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  At least, 19 offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission have been gutted by fire in the last two years, findings revealed. A breakdown of the fire incidents showed that the most affected states include Akwa Ibom (four), Abia ...

No fewer than four persons were allegedly shot dead by stray bullet and one other critically injured on Thursday in Iseyin, Oyo State when men of the Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) shot sporadically in the town. The Nation gathered the ...

It was a black Ed-el-Fitri in Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo state as a 200 level of the institution, Feranmi Fasunle Omowunmi reportedly committed suicide. Omowunmi, with the matriculation number 180503006 who was of the Political Science Department in ...

Sound Sultan has debunked the news that was shared widely on Wednesday, claiming he was ill with throat cancer. The 44 year-old musician in a post on Instagram today wished muslim brothers and sisters Eid Mubarak. He then addressed the ...

Kufre Effiong has finally broken silence after a report by one David Hundeyin linked him to the murder of Iniobong Umoren – the job-seeking Akwa Ibom lady killed by Uduak Frank Akpan. David Hundeyin, in his report, accused the Akwa ...

A former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro (Rtd), is dead. His first son, Joseph Dongoyaro, confirmed the incident to reporters today. He said: “Daddy has been sick for some time until yesterday when he had a stroke and ...

The Jigawa State Government has declared Friday, May 14, a work-free day to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration in the state. This was announced in a statement signed by Alhaji Isma’il Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer, Office of the State Head ...

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday placed 14 countries, including the United States, Canada, France and Germany on the watch list in a bid prevent a third wave of Covid-19 in the state. Other countries are: Netherlands, Togo, Ghana, Cameroun, ...

Barely six hours after Governor Okezie Ikpeazu left Bende LGA headquarters after a civic reception of a three-time (12 years) immediate past House of Representatives member who represented Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Nnenna Ukeje, gunmen burnt Bende Police Station, in ...

A child thief has met her waterloo in Zimbabwe. The suspected kidnapper was caught in the act allegedly trying to steal a child in Dangamvura, a suburb in Mutare community of Zimbabwe. She was immediately descended upon and questioned about ...

The killer of Nigerian student, Walshak Augustine Ngok, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison while two others received 3-year jail term each for their role in the crime. The judicial process into the murder of Walshak Augustine Ngok, ...

  This is ridiculous!   His location is unknown as at the time of filing this report.   Video below; – Fruit seller captured using the same knife used in cutting watermelon to scrape his feet. pic.twitter.com/h7Eq5n74aJ — Postsubman (@Postsubman) ...

Derek Chauvin abused his authority as a police officer when he pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck until he went limp and treated him with “particular cruelty,” qualifying him for a longer prison sentence, a judge said. In a ...

  An unknown vandal has destroyed the new railway tracks installed by the federal government. A viral video has shown how the vandals destroyed newly installed rail tracks in an attempt to steal its metals. In the video shared online, ...

  President Buhari was joined by his wife, Aisha, children, and others to celebrate Eid El Filtri, at the statehouse Abuja. Eid El Filtri is celebrated to mark the end of the Ramadan fast. Buhari had directed that activities to ...

The Nigerian Army says security agents have arrested a man said to be next in line to the killed IPOB Commander Ikonso. Army spokesman Mohammed Yerima in a statement in Abuja disclosed that Awurum Eze was arrested in Aba after ...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has replied to the questions raised by Yomi Fabiyi and his group over the continued detention of a Nollywood actor Olanrewaju Omiyinka known as Baba Ijesha. Odumosu said Baba Ijesha was detained ...

  Kufre Effiong has reportedly spoke up on his role in the murder case of late, Miss Iniubong Umoren, as he denied some claims which had been levied against him. The rape and murder of a Nigerian job seeker, Ini ...

  The Kogi government says it has started registering the poor and vulnerable impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic for them to be able to access the emergency social interventions’ support. Asiru Idris, the commissioner for finance, budget, and economic planning, ...

Elon Musk announced on Wednesday night that Tesla has stopped accepting Bitcoin for car purchases due to increasing use of fossil fuel for its mining and transactions. He zeroed in on coal, which he said, has the worst emissions of ...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Special Duties, Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC, Taraba), has faulted calls that President Muhammadu Buhari should resign or be impeached over rising insecurity. The lawmaker, in an interview with journalists in Abuja, said impeaching Buhari ...

Fulani communities in Kwara have called on the government to investigate recent attacks on their settlements by irate youths, lamenting that they are also victims of kidnapping. Alifa Dan-Fulani Modibbo, spokesman of the Fulani communities, said they had been victims ...

If you are looking for the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa   He is currently in Saudi Arabia observing Umrah.

If the words of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, are anything to go by, former Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke would soon be repatriated. He said several cases surround the one-time minister, who has ...

Bill Gates has been hiding from the fallout from his divorce at an ultra-exclusive California golf club for a number of months, according to a source. An insider said the 65-year-old billionaire Microsoft founder has been holed up at The ...