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Nigerian troops have nabbed 20 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over the murder of soldiers and civilians in Orlu, Imo State. The joint operation involved the Army, Air Force and the Police. A military intelligence officer told ...

Tragedy struck at Dilimi area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Sunday, when a 26-year-old man Sarki Abdul, committed suicide by gulping a bottle of chemical substance.A source close to the family of the deceased told ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 542 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 152,616. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. Nigeria also recorded 23 ...

A fatal car crash around Life Camp Roundabout, Abuja, has claimed the life of a Nigerian man a month to his wedding. Social media users are mourning the death of the unnamed Nigeria man, who died yesterday in a fatal crash ...

All schools in England look set to open to all year groups at once from March 8, a Tory minister said today. Boris Johnson had been weighing up whether to send back primary and exam years first, like he did ...

Nollywood actress Bukky Wright has taken to her Instagram page to share a video of what the current situation is in Dallas. She says they are suffering and have no water to bath, cook or flush. In the video she ...

The Chairman of Andoni Area Traditional Rulers Council, HRM King Dr. Aaron .M. Ikuru has been whisked away by gunmen from his residence on Sunday night. Mr Maurice Ikuru, who is the monarch’s palace spokesperson, confirmed the incident. “Yes, it’s ...

Ex-Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha has been released. The Spokesperson for Imo State Command, Orlando Ikeokwu confirmed the release of the former Governor. Ikeokwu said Okorocha was released on Sunday night after he was “invited” for “questioning” over the unsealing of ...

Anthony Joshua is proving to be a big-hitter in the property world after splashing out £7.5million on homes in 12 months. Last week it was revealed the world heavyweight champ had become Britain’s first official £100m boxer. And it has ...

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he was withdrawing a court case challenging presidential election results that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, alleging bias by Supreme Court justices hearing the case. “We have decided to withdraw from ...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, set aside the interim order through which the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) seized property belonging to a businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, for an alleged N69.4 billion debt. The AMCON announced last year ...

The South-East Governors Forum has waded into the impasse between the Imo government and the state’s former governor, Sen. Rochas Okorocha. A squabble ensued between both sides’ supporters on Feb. 21 when Okorocha allegedly broke into the Royal Spring Palm ...

The Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack on a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy, a local governor said on Monday. Luca Attanasio died of injuries, shortly after the convoy was ambushed in ...

A middle-aged butcher at the popular Sapele main market, simply identified as Efe, was on Sunday shot dead in the community by gunmen. Efe’s murder was coming up barely 24 hours after Okiemute Sowho, a Senior Special Assistant on Youth ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday regretted that Nigerians had shed enough blood over issues that could have been peacefully resolved. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the ...

The Nigeria Air Force on Sunday released the names of officers who died in the Beechcraft Kingair B350i plane crash.In a statement issued by the Air Force spokesman, Ibikunle Daramola, the officers are; Flight Lieutenant Haruna Gadzama (Captain), Flight Lieutenant ...

A Nigerian lady has committed suicide after her cheating boyfriend dumped her   A Twitter user @sisi_alagboeko shared the story online. ”A girl committed suicide yesterday in the hostel, cause she caught her boyfriend cheating, and the guy decided to ...

Two brothers in the Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State have reportedly killed each other after an argument over the ownership of farmland resulted in a fight. The siblings were identified as Iorhemba Adóón and Jima Adóón. Sunday ...

Former US President Donald Trump would be delivering his first speech after leaving the White House next week. He would speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Sunday February 28. The gathering would be one of the largest ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has debunked the trending report that the Republic of Benin was aspiring to be the 37 State of Nigeria. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the denial on Saturday in a statement by ...

Operatives of the Imo state police, Owerri, have arrested, a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha was arrested on Sunday after he unsealed the Royal Palm Estate sealed by the State Government. Imo Government on Friday had sealed ...

Some gunmen believed to be bandits have struck again in Niger State. The bandits were said to have abducted women and children in Gurmana village in the State. Disclosing this, former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani alleged that the bandits ...

Condemnations have trailed the detention of six protesters who held a procession to mark the 120th day that soldiers fired live ammunition at #EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate. During the shooting, some protesters reportedly died while others secured varying degrees ...

The pilot of the Nigerian Air Force Intelligence Reconnaissance Aircraft which crashed in Abuja, on Sunday, complained of engine failure barely moments after takeoff. A source at the control tower revealed this to The Punch on the strict condition of ...

Russia has reported the first case of a bird flu strain, H5N8, being passed from poultry to humans. Officials said seven workers at a poultry plant in the south of the country had been infected following an outbreak there in ...