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  A Nigerian man has been arrested in Malaysia for allegedly conning a 49-year-old woman out of her RM78,000 (N7,825,021.75) savings.   State Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Superintendent E Sundra Rajan in a statement on Tuesday, June 15, said ...

  The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has reacted to the warning from Apostle Johnson Suleman to President Muhammadu Buhari that the secessionist group may not have anyone in government to fight for them, ...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have commenced an indefinite strike in Nasarawa State over the partial implementation of N30,000 minimum wage and other welfare-related issues. The state Accountant General, Zakka Yakubu, had recently announced that the ...

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday commissioned a 110-bed fully equipped Maternal Child Centre (MCC) for safe childbirth and the reduction of maternal and infant mortality in the state. Apart from emergency services, the four-storey MCC is a secondary ...

The Albino Network Association (TANA) has urged the government to address the barriers that Persons With Albinism (PWA) confront in their struggle to access healthcare services and employment in Nigeria. TANA raised the concerns ahead of the 2021 International Albinism ...

Nigeria has lost N24.72bn ($60.14m) in 10 days to the Twitter ban that took effect on June 5. According to NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool, Nigeria loses N102.9m ($250,600) every hour to the ban. The Federal Government had on June ...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says the agitators of Biafra and Oduduwa republics have joined resources to forge a united front for their fight against Fulani herdsmen and other criminal elements. IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, ...

  A 34-year-old widow identified as Mrs Chioma Asomugha from Ubahuekem in Ihiala area of Anambra, has cried out for help after her in-laws reportedly insisted she has to drink water used in bathing her late husband. She alleged that ...

  Villagers built massive penis in Yothaka, Thailand’s Chachoengsao province, to end period of drought. There was concern by farmers in the area due to the recent drought in the area. Water from irrigation canals was too salty to be ...

There was tension in Ughelli area of Delta State after a petrol station manager was found dead in an underground tank by co-staff on Sunday. Though the circumstances surrounding his death could not be ascertained as at the time of ...

Billionaire Ned Nwoko has announced that he is in support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ban on Twitter. “On the current issue with Twitter in Nigeria, I wholeheartedly support the position of the Federal Government,” he said. Nwoko said this while ...

Management of the Synagogue Church Of All Nation, SCOAN, has said that the unfortunate demise of the church’s founder, Temitope Balogun Joshua popularly known as TB Joshua will not stop the work of God from moving on. The family had ...

Adamu Garba’s Crowwe application has suddenly disappeared from Google play store. The Crowwe app, which has been described as an instant messaging and financial transaction app that comes with a digital wallet that helps to transfer and receive money while ...

Unidentified gunmen struck a drinking joint in Jos, Plateau State, fatally shooting no fewer than 10 persons dead on Sunday, the police has said. The gunmen drove in a Hilux van into Kashe (Sabon Layi) community, Kuru District of Jos ...

The number of casualties who have lost their lives in the recent cholera outbreak in Bauchi State has risen to 37. Dr Aliyu Maigoro, immediate past Commissioner for Health in the State, had on 25th May 2021, announced the outbreak, ...

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has dissolved the board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), upon the expiration of its term. The ministry said this in a statement by John Joshua-Akanji, Special Adviser to the Minister ...

Supporters of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, have flooded streets of the Federal Capital Territory, with his campaign posters. Several posters bearing colorful images of the former Lagos State governor were seen pasted in ...

Sunday Igboho has recorded a video in which he thanked a particular set of people that came out yesterday to demand a Yoruba nation. Truth is most people we saw that protested are the ones demanding a better governance from ...

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 19-year-old Abdul Alhassan and four other suspected kidnappers. Alhassan and Lawal Abdullahi, 25, were arrested in connection with kidnappings in the Tunga-Maje area of the FCT, while Usman Musa, 20; Bello Musa, ...

Suspected herdsmen have reportedly cut off the right hand of a rice farmer, Saheed Zakariyau, in Bindofu village, Lafiagi Emirate, in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. The farmer, according to sources, was allegedly attacked on his farm ...

A brutal groom has been jailed for beating his fiancée to death after inflicting 83 separate blows on the eve of their wedding. Russian travel agent Alexander Voronin – the son of a senior ex-KGB officer – was sentenced to ...

  MURIC argued that the protesters have no moral ground to protest on June 12 since it was President Muhammadu Buhari alone who gave official recognition to that day when all past rulers had refused to do so. The organisation’s ...

A reverend sister and a woman were on Sunday morning kidnapped at various locations in Imo state. The reverend sister, whose name could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, was reportedly abducted at Dim na ...

The late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua may be buried on July 9, 2021 on the premises of his church in Lagos State. Joshua died last week in Lagos State at the age of ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun, on Sunday, said a man lost his life in an auto accident on the Osogbo-Ikirun expressway, near the Mallam-Tope area in Osogbo. Mr Paul Okpe, the FRSC Sector Commander, confirmed the incident ...