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A 35-year-old mother, Blessing Ebuneku Agoro, is in police net for selling her two biological daughters – Semilore Agoro (4 years) and Deborah Agoro (2 years) for N300,000 in Ogun State The woman was said to have sold the children ...

Olusegun Obasanjo, a former President of Nigeria has again written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari about the current state of the nation Obasanjo urged Buhari’s government to come to terms with the level of insecurity, herdsmen crisis in ...

An Uber driver has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement ...

Scheduled train service between Lagos and Ibadan will begin on Tuesday, twice a day, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said. The service will mark the full operation of the standard gauge service since the formal commissioning by President Buhari ...

The Zambian President, Edgar Lungi has collapsed. He collapsed today during the 45th Defence Force Day Commemoration and Investiture ceremony. The President was forced to cut short his presence and return to the State House. However, the Principal Private Secretary ...

  Samuel Omoyefa, an ex-driver to the late Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations has spoken out on his experience with the late cleric     The sixty-six-year-old told the PUNCH that the charismatic preacher’s first church was ...

Bayelsa state Governor, Duoye Diri, has reacted to President Buhari’s directive for grazing routes to be reactivated across the country. In a recent interview, the President Buhari who reactivating of the grazing route will help curb herders and farmers crisis. ...

A group of Nigerians stormed Abuja streets to stage ‘IstandwithBuhari protest to celebrate Democracy day today June 12. The demonstration is a counter-attack of the #June12thProtest which took place today as many Nigerians protested against bad government.   See more ...

  A heartbroken auntie has accused her niece’s pastor husband for being a deadbeat dad before his wife died.   The lady identified as Chizoba Jude-duru, revealed that her niece’s husband named Dominion Emmanuel ignored doctor’s directive of his wife ...

  The sister of the late Comfort Benjamin, a teenager who was reportedly raped and killed a day to her 16th birthday in Jos, Plateau State, has spoken out on how the young girl left home and never came back. ...

Saudi Arabia has barred travelers from Nigeria and other countries from performing 2021 Hajj over coronavirus concerns. This is as Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday that it will allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj. ...

The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan on Saturday visited wounded soldiers receiving treatment at the 44 Army Reference Hospital Kaduna. The visit was part of activities marking the second anniversary of the 9th Assembly. Lawan, who pledged adequate funding for ...

The Osun Police Command has arrested one Kabiru Oyedun, a suspected ritualist, for being in possession of body parts of a yet-to-be-identified lady, killed for money rituals. Oyeduntan, 39, who was paraded on Friday revealed that he assisted his friend, ...

Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday morning fired tear gas canisters at the protesters gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos, venue of the June 12 Democracy Day protest.   The protesters were demanding an end ...

Youths under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society (CSOs), Osun State in their scores on Saturday morning converged at the popular Oke-Fai roundabout for democracy day, June 12 rally amid heavy security in the state capital. The youths started ...

Wife of of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, has commended Mr. Abel and Mrs. Marian Ugiagbe, the couple whose marriage ceremony was disrupted by the absence of the Registrar at the Ministry of Interior, Federal Marriage Registry, in Benin ...

Several markets in Lagos, including the popular Computer Village were shut on Saturday following threats of protest and violence in the state. Sunday Igboho, acclaimed Yoruba activist, had declared June 12 a day of protest and told people in the ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state today joined other protesters in Ibadan, the state capital for the June 12 protest. Makinde shocked protesters when he drove himself to the venue with little security to address them. Clad in a brown ...

The family of late Chief MKO Abiola, on Saturday, said the Federal Government has not fulfilled promises made to the family. A representative of the family of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election disclosed this in ...

  Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey is celebrating with Nigerians today, as the country celebrates Democracy Day — a day that has turned into protests in most states of the country. At exactly 12am (Nigerian time), Jack tweeted a photo of ...

  A mother has been detained for suspected murder in Russia after dangling her daughter, three, over a balcony as punishment for crying – then dropping her, say law enforcement. The child, named Anastasia, was heard on a video pleading ...

Regular and strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease in people who are genetically vulnerable, say scientists. The team at the University of Sheffield said nobody should stop exercising as a result of their study. But they hope ...

‘ Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lashed out at the senior pastor of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie, over some cryptic comment he made over the death of Prophet T.B Joshua. You could recall, Okotie and Joshua ...

An average man whose identity cannot be ascertained, a native of Amaigbo in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State has committed suicide by hanging himself after he was caught having canal knowledge of his daughter. A source narrated to ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is planning to launch its own digital currency by the of 2021, Rakiya Mohammed, the bank’s IT specialist said on Thursday in Lagos. Ms Mohammed’s disclosure follows the conclusion of the Bankers Committee meeting. ...