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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 ...

There is more trouble for Nigeria as COVID-19 hits harder with 1,133 fresh cases reported on Wednesday. This is the second time Nigeria is recording over 1,000 cases and the second highest since February when the pandemic broke out. The ...

A yet-to-be-identified woman was confirmed dead on Tuesday afternoon in a lone road accident that occurred along Ilesa, Ile-Ife road, Osun State.   The fatal accident happened around 1:30 pm on Tuesday at Obadare (Wosem) Ilesa- Ife Expressway, Ilesa. It ...

A petrol tanker fire incident on Wednesday, killed six persons and set ablaze about 30 buildings in Jebba town, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State.   The petrol tanker, which was travelling through the town, reportedly lost control and ...

Following the rising cases of coronavirus, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has ordered that all bars, restaurants, leisure gardens, and event centres should be shut for five weeks.   He also directed that informal and formal festivity ...

An L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy allegedly had s.e.x on the Universal Studios lot, and the guy had his mic open for all to hear … and the recording is now the talk of the department. Apparently one of the participants ...

A high school teacher from West Pokot County, Kenya on Monday, December 21 died by suicide. The body of Lucy Chebet Lokortodo, 30, a teacher at Kalya Mixed Secondary School in Kipkomo Sub-County, was found hanging from a rope tied ...