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A truck driver has assaulted a police officer who was trying to arrest him.The incident happened in Agege, Lagos. In the video gradually going viral, the driver was seen asking the police officer to get down from his truck, then ...

Police are investigating after the body of a man was found underneath a plane that had landed at Amsterdam airport from Nigeria. The man, thought to be a stowaway, was discovered inside a wheel arch on Monday afternoon at Schiphol ...

The Senate on Tuesday sought the establishment of a National Livestock and Management Bureau for livestock identification in the country. This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of a Bill for an Act to Establish ...

Amazon, a United States multinational technology company, has chosen South Africa as the headquarters for its African market. This development comes a week after Twitter, US-based microblogging and social networking service announced the opening of its first-ever African office in ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says he will on Thursday present the recommendations of the Kaduna town hall meeting on national security to the National Economic Council, and one of its recommendations is encouraging more interreligious and ...

  Gunmen have abducted unspecified students of Green Field University along the Kaduna-Abuka Highway in Chikun Local Government Area. The Nation learnt the attack occurred on Tuesday night. Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the ...

Police are hunting a group of men after a woman was r*ped in what officers have described as a ‘random and sickening attack’. Shortly after 12.30am earlier today, police were called to a report of the rape of a woman ...

A 200-level student of the Management and Accounting department of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State Emmanuel Adedeji has committed suicide. The Nation gathered Adedeji took a poisonous substance in the school premises and died a few minutes later. A ...

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have abducted a farmer, Rasaq Jamiu, and his four children. The latest abduction, it was gathered, happened in Maami village in the Ibaraoa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. Jamiu was said to have gone to ...

  Former US President, Barack Obama has called for reforms for racial bias in the justice system as a jury found former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges in the death of George Floyd. Recall that George ...

A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged woman has stabbed a 14-year-old boy, Joseph Thomas, to death in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday along Genesis Street, off Okaka road, caused uproar in the state capital. An angry mob, comprising ...

Chad imposes curfew and shuts borders after the death of president Deby: army. The announcement came a day after provisional election results projected late president Idris Debby would win a sixth term in office. Déby was one of Africa’s longest-serving ...

Stop consuming cow skin and stave off cancer, Vice-Chancellor, Precious Cornerstone University, Ibadan, Prof. Kola Oloke, advised in Ibadan on Tuesday. “Animal skin known as “ponmo’’ is harmful to the body; it has no nutritional value. “Runaway from meat, especially ...

France on Tuesday paid tribute to Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno as a “courageous friend” and “great soldier”, while urging stability and a peaceful transition in the African country after his shocking death. Deby died from wounds sustained in battle ...

Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Tuesday staged a walkout from the reconciliation meeting with the Federal Government and representatives of the State Governors. The striking judiciary workers staged their walkout after waiting for over an ...

Sacked police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of African-American George Floyd in a case that roiled the United States for almost a year, laying bare deep racial divisions. A racially-diverse jury of ...

An early morning fire outbreak has destroyed a section of the State Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Kano. The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incident to Punch in ...

A man, Mr Olokose Ojo, has been murdered six days to his wedding by his neighbour who promised to assist him to get cows for the ceremony in Kwara State. Ojo, said to be in his early 30 and a ...

An aviation security personnel at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal II (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), has returned N2.3m misplaced by its owner. The money belonged to an Uyo-bound passenger on Ibom Airline, George Etuk. The excited ...

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has asked Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr. Isa Pantami to resign immediately irrespective of his recent volte-face. The Governor said in an ideal society, the allegation that the United States of America placed a ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of President of Chad Republic, Idriss Deby Itno, describing him as a friend of Nigeria. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari ...

A first class monarch in Orolu Local Government Council Area of Osun State, the Olufon of Ifon in Orolu, Oba Almorouf Adekunle Magbagbeola, is dead. It was gathered from palace sources that Oba Magbagbeola joined his ancestors on Monday, April ...

A contingent of 144 police officers from Nigeria have arrived in Somalia to boost stabilization efforts in the country, many papers have quoted the African Union mission to have said. AMISOM Police operations coordinator Daniel Ali Gwambal said 30 police ...

Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo has assured town criers that she won’t stop flaunting her baby bump. Uche gave the assurance on her IG page. Some of her fans have been cautioning her about how often she flaunts her bump telling ...

There was jubilation today in Ekiti when the kidnapped traditional ruler of Ilemeso-Ekiti in Oye Council Area Oba David Oyewumi regained freedom. Oyewumi was abducted by gunmen last Thursday around 8:30pm when they gained entrance to his palace through the ...