcotic trafficker, Ibeh Ejike, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after allegedly ingesting 87 wraps of cocaine. According to the NDLEA, the 41-year-old suspect was ...

Another woman fleeing Afghanistan for the United Kingdom gave birth to a baby girl during a Turkish Airlines flight, according to reports. Soman Noori, 26, began having contractions as the plane was midway between Dubai and Birmingham With no doctor ...

Afghanistan’s two Paralympic athletes have arrived in Tokyo and will compete at the Games, the International Paralympic Committee said on Saturday. Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli were evacuated last weekend to France from the Taliban-controlled country in a “major global ...

Kwara State Police Command on Saturday said that its operatives have rescued a 300 Level student of Mass Communication at the Kwara State University, Malete, Khadijat Isiaq, from kidnappers. Khadijat was kidnapped last Sunday at Okoru village, near Malete around ...

Two vigilante members in Adamawa State, Abdulrahaman Yakubu and Suleiman Lawan have been arrested for allegedly killing a man in the course of a failed attempt to kidnap the man’s son. The vigilante men turned kidnappers who reside in a ...

  A freak accident involving three vehicles has claimed the life of one adult male at the Immigration Junction on Awka-Enugu expressway, Anambra, on Saturday. This was disclosed by the state Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Anambra, ...

  The Kano Hisbah Board has explained why it treats the rich and the poor differently while enforcing some of its rules. The Sharia police recently came under attack for always turning a blind eye to some acts committed by ...

Detectives of Edo State Police Command on Saturday rescued in Benin two siblings, suspected to have been stolen in Lagos State, on 23 August, 2021. The operatives also arrested three suspects, Precious Mmaduike ‘F’ (21), Jane Osas ‘F’ (35) and ...

This is the Afghan minister who became a bicycle courier in Germany. Sayed Sadaat used to be communications minister in the Afghan government before moving to Germany last December in the hope of a better future. Now he is a ...

The Federal Government has postponed the Nigeria at 60 Jubilee Special Award ceremony earlier scheduled to hold on September 3. Adeniyi Adebayo, the Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment made the announcement on Sunday in a statement by his spokesman, ...

Suspected bandits have reportedly killed the son of Senator Bala Na’Allah .   It was gathered that the deceased pilot, Abdulkarim Bala Na’Allah, was killed at his Malali (GRA) residence in Kaduna North Local Government Area on Sunday.   Special ...