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Bodies are being stored at a temporary facility in Surrey after the county’s hospital mortuaries reached capacity amid rising Covid-19 case rates. Around 170 bodies are being kept at the site in Leatherhead, which first opened in April to alleviate ...

Tragedy occurred at the Odunna family in Ochii village, Ogwa in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday as a 36-year-old man, Ekene Odunna, was allegedly killed by his younger brother, Matthew. The incident, it was gathered, ...

A woman has accused her husband, Chukwutem Victor Inalu of s.e.xually molesting their 9 months, 2 weeks old baby. The woman named Onyinye Onome made the claims on Facebook. She says she didn’t date her husband for long and never ...

            Five men have been arrested after a 14-year-old girl was gang-r.a.p.e.d and fatally stabbed in Port Elizabeth. Police spokesperson Col Priscilla Naidu said all the suspects have gang affiliations. Eastern Cape police commissioner Lt-Gen ...

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has granted bail to the Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore in the sum of N20million. The second to fifth defendants were also admitted to bail in the sum of N1million ...

The workers’ unions of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, on Monday, locked all the entrances leading into the institution thereby disrupting the resumption of the institution for academic activities after the Christmas break. The workers’ unions comprise the Academic Staff Union of ...

United States President-elect Joe Biden will receive his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, his office announced, three weeks after his first injection was broadcast live on TV to boost public confidence in the jab. Biden, 78, told ...

Desmond Yunana, a reverend of Anglican Church Nigeria based in Borno state, says Abubakar Sheaku, Boko Haram leader, is critically ill and wants prayer from Nigerians. Delivering a sermon in church on Sunday, Yuana said last night, he had a ...

Japan has detected yet another new variant of Covid-19, one that appears to have arrived with travelers from Brazil, its Health Ministry said Sunday. The mutation was detected in four people who arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Jan. 2 ...

A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in the death of a wealthy UK restaurant owner, according to a new report. Susan Addis, 69, was discovered with stab wounds at her home in Brighton on Thursday. It’s unclear how the ...

In a bid time curtail the spread of the second wave of Covid-19 in Ekiti, the state Government on Sunday imposed a curfew from 8.00 pm to 6.00 am. The Government also banned all gatherings of more than twenty people ...

Gentle boy Adekunle Gold whom despite being a singer has managed to look clean, says he will be getting a tattoo this year. Adekunle Gold believed to be from a family who values education and decent life so much made ...

A man has allegedly thrown his househelp from the second floor of a 2 storey building in Abia state. According to @obaino_ who disclosed the news on twitter, he revealed that the housegirl suffered some injuries. It was also gathered ...

Aliko Dangote, saw his total net worth drop by $900m on Friday as his flagship company emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.   Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a ranking of the ...

Gunmen have killed a Saudi Arabia-based oil expert, Ogacheko Atanu, in his Idah residence, Kogi State.   It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday around 11pm when the deceased was about retiring to bed. It was learnt that ...

It was a black Sunday in Bauchi State as 20 people were burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident.   The accident reportedly involved two vehicles. The tragedy occurred around 3.00pm on Sunday, with only two female said to ...

A middle-aged man simply identified as David, has reportedly abandoned his wife and three children at a Point of Sale (POS) shop, after collecting the sum of N43,000 from the operator. The incident occurred Saturday at Oluku, near Benin City, ...

A Facebook user, Godwin George has narrated how a corps member serving in Akwa Ibom has been arrested for allegedly hacking a young man to death with a machete. According to Mr. George,  the lady identified as Odume Princess Paschaline, ...

Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpassed 100,000 mark on Sunday after 1,024 new cases were registered. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed cases of the virus in the country have reached 100,087. Eight new deaths ...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu again on Sunday, defended the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to continue keeping the current service chiefs despite several calls for their removal from office.The presidential ...

Some unknown persons have constructed a bridge worth N20 million in a remote area in Ijebu East Local Government area of Ogun State. The bridge, it was gathered, was built across Oluwo river to link Omo Forest in Area J4 ...

  A two-year-old boy identified as Zino ,who was allegedly being maltreated and starved by his father and step mum has been rescued in Delta State The child’s plight was brought to social media by a Facebook User, Kwin Oge. ...

A Nigerian man and his ENTIRE family have perished in an auto crash.  The man, Prince Nuhu Hamman’Gabdo who held the traditional title of Galadima of Gashaka Chiefdom, died in an auto crash along the Nasarawa – Abuja expressway yesterday, ...

2020 Big Brother Naija housemate, Kiddwaya is bereaved. The ex-reality star today, January 10, announced the demise of his grandmother. Kidwayya took to social media to break the news of her passing away. In his tweet he wrote “mama” and ...

Yinka Akinbami, a pastor at House on the Rock church, died from Covid-19 complications on Saturday, the Senior Pastor of the church has announced. Disclosing the development on his Twitter handle, today, Paul Adefarasin, the senior pastor of the church, ...