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Ten suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Akure, Ondo State.   The suspects, Adekolurejo James, Gabriel Seyifunmi, Adekunle Joshua, Adeboyega Idowu, Olorunnayo Adewale, Akande Akinyemi, Oluwugbemgia Blessing, Oladepo Abiodun, Ibrahim ...

The alleged killings of protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020 by soldiers could not be verified, according to a report by the US Department of State. Tagged ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria,’ the report ...

  There was palpable tension in Osogbo on Tuesday night as suspected cult group armed with machetes and guns invaded Atelewo area, Kolawole street in Osogbo. The group, according to a source, around 9am, in their numbers, attacked some residents ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos State has barred the Federal Government from blocking SIM cards not linked to National Identity Numbers next month. The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy had, through the Nigerian Communications Commission, asked operators to ...

A man whose skin turned bright red and ‘peeled off’ due to an extremely rare reaction to the Covid vaccine has urged people to continue getting the jab regardless. Richard Terrell, 74, from Virginia, US, was given the Johnson and ...

  Popular actor, producer, and director, Charles Inojie has built and donated a borehole to the Ohordua community in Edo state, where he hails from.   Inojie, who as a little boy would walk three kilometers to the Utor river ...

A mum has issued a desperate appeal to find her missing teenage son who hasn’t been seen for nine days by pleading: “Please come home. We love you and miss you very much.” Richard Okorogheye, 19, vanished after telling his ...

  Ofcom has imposed a financial penalty of £125,000 on Loveworld Limited after a programme broadcast on its religious service Loveworld Television Network featured inaccurate and potentially harmful claims about the Coronavirus without providing adequate protection for viewers. This was ...

No fewer than 18 persons, including a Methodist Church priest, were fatally shot by rampaging gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in four villages in Ebonyi State. The incident which occurred late Monday only came to public knowledge on Tuesday. Peoples ...

Gunmen have attacked Prof. Charles Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who has indicated interest in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.  Daily Trust gathered that he was attacked in Isuofia, where he hails ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday sparked yet another round of controversy over his foreign trips, failing to hand over power to his vice president. The President departed for London on a medical vacation Many Nigerians expected the president to relinquish ...

A 20-year-old man, Lawali Danladi has been arrested by the Niger state Police Command for killing his wife due to a misunderstanding over the pap she prepared for him. Danladi during the misunderstanding had beaten his wife, Zulai Lawal to ...

Rev. Jude Uchechukwu, Founder, World Liberation Assembly Nsukka in Enugu State, has urged Christian faithful in the country to use the period of Easter to get closer to God. Uchechukwu made the call in Nsukka on Wednesday. He said Easter ...

Donald Trump is back online.   The former president and first lady, Melania Trump, have launched a website to serve their personal offices. The website, 45office.com, comes after Trump’s ban from social media sites in the aftermath of the January ...

Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has justified receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite being critical of the vaccine earlier. Fani-Kayode, who received the vaccine on Tuesday, was lambasted across social media platforms for his alleged hypocrisy as he had once ...

Police in Delta yesterday said they have arrested one Odili Opochi for his alleged role in the murder of Austin Emu, President of Delta Anti-Cult Volunteers Corps. Austin Emu, President, Anti-Cult Volunteer Corps, was murdered in Kwale on 5/12/2020. According ...

Reverend Father Anthony Dawah of the Catholic church in Kaduna has been kidnapped by gunmen, the latest kidnapping of a church member. Details were still sketchy as at Tuesday night, as the police were not aware of it. But Director ...

As part of efforts towards actualising their agitation for the acclaimed Oduduwa Republic, a security outfit has been launched in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.The security outfit named Oduduwa Nation Security Force, was code-named “Operation Paramole’. Daily Post reports that ...

The Federal Government is set to meet with the leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors to avoid the looming strike the medical professionals are set to embark upon. Medical doctors in the country have previously threatened to begin ...

A 55-year old man, Abdulraheem Jimoh, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 12-year old girl at Mayegun area of Alagbado, Ilorin. The suspect was arrested by the Kwara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC). NSCDC ...

                      Daredevil armed robbers on Tuesday afternoon invaded a new generation bank in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta state and carted away some amounts of money yet to ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has denied he secretly married Meghan Markle and Prince Harry three days before their royal wedding. The Most Reverend Justin Welby revealed he had numerous meetings with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ahead of their ...

Auditors could not trace the addresses of contractors that received about N1.7bn from the Muazu Babangida Aliyu government in Niger in 2014. The startling disclosure was made today by a witness in the money laundering trial of Babangida Aliyu and ...

A man in Makueni County, Kenya has committed suicide after killing his two children at their home in Mithumo village in Mbooni Sub-County.   Nduluku Chief, Jeremiah Makau, the 37-year-old -man was at home with his two boys while his ...

Manchester United boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed that he had turned down signing a football star for Manchester United because of the player’s haircut. The Norwegian gaffer says he pays just as much attention to the player’s mentality, character ...