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  Shocking footage shows a woman throwing a toddler from a burning building after looters set fire to the shops below amid a wave of violence sweeping across South Africa. At least 45 people have been killed in clashes sparked ...

  Following the surge in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the emerging third wave of the pandemic among students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the institution’s management yesterday ordered the students to vacate the campus by 2pm ...

  A Nigerian man, Jamilu Abdulhamid has died in a motor accident two day after his wedding in Kano State. Abdulhamid and his wife, Saratu Abdul Salisu got married on Sunday, July 11, in Kano State. The newlywed were involved ...

A drunk man was mauled to death by a shark after walking into the sea to pee on a Brazilian beach. Marcelo Rocha Santos, 51, had reportedly been drinking with friends before he entered the water and was fatally bitten ...

A businessman, identified only as Felix, aka Tiger, and two other yet-to-be-identified traders have been shot dead by military officers during a clash with union members and traders at the Aguiyi Ironsi International Trade Centre, in the Paramo area of ...

The family of a woman, Ugieki Asemota, has urged the Edo State Police Command to prosecute her husband, Emmanuel, for allegedly beating her to death for refusing him sexual intercourse. Punch Metro gathered that an argument ensued between the couple ...

The Emir of Kajuru Alhassan Adamu was the only one set free on Monday by gunmen who abducted him and 13 members of his family. The other captives are still with the gunmen, his son said Tuesday. The attackers, known ...

  The Senate has provide explanation surrounding its decision not to confirm the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Explaining on Tuesday, the senate ...

  Families of the three Israeli filmmakers arrested by the DSS in Nigeria last week have spoken about their mission in Nigeria The DSS picked them up, on suspicion that they had come into contact with the Indigenous People of ...

  Italy star Giorgio Chiellini has admitted he put a “curse” on Bukayo Saka before the England teenager’s decisive penalty miss in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final. Saka saw his spot kick saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma, handing Italy the European title after the two teams ...

  Jamaica is planning to ask the United Kingdom for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade in the former British colony, a senior government official said. The Caribbean island nation will file a petition that could seek billions of pounds ...

  The Police Command in Kaduna State said it has found one of the 121 abducted students of Bethel Baptist School. Two other captives were also found, all roaming about the bush. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige ...

  The national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disowned a letter announcing the suspension of Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo. A letter dated July 12, 2021, and signed in the name of Mai Mala ...

  A 38-year-old man, Semiu Oyewo, who was allegedly arrested along Ile-Ife/Ibadan road with dry human skull claimed he has no knowledge it is an offence. He said that the skull was meant to treat someone who is suffering chronic ...

  Jihadists in Niger Republic have killed all the male Christians in Fantio and Dolbel, two towns in the Tillabéri region in the south west. Survivors of the attack, a group of women, with small children and babies fled to ...

  France has fined Google £425million for failing to negotiate ‘in good faith’ with media companies over the use of their content under EU copyright rules. It is the biggest fine ever imposed by France’s competition regulator for a company’s ...

  The Imo State Government on Tuesday sealed Rochas Foundation College, Orji, in Owerri, the state capital. Government officials arrived at the location which is the old quarters of the staff of Imo Broadcasting Corporation and sealed it. The Senior Special Assistant ...

General Overseer of the Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said he loves all Ministers of God but cannot be friends with every one of them. “I love Jesus and I am telling you by the ...

Locals of Nang’anda village in Navakholo, Kakamega county, Kenya are in shock after a cow gave birth to a calf that has two legs. The cow’s owner Zainab Makokha explains that she had taken care of the cow before the ...

  At least 64 people have been killed in a fire at the coronavirus isolation ward of a hospital in Iraq, the second such deadly blaze in a COVID-19 unit in three months, state news agency INA said on Tuesday. ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday night at 8pm host the 109 Senators of the 9th Senate to dinner in Villa. The scheduled meeting between members of the upper chamber and Buhari was conveyed in a letter received from ...

  The trial of a Danish, Peter Neilsen, accused of killing his Nigerian wife and their daughter, was on Monday stalled due to the defendant’s delay in filing an application. Nielsen, 54, is standing trial before a Lagos High Court, ...

  Bill Gates opened up about his messy divorce at the exclusive Allen & Co. “summer camp for billionaires” last week in an “emotional” session that one attendee said had the Microsoft founder on the verge of tears. During an ...

  A Facebook user, Julius Eze revealed that he returned 2.5 million Naira that was mistakenly paid into his account. He shared screenshots of his bank transactions and explained that he couldn’t keep the money because a good name is ...

  The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has described the new claims made by Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected killer of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, as an “afterthought”. In a video that went viral ...