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The dreaded COVID-19 pandemic has killed 28 Nigerians in the last 24 hours, with new cases soaring again to send fresh panic across the nation. Figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC late Monday night revealed that ...

Ilorin-based Islamic scholar and preacher, Abdullahi Mustapha Berende, who was arrested over alleged links with Al-Qaeda, has regained freedom after nine years in detention. In 2012, he was picked up by DSS operatives who accused him of terrorism and espionage. ...

  The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Buba Marwa, says the NDLEA is currently investigating N30bn slush funds believed to be proceeds of drugs. He disclosed this in Abuja on Monday while giving commendation letters to 45 ...

Residents protesting killings in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State blocked major roads in the area on Monday. The protesters formed six groups along the 60 km Gusau-Kaura Namoda road and lit bonfires on Sabon Garin Kaura Namoda, ...

A 30-year-old woman has been allegedly raped while searching for a shop to rent in Ogun State. The victim was reportedly raped by a 42-year-old man, John Daniel, who offered to help her get a container to use as a ...

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  Rivers governor Nyesom Wike on Monday said his Imo counterpart Hope Uzodinma has already confessed to knowing those behind the brutal murder of All Progressive Congress chieftain, Ahmed Gulak. Gulak, a former special adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it stands by its findings and declaration that the “All Progressives Congress and its leaders are responsible for the killings, bloodletting and acts of terrorism in our country.” The PDP asserted that ...

An explosion, suspected to be dynamite, has rocked Rivers popular Mile 3 Market in the early hours of Monday. The explosion came less than three days after Governor Nyesom Wike destroyed the Ikoku spare parts market dominated by the Igbos. ...

The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service, Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been assassinated. Mrere was murdered on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, Punch correspondent learnt on Monday. A senior officer of NIS, who confirmed ...

  A TikTok video revealing that Snickers is made in China is turning Australians off the chocolate bar who say they will be boycotting the brand for good. The video was uploaded to the social media site by Jeremy Toh ...

Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana and his son, a music star Folarin Falana aka Falz have led a protest in Ikeja, Lagos State. The protest, under the aegis of the Peoples Alternative Political Movement was against the spate of ...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has denied reports that social activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore was shot by a female Assistant Commissioner of Police’ at the Unity Fountain. It dismissed the reports as false and ...

  A Delhi Police constable was injured in an attack while trying to arrest two Nigerian nationals based on a tip-off that they were drug peddlers, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place in west Delhi, they said. While ...

Gunmen on Monday killed the son of Reke village head in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. Daily Post reports that the gunmen invaded the Magaji of Reke’s compound overnight and shot the victim dead. The attack took place ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secretly-planned wedding at Westminster Cathedral. The marriage took place in a “small ceremony” on Saturday afternoon, a Downing Street spokesman said. The spokesman added that the couple would ...

This is the terrifying moment a couple smashed through their balcony railings and plunged 25ft to the pavement below after having a row. Footage shows Olga Volkova and Yevgeny Karlagin, both 35, struggling on the floor of the second-floor balcony ...

Former Kaduna State lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has called on Northerners to desist from avenging the murder of Ahmed Gulak who was killed on Sunday in Owerri, Imo State capital. Gulak, an aide to former President, Goodluck Jonathan was murdered ...

Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist, has asked his supporters to carry on with “the struggle” even if he loses his life. Reacting to the incident at Unity Fountain in Abuja on Monday morning, Sowore simply identified the officer who shot ...

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen, at the weekend, shot dead a businessman, Linus Owuamanam, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Onwuamana, who was reportedly killed around 8:00 p.m., was said to be driving a bus along the Mokola-Sango Road in Ibadan. His ...

Nigerian human rights activist and Sahara Reporters’ Publisher, Omoyele Sowore has been reported shot by a police officer on Monday morning, May 31. Sowore who is the convener of the #RevolutionNow movement was at the Unity Fountain in Abuja this morning for ...

There was outrage and mourning Sunday over the assassination of Barr. Ahmed Gulak, a former political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, by gunmen in Imo State. Gulak was shot dead by assailants who trailed him to Obiangwu village as he ...

Governor Ben Ayade has sacked four Commissioners in his cabinet and five Special Advisers. The sack is contained in a statement by Ayade’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Christian Ita, on Monday in Calabar. The sacked are Mr ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it will no longer extend the closing date for candidates registering for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE) applications. The board made this known in its ...

A former Judge of the Enugu State High Court, Justice Stanley Nnaji, has been shot dead by gunmen. A video posted on Twitter by The Nigerian Barrister @TheNigerianBar showed armed men dragging Nnaji out of his car at a deserted ...