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A Turkish-born American linked to a messaging app used by organisers of a failed coup in 2016 has arrived in Istanbul and turned himself in to the police, state media reported Wednesday. David Keynes, also known in Turkey as Alpaslan ...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Jamiu Malomo for the murder of a 28-year-old lady Azeezat Akande. In a press statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was lodged at Adatan ...

The All Progressive Chairmanship Congress (APC) Chairmanship candidate for Kachia local government area of Kaduna state, Alamkah Dominic Usman (Cashman) has been killed by unknown gunmen in Benue state. The party’s chairman in Kachia local government, Alhaji Ahmed Tijjani Sulaiman, ...

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has said a grid system outage this afternoon cut off power supply in Abuja and its environs. According to a statement by the General Manager, Corporate Communications at AEDC, Oyebode Fadipe, the incident occurred ...

  Bauchi State Government has begun the headcount of commercial sex workers, according to Alhaji Aminu Balarabe, Permanent Commissioner, Bauchi State Hisbah Command. Balarabe stated this at the inauguration of the enumeration exercise on Wednesday in Bauchi. He said the ...

The Sokoto State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested Bello Galadima, a suspected bandit. According to Hamza Illela, spokesperson of the corps in the state, Galadima was arrested where he had gone to buy ...

Motorists in Abuja have foiled an abduction attempt on a resident around the Magicland Park before the city gate. The victim was said to have disembarked from his car to urinate when he was attacked by suspected kidnappers. Punch Metro ...

A 23-year-old bricklayer, Adebayo Kingsley, who said he hails from Ibillo in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, has allegedly killed his 46-year-old lover, a widow and mother of four, Rosemary Ifeoma, popularly called Mama Samuel from Orogun in ...

  A 34-year-old football enthusiast, Emmanuel Samuel, has died after a policeman allegedly shot him at a relaxation spot in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Emmanuel was said to have gone to the spot with his fiancée and friends to ...

  Basketball loving former U.S. President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner and a minority stakeholder. His aim is to help advance social responsibility efforts across the continent, the National Basketball Association said on Tuesday. Obama ...

Precious Joseph, 14, is still struggling to recover after 21 days spent at the hands of heavily-armed gunmen who kidnapped her from her Bethel Baptist High school in Kaduna state. “To walk is a problem, to talk is a problem… ...

The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said two persons died in floods that destroyed over 1,500 houses in the aftermath of heavy rainfall in three Local Government Areas. Alhaji Umar Mohammed, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the agency ...

Seven officers of the Nigerian Navy have been abducted in Edo State. The security personnel were abducted while travelling to Delta from Kaduna. Daily Trust gathered that five of the Naval officers have been rescued by the police. The officers ...

Six bandits were on Monday night killed when police and unknown gunmen engaged in a gun duel at Omuma town in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. Omuma, which is the home town of the Imo Governor, ...

  In a move to keep happenings in the Buhari presidency under a veil of secrecy, staff of the office today swore to an oath of secrecy. The Oath of Secrecy and Declaration of Secrecy was administered to 42 staff ...

The pictures of the two soldiers and Yobe Liaison officers abducted on Saturday have been released by Boko Haram terrorists. The terrorists also released the identity cards of the abductees. According to the ID cards, the persons abducted are Mai ...

Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi will be among the second set of 2021 law graduates to be called to the Nigerian Bar on Wednesday. The ceremony will hold at Eagle Square in Abuja. Guests are barred from attending. Afikuyomi, who will be ...

The Benin Republic has filed new charges against embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, with the real name Sunday Adeyemo. Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Sunday Igboho, confirmed this on Tuesday. He said the new ...

  Serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has weighed on certain things he believes are occurring in the Buhari-led administration. In a recent sermon, the former running mate of Buhari challenged him to come for ...

No fewer than 7,000 artefacts plundered from Benin Kingdom are expected to be repatriated by Germany to Nigeria not later than October, Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The Permanent Secretary, Gabriel Aduda, disclosed this at the Inaugural Nigerian ...

  Not less than four students of Bethel Baptist High School recently abducted by bandits in Kaduna on Monday night escaped from their captors’ den. The four were among the 121 students abducted more than two weeks ago and taken ...

A woman residing in Waithaka, Dagoretti Sub County in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday strangled her two sons to death for unknown reasons. According to a police OB report accessed by K24 Digital, Nasimiyu Kibisu went to Waithaka Police Station around ...

  The Cattle Dealers Association in Delta state, has rejected the 5,000 sqm of grazing land provided in a new bill by the state lawmakers. On Monday July 26, the public hearing on ‘A Bill for a Law to provide ...

An Imam believed to be a cleric for Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho, has explained why the Yoruba Nation agitator has not disappeared from custody. While speaking to The Cable, the cleric, Idris Oladejo, said Igboho has refused ...

The Federal High Court Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services to release five worshipers who were arrested at Dunamis International Gospel Centre on July 4 for allegedly wearing t-shirts with alleged inciting inscriptions. Recall that the DSS had ...