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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 346 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 159,252.   The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday.   “346 new ...

Jury selection in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin began on Tuesday after a one day delay, despite efforts by the prosecution to put it on hold.   Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, ...

Two siblings, Dele and Tunde Dada, were among the 37 suspects arrested for alleged Internet fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on their hideout in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Monday. A statement by the Head, ...

A woman who was spotted raping a 14 year-old boy by a shocked eyewitness is now pregnant with her victim’s child, a court heard.  Brittni Gray, 23, was charged with s.e.xual assault on Monday after she was allegedly spotted having ...

Amidst rampant abductions of schoolchildren in northern Nigeria by bandits, the Lagos government has mounted “constant surveillance” on public schools, Peoples Gazette reports. While most recent mass abductions of schoolchildren for ransom took place in the North, there is a ...

Following the violent clash between the factions of the Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers on Tuesday morning, the state government has announced the indefinite suspension of all activities of the union across the state. ...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 has threatened to ban flights from the UAE and The Netherlands as a reciprocal action. The taskforce said the Ministry of Aviation and its relevant agencies have been mandated to take the necessary ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry apparently didn’t officially marry in secret days before their lavish public exchange of vows — as she romantically cooed in the couple’s explosive TV tell-all.   The Church of England requires two witnesses to any ...

The Nigeria Police Force yesterday also wished women a ”Happy International Women’s Day”, but a twitter user felt they shouldn’t have. He says until female officers can live in the barracks with their husbands like their male counterparts can, than ...

Meghan Markle’s half-sister has said her estranged sibling suffers from “narcissistic personality disorder” — while Markle’s hubby Prince Harry is the victim of Stockholm syndrome. “I definitely see a narcissistic personality disorder. I’m not diagnosing her. She needs to see ...

Casualty from Covid-19, has continued unabated in Edo State, as the dreaded disease has again killed persons in the last 72 hours. A total of 29 new cases were also recorded within the same time frame. The latest casualties bring ...

Casualty from Covid-19, has continued unabated in Edo State, as the dreaded disease has again killed persons in the last 72 hours. A total of 29 new cases were also recorded within the same time frame. The latest casualties bring ...

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has revealed that within a nine-month period in 2020, banks in the country lost over N5 billion to fraudsters. NDIC’s Executive Director, Corporate Services, Mrs Omotola Abiola-Edewor, disclosed this on Monday while delivering her ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 371 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 158,906. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. “On the 8th of ...

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has raised the alarm over the killing of four men by those believed to be Iskilu Wakili’s men. Adams said the locals were hacked to death at Idiyan village, Igangan, Oyo State, on ...

Four couples have been caned with up to 20 lashes for having sex outside of marriage in Indonesia.   The men and women were publicly flogged in the ultra-conservative Aceh province governed by Sharia law on Monday. Crowds gathered to ...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has invited the state Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko on the recent twist in the security situation in Kajola, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the State. The Governor who said he is aware of ...

The founder of Kingsway International Christian Centre, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, has received shot of COVID-19 vaccine. Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo took to his Facebook page to share photos of himself taking the vaccination as he encouraged others to take the step ...

The beheaded corpse of an unidentified female was discovered in an uncompleted building in the polytechnic community of Ozoro, Isoko North council area of Delta state.It was gathered that the corpse was found Sunday afternoon. The case is suspected to ...

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were not behind comments about the colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s child, according to Oprah Winfrey, who conducted the interview in which the startling revelation was made. In the interview ...

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has debunked claims made by his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu, that he physically assaulted her while she was pregnant. Fani-Kayode also alleged that Chikwendu was an adulterer who tried to seduce his friends while he ...

A man was attacked and his face was ripped off by seven pit bulls while he was on his morning walk. Aglacir Macedo Pereira, 46, was ambushed by the dogs in Lageado Feio, a rural area of southern Brazil on ...

Roadside sellers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, are still in business hawking products in some part of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The long queue at filling stations was gradually disappearing after eight days of panic ...

A policeman, Shedrack Aleke Igwe, working in the Armoury section of MOPOL base 28, Umuahia, Abia State, has been arrested with 5 AK-47 rifles he stole from the Armoury. Igwe, a constable, was reported to have carted away rifles in ...

Two undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, have allegedly died as a result of inhaled carbon monoxide from a generator in their hostel.The students, Udeagbala Kenchukwu,21, and Stephen Anele, 21, were found dead after police operatives forced the ...