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A 35-old-old house wife and one-year-old baby boy suffered varying degree of injuries in Kano following an early morning of gas explosion, which partially destroyed properties and part of the building.   The Kano State Police Command Spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna, ...

An Air craftsman, Abubakar Muhammad Ahmad of the Nigerian Air Force has been killed by bandits just three weeks to his wedding. He was one of the six personnel of the Nigerian Air Force, 271 Group, who were ambushed and ...

A medical doctor, Chidera Ifudu, has died in a motor accident two months to his wedding. The accident involving his Lexus SUV occurred on Friday morning, along Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway. According to reports, the medical practitioner was trying to avoid ...

Family members, an employee, a pastor, and others related to a Nigerian business mogul undergoing trial, Obiwanne Okeke, have flooded a U.S. court with appeals for leniency ahead of his sentencing for wire fraud. In a series of letters of ...

The European Consumer Organisation has filed a complaint with the European Union against the video platform, TikTok, on multiple grounds, including failing to protect children.   In its complaint submitted to the European Commission on Tuesday, BEUC alleged that TikTok, ...

A 400 level student of the Federal University of Dutse, Jigawa State identified as Abdul, has reportedly committed suicide after his girlfriend cheated on him.The deceased, a Mathematics student described as a First Class material, reportedly drank a poisonous substance ...

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the new helmsman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has about 16 years of experience on the job. At 40, he is the youngest person to chair the Commission. The founding chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, was appointed at ...

Mpumalanga police commissioner Lt-Gen Mondli Zuma has called on officers to seek urgent help when faced with domestic challenges following a tragic shooting incident involving a female officer. Police spokesperson Brig Leonard Hlathi said the call came after a 28-year-old ...

A man, Peter Samuel, has threatened to kill Mrs Mabel Tokunbo, a resident in his mother’s house for allegedly insulting his mother. Samuel threatened to take Tokunbo’s life for allegedly insulting his mother and disturbing the peace in the compound. ...

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said he is not in any leadership struggle with Oyo governor, Seyi Makinde. Fayose said this in an interview with Channels TV. He said he respects the Oyo governor by the virtue ...

Passengers scampered for safety as a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus conveying 45 persons suddenly caught fire on Monday close to Anthony Bus Stop, Ikorodu Road, Lagos, causing panic among road users. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, southwest Zonal ...

A disc jockey Blessed Michael is to spend six months in prison for cloning the Facebook accounts of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.General Tukur Buratai (retd) and Mariya Dangote, daughter of industrialist, Aliko Dangote. The convict, who was ...

An eight-day-old baby has died after being snatched from her bed by a group of monkeys who then threw her in a moat, according to reports. A mum was devastated to find her newborn twin girls gone from their beds ...

The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said policemen would be stationed at the Lekki tollgate until further notice. Recall that there was a crackdown on the #OcuppyLekkiTollgate protesters at the tollgate on Saturday, during which about 40 persons were ...

At least 20 people were reported missing after a landslide slammed into houses overnight in Indonesia’s East Java province, the country’s disaster management agency said on Monday. At least 14 people were injured in the rain-triggered landslide in Nganjuk district ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Friday, secured the conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Adio. She was convicted after pleading guilty to a fresh charge bordering on ...

A Cameroonian lady based in Dubai, Ndolo Immaculate has reportedly committed suicide after she caught her husband cheating with another woman.   According to reports, Ndolo caught her husband Daniel Sona Epie red-handed with another woman in bed. As of ...

Billionaire oil mogul, Femi Otedola has paid a visit to his 88-year-old mother to have a lovely time with her. Otedola shared a photo of himself and his mother as he revealed that he is spending the valentines day at ...

The Police operatives attached to Bariga Division of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday arrested four members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) for beating and stabbing a man to death. The victim was Tochukwu Chidi, 35, of No 76 ...

A final year student of the Federal University Dutsinma, FUDMA, Yusuf Abbas, has died while swimming at Zobe dam, in Dutsin-ma Local Government Area of Katsina State.   Abbas, a student of Geography Department had gone to the Dam along ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 520 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 146,184.   The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Sunday. Nigeria also recorded ...

A medical practitioner, Dr. Kema Onu, says the proper and continuous use of condoms is the only realistic measure to end HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) by 2030. Mr. Onu, who leads the Abuja chapter of AIDS Healthcare Foundation ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Federal Government against further increase in fuel price in the country. PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Saturday. Mr Ologbondiyan said Nigerians ...

A gang of unidentified gunmen said to be terrorising Ughelli and environs in the past few weeks struck again yesterday at a church in the town killing a police inspector and taking away his rifle. The incident happened at the ...

Three days after the passing of Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the late first Civilian Governor of Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has received two notes left for him by Jakande before his death. Sanwo-Olu led a delegation of top government functionaries ...