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TB Joshua Funeral: Lagos officials inspect Synagogue church

  TB Joshua Funeral: Officials of the Lagos State Government led by Commissioner for health Prof. Akin Abayomi and the director-general of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola, have inspected facilities at the Synagogue Church of All Nations for COVID ...

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Police threatened to shoot me – Mother of girl killed during protest

  Ifeoluwa Oyeleke, the mother of 14-year-old Jumoke Monsurat Oyeleke, who was killed during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, says that up until now, she has yet to see the corpse of her child. She alleged that ...

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Kaduna Explosion: Children Playing Football Detonated The IED – Police

  The Kaduna State Police Commands says the Improvised Explosive Device that was detonated by some children in Kaduna on Saturday was concealed in three empty yogurt containers. The Saturday incident, which occurred in Badarawa community, Kaduna North Local Government ...

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Man who impregnated woman jailed 9 years for attempting to flee from court

  A man has been sentenced to 9 years in prison after he attempted to escape from a chief magistrate’s court after the court sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment for abandoning a woman he impregnated. 31-year-old Mallam Zakaria, an ...

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Over 50 people dead as plane carrying 96 military personnel crashes

  Fifty people have been confirmed dead when a Philippine Air Force plane crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday. It is the country’s worst military air disaster in decades as the C-130 military plane, transporting troops from Cagayan de ...

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Fire service workers to start carrying AK-47, other firearms – Aregbesola

  The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed the federal government’s intention to create an armed unit of the Federal Fire Service. This unit will be called the “Fire Police,” and their duty would be to provide armed outer ...

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DSS arrest churchgoers at Dunamis church for wearing Buhari-Must-Go shirts

  There was palpable tension in the air when six young men wearing Buhari-Must-Go T-Shirts were rounded up on Sunday by security officials of Dunamis International Gospel Church Headquarters in Lugbe, Abuja. They were said to have been handed over ...

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Buhari congratulates Biden, Americans on 245th Independence Day

  President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed his United States counterpart, Joe Biden Jr, and all Americans as they celebrate the 245th Independence Day and the annual celebration of nationhood. In his congratulatory message on Sunday, Buhari specially congratulated Biden on ...

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Police deny killing girl at Yoruba nation Lagos rally

    The police in Lagos have denied responsibility in the death of a young woman during Saturday’s Yoruba nation rally in Ojota, Lagos. The police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, described reports blaming the police for the death ...

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Nurse allegedly pierces new baby eyes with needles in Sokoto

  A woman identified as Mrs Asma’u Ahmad Tijjani has accused a Nurse at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Folashade Adesinaof piercing the eyes of her newborn baby over a carryover allegation. Asma’u alleged that the nurse used ...

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Yoruba Nation Protest: Police kill 14-year-old trader in Lagos

    A street trader was on Saturday killed by stray bullet at the Yoruba Nation rally which held in the Ojota area of Lagos state. The protest, which started with singing and chanting, got rowdy as security operatives fired ...

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Benin Republic police entered Ogun to arrest a Nigerian – Gov Abiodun

  Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Friday has alleged that police officers from Benin Republic stormed Ogun state to arrest a Nigerian. The governor is appealing to the Federal Government to immediately secure the release of one Pastor Kunle ...

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Yoruba Nation Protesters: Police disperse protesters in Ojota, Lagos

  Yoruba nation protesters on Saturday stormed the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos where the rally was scheduled to commence. A live video by BBC pidgin showed a large crowd gathered at the venue chanting different songs. Some security ...

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