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No fewer than 28 people have been crushed to death in Israel, as over 100,000 gathered at Mount Meron to celebrate the Lag B’Omer holiday. Dozens were also injured in the stampede that occurred at the event, which Prime Minister ...

Ogun State Police Command on Thursday paraded suspected kidnappers of two students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Abeokuta. The students were kidnapped in front of their Mini Campus at Aiyetoro on the 14th of March 2021 and were ...

The Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded a painter, Moses Olaitan, and his accomplice, Segun Omoshola, for allegedly impersonating the Elegushi of Ikate land, Oba Saheed Elegushi, and using his image to defraud a woman they met on Facebook ...

Judicial workers have resumed in Lagos state after a 23-day strike to press home demand for financial autonomy for the judiciary.   Their resumption followed a directive by the Administrative Department of the Lagos State Judiciary.   Although all departments ...

Femi Gbajabiamila, the Leader and Speaker of Nigeria’s 9th House of Representatives has attended the book launch of Lawmaker Akin Alabi.  The new book is titled; “How To Sell To Nigerians”. The book launch took place in Abuja. More photos….

The Lagos State Government has rubbished claims that it seized N25 million donated to amputee sachet water hawker, Mary Daniel. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso said reports on social media that government seized the money donated to ...

Security agencies on Wednesday detained a former national secretary of the defunct Action Congress, Dr Usman Bugaje, for allegedly criticising President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s handling of insecurity in the country.   It was learnt that Bugaje was invited by the ...

Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that the bad governance and maladministration of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not extend beyond 2023, as Nigerians have become tired of the party and would kick it out of ...

Many families in Geidam town of Yobe State have received N20,000 each from Boko Haram fighters loyal to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Daily Trust reports. Experts with knowledge of how the factional group operates said the unprecedented ...

A woman smuggled a loaded gun into prison in her vagina – and officers didn’t find it until weeks later. Amy Wilhite, 39, brought the .22 calibre revolver to Boone County Jail in Missouri, the US, on February 14 – ...

Catholic Priest and spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka has called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising insecurity in the country. Mbaka stated that it was sad how Buhari could ...

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the National Poverty Reduction With Growth Strategy submitted by the Presidential Economic Advisory Council. The decision was taken at the weekly meeting of the council presided over by President Buhari at the Presidential ...

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police Command has refuted viral messages on social media claiming that bandits attacked the University of Abuja. The police advised Abuja residents to disregard what it described as a rumour. A statement issued by spokesperson Yusuf ...

  The Department of State Services has raised an alarm of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s Eastern Security Network acquiring bombs and explosives which they are moving from Lagos to Imo to destabilize the South-East state.   The information was conveyed in a letter with ...

Some students of Osogbo Grammar School on Wednesday allegedly disrupted learning activities at another school in Osogbo and left some mates injured. It was gathered that around 1 pm on Wednesday, some students of Osogbo grammar school stormed the Government ...

As INEC announces the schedule for the 2023 general election, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has offered free tickets for presidential, governorship, and other elective positions to Tuface, DJ Switch, Omotola Jelade-Ekeinde, and football star Ahmed Musa. Voice of Nigeria ...

Barely a few hours after Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom reacted sharply to the killing of seven people at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen, a couple was reportedly hacked to death by ...

A Lagos-based socialite and contender for the Badore chieftaincy stool, Chief Rasak Jikoji, has been assassinated. Punch Metro gathered that Rasaki had a month ago celebrated a court ruling in his favour on the chieftaincy stool. He was said to ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has asked  Nigerians of all tribes and tongues to pray for the country and the rest of the world. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Adeboye begged God ...

A 17-year-old girl drowned on Wednesday at Asa river, along the Harmony Estate bridge, Kulende area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The spokesman of the state fire service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Wednesday. ...

The Lagos Government has frozen the bank account of an amputee Mary Daniel, after it was discovered she lied to the public to raise N25 million in donations. Mary hawked ‘sachet water’ in Oshodi and peddled the tale that she ...

Dorathy Tirnom Yohanna, one of the five slain students of Greenfield University in Kaduna was buried yesterday.The funeral service for the 300 level student was held at ECWA GoodNews Barnawa High Cost in Kaduna, with many mourners decked in black. ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country. Osinbajo said this at an interactive forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants, organised by the state chapter ...

INEC has fixed Saturday, February 18, 2023, for the conduct of the next presidential election in the country. INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu made this known at a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) bill 2021 today. ...

The heirs of Lee Kun Hee, the chairman of the telecommunications giant Samsung who died in October, will pay more than $10.8 billion in inheritance taxes. The Lee family disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement released via Samsung Electronics ...