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Osaze Osemwingie-Ero, a former Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, has cried out regarding the plight of over 300 Nigerian youths ‘illegally’ detained in Italian prisons for contrived charges on mafia-related offences. At a meeting with ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday evening refused to grant an ex-parte application seeking to restrain the Nigeria Police and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari. ...

The Federal Government has said Twitter has agreed to seven out of the 10 demands put forward to lift Twitter suspension. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this during an interview with newsmen in Washington. The minister ...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has on Thursday said that God is set to give Nigeria a new beginning. This is as he said that it is in the nature of God to create new beginnings and Nigeria is on ...

After taking over the capital of Afghanistan, the Taliban has now unveiled their special force which is well equipped with modern gears.   The unit is reportedly named after the Battle of Badr that is written about in the Qur’an, ...

  A woman has been jailed after launching a hate campaign against herself, causing police to waste hundreds of hours after they thought she was targeted by someone else. She sent herself abusive texts and graffitied her own house as ...

  The Police Service Commission has setup a fresh probe panel to look into the case of Abba Kyari. Hushpuppi and five gang members were arrested for allegedly being involved in fraud and laundering money meant to finance a school ...

Embattled national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, met former President Olusegun Obasanjo behind closed doors on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Messrs Obasanjo and Secondus claim their discussions centred around “nation-building.” “One thing that Secondus told me ...

Two underaged herders have been arrested by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, for flouting the government’s directive on open grazing in the state. The six-year-old herders were arrested for harassing a septuagenarian in Kajola area ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released former Abia State Governor, Senator Theodore Orji. The Senator was reportedly on his way to London when he was picked up by EFCC operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on ...

The Nigerian Navy has apprehended four stowaways caught onboard MT RIVER SHINER vessel at the Lagos anchorage. The BEECROFT patrol team made the arrest during a routine harbour patrol. Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT Commander, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, made the ...

Two Nigerian women have been arrested in Bengaluru, a city in India, for their continued stay after the expiration of their visas. African women arrested by police during a raid against African nationals who stayed in the city after their ...

A former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Orji, who is a sitting Senator was arrested on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while trying to ...

Talibans have said there won’t be secrecy anymore and the world will soon see all their leaders. They made this known during a press conference yesterday. The leaders also interacted with journalists who were present. “Slowly, gradually, the world will ...

The Lagos government has ordered street beggars and traders to leave the state. A Special Task Force has been established. The authorities say criminals hide under such acts to attack motorists and residents. Commissioners for Youth and Social Development, Olusegun ...

The police command in Yola, says it has mounted surveillance to uphold existing public order and ensure that the expected visit of President Muhammadu Buhari, to Yola, on Friday, is hitch-free. A statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, ...

  Cultists have been on a rampage at Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Daily Post gathered that the clash led to the death of one student on Thursday morning at the ...

Mohammed Fawehinmi, the first son of the late human rights lawyer Chief Gani Fawehinmi, died from COVID-19 related complications, the family has clarified. The 52-year-old passed on in Lagos. The family gave the clarification at a briefing in Lagos today, ...

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a nationwide lockdown after the country confirmed one coronavirus case — the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in the community since February.   Ardern told a press conference Tuesday authorities were assuming ...

The Taliban met with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday to discuss setting up a government.   Taliban commander Anas Haqqani, a senior leader of the Haqqani Network – a militant Taliban faction that overtook Kabul on Sunday – ...

    Romania’s foreign ministry says that a military aircraft has evacuated a single Romanian citizen from Kabul airport to Islamabad.   It said in a statement that “the particularly difficult security conditions in Kabul meant that the access of other groups ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is not a failed state and cannot go the way of Afghanistan where terrorist group has taken the rein of power. The minister stated this in Washington DC during ...

A Brazilian Bishop has resigned days after a video of him allegedly masturbating on a video call went viral. The Vatican announced that Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Tomé Ferreira da Silva, 60, of Sao Jose de Rio ...

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), have supported the call made by Governor Bello Masari for the people of his state to arm and defend themselves against bandits. The ACF National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe ...

A small wildfire swept through a mobile home park, leaving dozens of homes in ashes, the latest in a series of explosive blazes propelled by gusts that have torn through Northern California mountains and forests. The drought-parched region was expected ...