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The Registrar, High Court, Owa-Oyibu, the Head Quarter of Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Paul Eghodibie Ezenwosi, has been allegedly murdered by the family of one Mr. Augustine Osafile of Owa-Ekei Community over a debt ...

Bandits have killed 26 persons including a police officer in another deadly attack on some communities in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Saturday. The spokesperson of the Zamfara Police Command, Shehu Mohammed explained that the assailants were ...

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) militant group said in an audio recording heard by Reuters yesterday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, was dead. Shekau died around May 18 after detonating an ...

Police has revealed how TB Joshua died. Lagos Police Commissioner (CP) Hakeem Odumosu offered some insight into how the Prophet died. Joshua, he said, was officially pronounced dead by a hospital around 3am. “It is true he is dead. I ...

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has issued a directive to all broadcasters to suspend their Twitter handles and stop using the platform as a source of information gathering. The acting Director-General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, issued the directive ...

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday reacted to the Federal Government’s suspension of the operations of the micro blogging and social networking service, Twitter. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed had announced the “indefinite” suspension in a statement last week by ...

The body of one of the abducted Islamic children, who died in captivity, has been discovered, the Nation learnt on Sunday. The three-year-old was one of the 156 children abducted from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Tegina a week ...

    The second baby for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is officially here: Meghan gave birth to a healthy girl on Friday, AP reported on Sunday. A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan on Sunday said  the couple ...

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has expressed sadness over the death of the Spiritual leader of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, describing him as a devout man of God. In a message of condolence to ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has broken silence on the death of the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B. Joshua. Joshua died Saturday at the age of 57. Reacting to his death, Buhari commiserated with the family and ...

Gunmen have razed the country home of Imo Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Declan Emelumba in Oru East Local Government Area. The incident, which occurred around, 1 am on Sunday destroyed all property in the Commissioner’s residence. According to ...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has ordered the immediate prosecution of offenders of the Federal Government ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria. Malami gave the directive in a statement issued by his spokesman, ...

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Patigi Division, in Kwara State, have arrested two persons for allegedly spending fake money. They are Nicholas Kelechi (m) 25 years and Benjamin Moore (m) 42 years, of Oke Idawo, ...

Two female hawkers were on Friday crushed to death by a truck around Lotto, inbound Lagos on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in ...

Nigerian filmmaker turned politician, Desmond Elliot, has leant his voice against the Federal Government’s decision to ban Twitter operations in Nigeria. On Friday the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, via a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, ...

Prophet T.B Joshua has been reported dead. This is according to multiple sources — Nigerian dailies including Peoples Gazzette. He reportedly died Saturday evening shortly after concluding a programmed at his church, He was the founder of The Synagogue, Church ...

Governments of the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Republic of Ireland, Norway and those of the European Union (EU) have called for dialogue in resolving the Nigeria-Twitter face-off. The countries made the call in a joint statement made available to journalists ...

PDP has described the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria as draconian, vexatious and barbaric. Below is the press statement from the party in reaction to the suspension. PDP Rejects Suspension of Twitter By FG…Cautions That Buhari Is Pushing Nigerians to ...

American microblogging and social networking service, Twitter has reacted to the ban on its operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government. Sarah Hart, Twitter’s Senior Policy Communications Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, said the company is investigating the ...

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has asked President Buhari to review the suspension on twitter saying many Nigerian youths’ livelihood depends on it. The politician made the call on the same twitter — the most popular platform Nigerian office holders ...

#TwitterSuspendBuharisAccount is now No1 on twitter’s trending list. You will recall the Federal Government this afternoon announced the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. Many Nigerians have reacted to this, saying the suspension was uncalled for. Now they are asking twitter ...

It was black Friday in Awka, Anambra State as about eight children hawking wares at Kwata flyover junction in Awka, Anambra State were killed by a lorry carrying cows. Irate youths who were irked by the development also quickly mobilized ...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says it will institute a lawsuit against the federal government following the decision to suspend Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. Olumide Akpata, NBA president, in a statement made via the social media platform, said the federal ...

Wole Soyinka has reacted to the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. Reacting today to the ban placed on Twitter by the Federal Government, the Nobel Laureate said the move is a “petulant gesture” that is “unbecoming of a democratically elected ...

  Aisha Buhari, Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has deactivate her Twitter page. Aisha made the announcement before deactivating it on Friday night. She tweeted, “I will be deactivating my Twitter account for now. “Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria.”