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The police in Ogun state on Friday arrested two men, Francis Obeya and Emmanuel Abah for stealing a motorcycle belonging to their employer. The suspects were arrested following a distress call received from a Lagos based company at the Police ...

Grindr, a social networking and online dating application for g.a.y.s, bis.e.xuals, transgender and queer people has ranked Nigeria its third top user. In the list of the top five users of the app, Morocco and India rank first and second ...

Suspected hoodlums on Friday morning laid siege on Sabo area of Osogbo and injured some traders and others in the vicinity. Although policemen had been deployed to the scene when our correspondent visited the area, gunshots fired by the hoodlums ...

No fewer than four passengers travelling for the Yuletide celebration on Thursday lost their lives in a fatal multiple road crash along the Benin -Ekpoma-Abuja highway, in Edo State. The crash which occurred near Obagie community, in Uhunmwonde Local Government ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,041 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 81,963.   The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. “1041 new #COVID19 ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he’s always pained each time a breach of peace and insecurity occur in the country. The President, in his Christmas message to Nigerians also preached salvation just as he called for citizens’ support for the military and other security ...

Armed bandits sneaked into the Galadimawa Market, in Giwa local government area of Kaduna State, and killed two vigilantes, five others. 330 bags of maize were also burnt by the bandits. According to Samuel Aruwan, the state’s Commissioner for the ...

Former Governor of Kano state Rabiu Kwankwaso lost his father, Alhaji Musa Saleh Kwankwaso, in the early hours of Friday 25th of December 2020. Alhaji Musa Saleh Kwankwaso, the Majidadin Kano/Makaman Karaye, died at the age of 93. He left ...

Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah sparked controversy on social media after he joined Christians to celebrate Christmas.The Liverpool star posted a photo of his family in front of a Christmas tree. The Liverpool star shared the picture of himself, his wife, ...

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to let kindness reign as they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Tinubu, in a Christmas message on Thursday in Lagos, also beseeched all to place in their ...

Jumoke Oludele, the younger sister to Sunkanmi Babalola, the Deputy Majority Leader in the Oyo State House of Assembly, has been reportedly kidnapped in Ibadan by suspected gunmen. The lady was said to have been kidnapped on Monday night around ...

One of Russia’s most colourful billionaires, Igor Sosin, has been found dead in Zanzibar. The retail magnate and portfolio investor, 53, a father of six, was earlier reported to have recovered from coronavirus. His death came on a festive holiday ...

A 20-year-old Russian beautician is fighting for life after a pack of wild dogs gnawed her face off during a frenzied attack. Tatyana Loskutnikova, a nail artist, was savaged by a pack of 10 dogs as she walked through Ulan-Ude ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned Church leaders not to violate the 12am to 4am COVID-19 curfew declared by the Federal Government as they prepare for their Crossover services. Sanwo-Olu, who address Lagosians for the first time after overcoming ...

  A few days ago a married woman was caught in bed with a man she brought into her matrimonial house. She was however caught by her husband and his family in bed with him. A member of the family ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students has accused members of the Oyo State Security Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, deployed in Oyo town of killing a 400-level student of the University of Ibadan, Akolade Gbadebo. The NANS Joint Campus ...

The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the death of Eesa of Inisa town in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, Chief Enoch Ajiboso while presiding over Muslims peace meeting.   It was gathered that the former Chairman of ...

A toddler has died after swallowing a tiny button battery which began generating electricity inside her and eroded through her tissues, causing terrible burns.   One year-old Reese Smith died last Thursday, weeks after taking the button battery out of ...

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says Nigeria will be a safe place to live in when politicians stop the use of thugs and criminals during elections. “When politicians begin to stop the use of thugs, touts or some group of ...

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five suspects, including an herbalist, for dismembering a 45-year-old housewife, Memunat Akinde, and a motorcyclist, Ibikunle Ajose. The suspects allegedly committed the offence in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the ...

A notorious robber and rapist, Adeniyi Ajayi, escaped from the custody of the Lagos State Police Command during the #EndSARS protest. A source at the command headquarters said Ajayi, aka Ogologo, shortly after his arrest by operatives of the defunct ...

Sixty per cent of primary school teachers in Borno state lacked requisite teaching qualifications, a committee on Biometric Data Capture of Local Education Authority Staff in Borno has found. The Chairman of the committee, Dr Shettima Kulima, made this known ...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed the death of one of its corps and member, Bomoi Suleiman Yusuf, who was allegedly murdered by armed robbers on his way home from orientation camp. According to reports, the Batch B ...

Manchester United will host local rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-finals. Championship side Brentford will face a trip to fellow Londoners Tottenham Hotspur in the other semi-final as the race to lift the first major silverware of the ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that he will do everything to make sure the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) does not embark on another strike. Ngige stated this on Wednesday, while speaking on Channels ...