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A final year Law student of the University of Calabar has been on the run for the rape of a minor who unsuspectingly went to seek for a job in a hotel where a vacancy was advertised in Calabar. The ...

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has announced the increment of monthly allowance of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state from N5,000 to N15,000.   The governor made this known on Thursday during his visit ...

Former Ondo Governor Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has debunked rumours that he planned defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC). The ex-governor said he is least concerned about partisan politics now and more concerned about how to rescue the nation from ...

The African Union has suspended Mali’s membership in response to last week’s military coup and threatened sanctions if a civilian-led government is not restored, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The military arrested interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime ...

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has threatened to dethrone traditional rulers selling employment slots meant for their subjects. The Governor also ordered the demolition of an illegal market along the Elele Alimini and Ahoada axis of the East-West Road in the ...

Former Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his ‘treat them in the language they understand’ tweet, which has now been deleted by Twitter. Many Nigerians had tackled the President over the statement, citing his reference to ...

Dino Melaye has said Nigerians who remain alive after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure, should be issued a certificate for survival. The president has been under verbal attack since Tuesday over his comment threatening to deal with some elements in Southeast ...

Enraged by the comments made against him by a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani – Kayode, the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said the former minister would not “benefit” from the assassination of Ahmed Gulak. In a statement ...

A tanker loaded with cooking gas today fell in Abuja. Fire fighters were however fast to get to the scene to prevent any disaster.  

Businessman and Commercial Lawyer, Dr. Ayodele Oni has spoken about the high rate of insecurity in Nigeria. According to him, on Sunday afternoon around 2pm, robbers entered a barbers shop and disposed everyone of their belongings. He says he hasn’t ...

Some bandits have invaded two local government areas of Birnin-Gwari and Giwa of Kaduna State, killing two persons. Also, a 90-year-old woman was said to have committed suicide at Conan Rogo of Kajuru LGA. The state Commissioner for Internal Security ...

Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, AKA Falz has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over his threat to deal with Nigerians that want to destroy his government. Recall that President Buhari, had on Tuesday after a security briefing threatened to deal with those ...

Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun have arrested a suspected human parts merchant, Mutiu Abdul-Rasheed. Abdul-Rasheed, 40, was reportedly caught and paraded with fresh human hands and other body parts, which were paraded as exhibits. Abdul-Rasheed reportedly ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, warned people behind security problems in the country, saying he would soon be hard on them. Buhari also said secessionists were too young to know loss of lives and other tragedies that attended the Nigerian ...

The remains of a female officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who went missing 18 months ago has been discovered in a shallow grave in Obi Local Government Area of Benue State. Until she went missing, ...

A 20-year-old Ijaw student from Rivers State, Miss Alaba Ann Tam Danagogo, is the 2021 overall best scholar at the Syracuse University in New York, the United States of America (U.S.A). Graduating with distinctions in Biology Major and Minor in ...

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has announced a new date for the application of passport. According to the NIS, applications for passports will now commence on June 8 as against the earlier scheduled date ...

Mustapha Shu’aibu Sulaiman, the Chairman, Galadima Road Traders Association, Kano state has narrated how suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) attacked their trucks carrying palm oil from the eastern part of the country to Kano State. ...

The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Hon. Hamisu Chidari, is among the over 200 travellers who were recently declared wanted for alleged violation of Covid-19 protocols. Hon. Chidari, with passport number, B50022050, was listed as number 66 ...

Three soldiers have lost their lives in a fatal accident involving Mohammed, son of former military president Ibrahim Babangida, at the Minna-Suleja Highway in Niger State on Tuesday. Media reports detailed that Mr Babangida was en route Abuja with his ...

Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau, has said that the state has sacked 532 workers, over falsified documents. This followed the findings of a committee, on the verification and audit of staff strength. The governor made the disclosure at the closing ...

  Andres Canto was 14-years-old when his parents rejected his idea of going to the local village donned in a tracksuit. What could be seen by many as a minor argument angered Canto so much that he looked for ways ...

  Gunmen suspected to be assassins, on Tuesday, killed the Peoples Democratic Party youth leader in the Oru-East Local Government Area of Imo State, Kenneth Amukamara. The hoodlums also burnt Kenneth’s house and damaged the vehicles of his brother, who ...

  Three blood brothers from Uganda have shocked residents in Teresia forest (in Chepterwai village, Nandi county) after they allegedly slept with a cow until it died. Kimaiyo Kiyos, the genuine owner of the dead animal, stated that when he ...

A Tanzanian female Member of Parliament (MP), Condester Sichwale, was ejected by the Speaker of the House for wearing ‘figure-hugging clothes.’ Speaker, Job Ndugai, kicked Sichwale out on Tuesday after a complaint voiced by another MP over her mode of ...