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The Synagogue Church of All Nations has said the death of its General Overseer, Prophet Temitope Joshua, aka TB Joshua, increased the church’s followers on social media by over 600,000. The church said it had also received tributes from 195 ...

Some soldiers serving in the Northeastern part of the country have told the Nigerian government to reconsider its newest deadline for NIN-SIM data verification This comes as the Federal government announced an extension of the deadline for National Identification Number-SIM ...

An Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Tuesday, sentenced one Afeez Ogunbowale, a student of Lagos State University, LASU, to 21 years’ imprisonment for raping two fellow students. The prosecution counsel, Mrs. O.A Bajulaiye-Bishi, told the court that the defendant committed ...

Omoyele Sowore a Nigerian activist and Publisher of Sahara Reporters has reacted to the extradition of IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.   According to Sowore, Kanu was kidnapped and not extradited.   Reacting to the extradition on social media, he ...

Forty-four Nigerians have been deported for various offences including illegally staying in Ghana. The deportees were sentenced to 99 days imprisonment and will be deported after serving their sentence, Ghana news medium reports. Those who served their sentence at the ...

Former Governors Rochas Okorocha and Emeka Ihedioha were conspicuously absent at the summit organized by Special Bishops Committee on Peace in Imo State. Two-term Senator for Imo North, Ifeanyi Araraume, was also absent at the peace talk held on Tuesday ...

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has announced the burial details of its founder, Prophet T.B. Joshua. He will be buried on July 9th. The one-week burial activities would kick off from Monday July 5 with a candlelight procession ...

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria to face his trial, Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. At a joint press briefing ...

Abductors of Lukman Ibrahim whose pregnant wife was killed on Saturday during a kidnap operation by suspected gunmen have reached out to the family, demanding N30m ransom. A very close family source who confirmed the development to Daily Trust in ...

A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook Inc (FB.O) that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the federal complaint was “legally insufficient.” Facebook shares rose more than ...

Jacob Zuma, former president of South Africa, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court. Judge Sisi Khampepe, on Tuesday, said Zuma was found guilty of contempt of court following his refusal to appear before a ...

Founder, Salvation Ministries, Pastor Pastor David Ibiyeomie has revealed how a pastor asked him to give him N5 billion when he saw the Cathedral being built by his church. He said his church was building Salvation Ministries Cathedral by the ...

The United Arab Emirates government has suspended Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians, as a result of the increasing rate of crimes involving Nigerians in the Middle-East country. It was learnt from credible sources that the UAE police are searching for ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has apprehended eight prime suspects over the murder and rape of Olajide Blessing, a 300-level agricultural science of the University of Ilorin. The deceased was gagged before her attackers r3ped her to death. She ...

The kidnappers of the Eleda of Eda-Ile in the Ekiti East Council Area of Ekiti State, Oba Benjamin Oso, have set him free. The traditional ruler, who was on his farm with his wife on Friday, was whisked away into ...

  The Nigeria Police has clarified claims that the case of Uduak Akpan, a suspected killer of Iniubong Umoren, has been transferred to the Department of State Service, DSS. The Akwa Ibom state police command Public Relations Officer Odiko Macdon ...

  Chidinma Ojukwu has expressed remorse for stabbing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga to death. She pleaded with the family to spare her life. Chidinma confessed to stabbing Ataga many times during interrogation when he persisted ...

The leadership of the Kamorudeen Society of Nigeria and adherents of the Esubiyi masquerader, on Monday, traded accusations over a clash at the Oluode Aranyin’s compound, Osogbo, which left one man dead and 19 others injured, even as a Muslim ...

The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26, 2021. The Director, Public Affairs Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management Commission, Kayode Adegoke, disclosed this ...

Three tricycle riders Lawal AbdulRaheem, Olalekan Azeez and Opeloyeru Kayode have been arrested for conspiring together to steal 300 bags of cement from the warehouse of Sandtrust Quarry Company. The DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun Police Command’s spokesman, in a statement ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Kaduna State has arrested one Mrs. Mary Aweh Olaleye, the promoter of Victoria Travels Resorts Ltd. She is in trouble for allegedly obtaining N8,480,000 from prospective travelers by false pretence, EFCC spokesman ...

  The brother of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga, Dr. Isi Ataga has said his brother was bound, gagged, and tortured before he was murdered.   The body of the deceased was found in a hotel room where he had ...

  Photos of the short service apartment where the 21-year-old student of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death, have surfaced. The car of the deceased has also ...

The church in Kirinyaga County, Kenya has raised a red flag over the increase of domestic violence incidents targeting men within the region. The vice, they claim has gone unnoticed since traditional men do not express their weaknesses in public ...

A 19-year-old Kenyan school drop out has allegedly killed her boyfriend over infidelity claims. Police in Mwea West Sub county in Kirinyaga are holding a girl suspected of murdering her lover over allegations of infidelity. Confirming the incident, Mwea West ...