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Six men who reportedly kidnapped and tortured a man to death in Lessel community, Ushongo LGA of Benue state have been arrested. According to reports, the unnamed man was killed over a missing goat after an oracle pointed him out ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel has ordered the police to release the corpse of Ms Ifeoma Abugu, who was allegedly murdered by operatives of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Abuja. Recall that Abugu a graduate of ...

The first identical twins in the world to both undergo gender reassignment surgery have revealed they ‘never identified as boys and their first shower as women was ‘magical’. Mayla Phoebe de Rezende and Sofia Albuquerck, 19, made the transition they ...

Gunmen on Tuesday attacked a bullion van at Ubulu-Okiti along the Benin/Asaba expressway, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State with one lady feared dead. The gunmen numbering about 10, Vanguard gathered came out of a bush on citing the ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has burst a syndicate that specialised in importing cakes, biscuits and other confections (baked with drugs) for the rich in Lagos State, arresting the leader — Samuel Ebenezer. NDLEA recorded the breakthrough when ...

Sixty-one dogs have been saved from being turned into dog meat after they were found crammed into six tiny metal cages on their way to a Cambodian slaughterhouse.   The dogs, who were packed on top of each other, were ...

The trial of about 5000 suspected Boko Haram fighters in various detention facilities across the country will commence soon, Aliyu Abubakar, DG, Legal Aid Council, said Tuesday during a courtesy visit to Borno governor Babagana Zulum in Maiduguri. Many of ...

The Lagos State Government has announced that there would be total closure of the third mainland bridge from midnight Friday to midnight Saturday.   The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde who made this known in a statement issued in ...

The seven personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), who died in last Sunday’s plane crash in Abuja will be buried Thursday, at the National Cemetery in Abuja. The NAF aircraft, Beechcraft KingAir BB305i, crashed on Sunday afternoon, as a ...

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has assured the people of the state that the government has put machinery in place to ensure adequate and uninterrupted power supply before the end of his administration. The governor gave the assurance while ...

Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi has been dragged into a child paternity ‘scandal’. We got a mail from a young woman in our Facebook inbox and also the blog’s email alleging the PPRO his her son’s father. ...

Tragedy struck in Umuahia the Abia State capital as a conductor was accidentally crushed to death by his own driver. The unfortunate incident occurred around 7:30 am opposite the entrance gate of the Abia Line Transport Network. According to eyewitness ...

The Judicial Services Commission has confirmed that it has launched an investigation into Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa. This after the judge’s n*des,  bedroom photos, as well as raunchy WhatsApp messages, were leaked onto social media. The compromising ...

Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery Wednesday of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India. The vaccines, delivered ...

The Senate has confirmed the nomination for the appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC. Bawa’s confirmation followed his screening by senators at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly. President Muhammadu ...

Kaduna state Governor Nasir El Rufai on Tuesday launched the State Social Protection Policy, lamenting that, Nigeria has the highest number of poor people among the countries of the world. He however said that, his government will establish a Social ...

At least 67 inmates have been killed in prison riots across Ecuador. In a tweet, Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno said gangs had carried out “simultaneous acts of violence in several prisons in the country”. According to authorities, riots erupted in ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will speed up efforts to ensure rapid economic growth in the country.  Speaking on Tuesday at a meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) in Abuja, Buhari said the administration’s policy of ...

  Nigeria Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic has further worsened the unemployment situation and deepen the poverty level in the country, saying “our nation has millions of extremely poor people.” Osinbajo who ...

It was a sensational dramatic piece with Mr Freeman Godwin, an appointee of Cross River governor, Ben Ayade who has threatened to commit suicide over non -payment of salary after his appointment. Godwin, whose designation is not known as at  ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appealed his suspension by social media giant Facebook, both on Facebook and Instagram. Trump lodged the appeal with Facebook Oversight Board, co-chaired by former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. But, his appeal will not ...

  Abuja-based lawyer, Firsts Baba Isa has debunked claims by his learned colleague that 4000 divorce applications have already been filed in 2020 in Abuja Recall that a lawyer, Annebrefa, made the claim on Twitter last Friday, adding that some ...

  Founder, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has retracted his recent comment about the ending of COVID-19. This is comes after the cleric was criticized for his sermon which he stated that he once prayed that the COVID-19 pandemic ...

A High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, has discharged and acquitted one Chukwudi Omeh, who has  been standing trial since 2013  over  the death of his fiancee. Omeh  a trader  of engine  oil at Okwo Ngbo market, ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 571 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 153,187. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. Nigeria also recorded 12 ...