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Men of the Ogun State Police Command on Sunday arrested nine suspected members of a notorious land grabbing syndicate for allegedly unleashing violence on the people of Agbogun village, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, ...

Actress Kemi Afolabi Adesipe has taken to her Instagram page to appreciate God for the gift of long life for her grandmother.Sharing a photo of herself and her grandma, she thanked God for granting her long life and good health. ...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed that no gathering of more than 50 persons shall hold in an enclosed space, except for religious purposes. The governor said this while giving an update on coronavirus in Lagos State on ...

  A military base and a police check-point in Borno State were reportedly attacked by Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday January 31, same day the newly appointed service chiefs arrived Maiduguri on an operational visit.   Daily Trust reported that two policemen ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, has dismissed reports claiming the military recently rescued some Chibok schoolgirls who were abducted in 2014. Last week, DailyTrust had reported that some parents of the abducted school girls claimed they ...

Osun state government said it has in the past few days recorded five cases of the more virulent and deadly B117 strain of Covid-19, which was first reported in the United Kingdom. Government said it is worried because it was ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 685 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 131,242.   The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Sunday. “685 new cases ...

Zimbabwean politician and former member of parliament for Mutasa North constituency Luke Phibion Masamvu is dead. He died on Saturday from Covid-19 related complications. The prolific ruling Zanu PF legislator, who was affectionately known as Tsoka, left behind 79 children ...

  The Presidency has warned Nigerians to obey all the COVID19 protocols which include wearing a face mask so as to avoid the government from imposing another lockdown.   The warning came via a statement signed and released by Garba Shehu, ...

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has said the only way to prevent herders-farmers clash in Nigeria is to abolish the movement of herdsmen from North to the South. He spoke in an interview with newsmen in Daura, Katsina State on ...

The Lagos State Government said partial opening of the Third Mainland Bridge will resume from 00.01 a.m. on Monday, following the early completion of the casting of some joints. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, disclosed this in a statement ...

A female operator of popular makeshift roadside cash center Point of Sale (POS) in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State, Ezinne Grace Iroh, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. Miss Iroh was reportedly attacked by the gunmen at her ...

Residents of Aderogba, Bayerunka, Ogboriefon area of Ibadan have lamented security challenges in the area after hoodlums attacked them, looted many houses, shops in the area, and thereafter set the shops and houses on fire. The incident was said to ...

The Nigerian Army has withdrawn participation from the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and the October 20 Lekki Toll Gate ‘shootings’. A former member of its team of counsel to the ...

At least, five of former US President, Donald Trump’s lawyers defending his impeachment have left his team, CNN reports. The trial is set to begin on February 9, 2021. The five lawyers, including two who were thought to be leading ...

  The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and many other top officials of the Nigerian Police Force are billed to retire on Monday, after spending the maximum number of years in service. The IGP, who joined the service on February 1, ...

Three members of Eiye confraternity have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for threatening to kill one Teslim Lateef over his refusal to be initiated into the cult group.The suspects: Olajide Shittu, 32 years, Emmanuel Fidelis, 29 ...

A mum has been arrested for killing her own five-year-old daughter by gouging out her eyes and then cutting out and eating her tongue. Josimare Gomes da Silva, 30, was arrested after police were called to her home in Alagoas, ...

A 33 year-old Nigerian woman, Onyejegbu Ifesinachi Jennifer, has been arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for smuggling cocaine worth N21 billion into Nigeria. The cocaine, weighing 26.84 kg, was concealed in 16 duvets, that she brought into ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed sadness over the demise of Lagos East Senatorial Woman Leader, Fausat Gbadebo. Gbadebo, 68, passed away during an undisclosed illness. She was the first Executive Chairman of Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA). ...

A Chinese woman, Xiaomei Havard has become the latest member of South Africa’s parliament, replacing Jackson Mthembu who succumbed to the COVID-19 complications on 21 January. Xiaomei was sworn in on Wednesday last week. Her membership of the parliament has ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,883 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 130,557. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday. “On the 30th of ...

At a time when many thought that the coronavirus pandemic was coming to an end, there is now a second wave of the virus in Nigeria, which appears to be more virulent. Many celebrities and notable personalities, who contracted the ...

A Nigerian woman -Khadijat Kabir Ali Mai Katifa has died five days after her wedding.According to reports, Khadijat got married to her husband, Ibrahim Muhammad Dan Azumi, a staunch follower of Senator Rabiu  Kwankwaso, on Sunday, January 24, 2021, in ...

Osun State Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital on Friday remanded a 44-year-old man, Kazeem Olapade for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter for five months. Police prosecutor, Inspector Akintunde Jacob informed the court that, the accused person did ...