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The Yobe State Police Command said it had detained a man who claimed to be an employee of the Ministry of Police Affairs and four others over the death of an 18-year-old girl, whose corpse was found in a government ...

The little gems hidden in our world are plentiful and interesting. However, there is one place on Earth that beats them all. In the small settlement named Longyearbyen in the center of Svalbard, in Norway, there are some very peculiar ...

Petra Nji,a Cameroonian nursing student has died in a car accident five days to her wedding.   According to reports, Petra and her husband-to-be, Isbias Forsack were returning from Douala after their pre-wedding shopping when they got involved in a ...

The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over increasing rate at which civil servants test positive for COVID-19. Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in a statement said the government was concerned at the increasing rate of COVID-19 positivity among ...

A Suspected kidnapper, who was abducted by another kidnapper, has secured his freedom with a N1.5 million ransom. Mohammed Amodu paid N1.555 million before his captor Buba Babu set him free. Force spokesman CP Frank Mba, who paraded the suspects ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,244 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 101,331.   The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. “1244 new cases ...

A middle-aged woman, Mrs Rita Okungbowa, yesterday, told the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses that she has not seen her husband for the past eight years after he was arrested by men ...

Shares of Twitter Inc slumped 7% on Monday, on course to knock off about $2.5 billion from the market value of the social media company after it permanently suspended the account of U.S. President Donald Trump.   The slide came ...

Chukwutem Victor Inalu, the man whose wife accused him of s.e.xually molesting their 9-month-old son has responded.  Onyinye Onome had accused her husband of s.e.xually molesting their son and then threatening her life because she made it public. She said ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 43 clubbers including strippers.   They were nabbed at Eclipse Night Club, Ligali Ayorinde Street, Victoria Island. Police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement on Monday Police operatives attached to ...

Ivanka Trump had plans to attend Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20 – much to her father’s chagrin, according to a White House insider, in order to save her aspiring political career as the White House plunges further into chaos ...

The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday, allegedly told the newly recruited soldiers who are currently undergoing training that all of them must be ready to go to Sambisa forest to face the insurgents and ...

The real boyfriend of a corps member accused of killing a man in Akwa Ibom has broken his silence.   According to the real boyfriend, Henry Obiakwa, he doesn’t believe his girlfriend is capable of killing. Recall the lady, Princess ...

Former Presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has withdrawn his case against Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for allegedly supporting last year’s #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. Dorsey and many celebrities, sports stars and politicians spoke in support of the protests, which trended on ...

The Nigerian government through its Ministry of Education has said the January 18 date for schools to resume is not sacrosanct. The government said a new date might be announced depending on the nation’s Covid-19 indicators. The Minister of Education, ...

The police in Akwa Ibom State have confirmed the arrest of a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who reportedly killed a man she spent a night with. Recall how a mob almost lynched the woman, identified as Odume ...

Social media giant, Facebook, said it has closed several accounts linked to Uganda’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology ahead of the country’s presidential election on Thursday. In a statement on Monday, the company said it took the action because ...

The second wave of the coronavirus is spreading swiftly in Africa, a continent once perceived as one of the relatively safest places when speaking of the deadly virus. Africa passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases Covid-19 on Sunday, ...

A couple abducted at Uso, along Akure-Owo expressway in Ondo State, last week, have denied that they were rescued by security agencies. They said they paid a ransom to secure their freedom. Gbenga Ibikunle and his wife were returning from ...

First lady Melania Trump made her first comments Monday, 11 January, about the violence at the Capitol when pro-Trump rioters stormed the building last week. In a lengthy written statement posted to the white house website, she said that her ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested 10 persons for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. The suspects are: Jonathan Daniel Adebayo, Lawal Waidi Seun, Adeosun Joseph, Taiwo Gbemileke, Oseni Omotayo, Emmanuel Fakiyesi, ...

Wife of Taiwo Adeoye, one of the youths allegedly shot dead by the police during the #EndSARS protest in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has given birth to a baby boy. It was gathered that the young widow, Semiat, was delivered of ...

The Meiran Primary Health Centre at Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of Lagos state has been shut down.   This is coming after some health workers at the primary health center tested positive for COVID-19. David Famuyiwa, Chairman of Agbado/Oke-Odo ...

Angry mob has roasted three suspected thieves to death at different locations in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incidents, which took place in the early hours of Monday, occurred at different locations in Calabar South ...

Doctor Olorunnimbe Mamora, Minister of State for Health, Monday said that the ongoing registration and National Identification Number enrolment may be suspended due to the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country. As at yesterday, 100,087 cases ...