News

Health Minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana Anil Vij, who was given a trial dose of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in November, tested positive for the virus on Saturday. Vij, who is the holding charge of several ministries ...

The Police Command in Benue says it has arrested Mr Jeremiah Nnamdi, a student of Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM) over the alleged killing of an associate professor at the institution, Karl Kwaghger. This is contained in a statement ...

Over 50 hoodlums disrupted the electoral process in the polling units at Agbala town, Ikorodu, during the Lagos-bye elections on Saturday.   The hoodlums who claimed to belong to different cult groups ( Eiye and Aiye included) stormed polling unit ...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Ali Ndume, said he has instructed his legal team to begin the process of terminating the surety bond he signed for captured fugitive Abdulrasheed Maina. The senator from Borno said he could ...

The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions on Chinese officials for allegedly participating in coercive influence activities around the world. In a statement, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced new visa restrictions on Chinese officials who have engaged ...

A driver, Tigidam Bright, has been arrested for his complicity in the kidnapping of his boss’ wife, Mrs Gift Topba, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He was apprehended alongside two suspected kidnappers – Isaac Michael, Leera Barisua – by operatives ...

A bold woman is raising thousands of pounds for mental health by cycling around London almost n.a.k.e.d. Kerri Barnes, 25, cycled past London’s Covent Garden, Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace wearing nothing but glitter across her chest and a nude ...

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has applied to withdraw the suit it filed to stop various panels probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of impunity by police officials, particularly men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The ...

President-elect Joe Biden’s margin over President Donald Trump in the nationwide popular vote is now more than 7 million votes and may continue to grow as several states continue counting votes. Biden’s lead over Trump is the second largest since ...

Maryam Sanda, the woman sentenced to death for killing her husband, plans to file an appeal at the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn the judgements of the lower courts. Her counsel and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), ...

Footballer Emmanuel Adebayor has accused his ex-girlfriend Dillish Matthews of cheating and lying.   The Togolese professional footballer has accused the Big Brother Africa Dillish of several vices on his Instagram stories and tagged it “Pay Back Friday”. In a ...

  Amitolu Shittu, the Osun State commandant of the regional security network, Amotekun, has disclosed that the outfit would not tolerate indecent dressing and bastardizing of Yoruba language by the youth when it begins full operation in March 2021. In ...

The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has warned officers and men of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state to desist from extorting money from motorists. He gave the warning in a speech at the distribution of the second ...

A video of a female soldier seen assaulting a physically challenged man has gone viral. This happened at his daughter’s school in Ibadan, Oyo state. A twitter user identified as Olumuyiwa Bolade Adedeji narrates the incident thus; ”I was beaten ...

Alfred Aderibigbe, a personal nurse to Davido’s uncle and ex-Osun State Governor, Isiaka Adeleke, arraigned for killing the politician was on Thursday  discharged and acquitted by the court.   Aderibigbe, who treated the late Adeleke before his death, had been ...

The management of Arik Air has relieved 300 members of staff of their appointments. This was announced in a statement by the airline on Friday. It blamed the sacking on the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. The press statement was titled, ...

  Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa state, says President Muhammadu Buhari needs to seek forgiveness from God because he has failed Nigerians. The former governor, who spoke with BBC Hausa, lamented over the killing of farmers in Borno state. ...

The Ogun State Police Command on Thursday said it has discovered another baby factory home in Mowe town of Obafemi-Owode local government area of the state.d The command’s public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement, adding ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has denied ordering or giving permission to a suit filed by the police challenging the constitutionality of the judicial panels set up by various state governments to investigate police brutality.   Mr Adamu has, ...

The Borno State Government has doled out N600,000 each to forty-eight families affected by the killing of farmers in Zabarmari, Jere LGA. In addition to the cash gift, the bereaved families also got food items like rice, beans, maize, vegetable ...

Newly married Senator Elisha Abbo, who became really famous after ”assaulting” a woman at an Abuja s.e.x toy shop has allegedly assaulted another Nigerian — this time a male.   In a video making the rounds on social media, he ...

A Russian YouTuber was arrested following a sickening live broadcast in which his pregnant girlfriend died after he was paid to subject her to cruel abuse.   Egged on by his online audience, Stas Reeflay allegedly forced Valentina Grigoryeva out ...

Recall the ex-pension boss was bundled back to Nigeria today from Niger Republic after trying to flee from the long arm of the law?Well Melaye shared a video of him landing at the airport with an official holding tight to ...

  The Nigeria Police Force has filed a law suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja for an order to stop the various states’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and extrajudicial killings of the disbanded Special ...

  A Twitter user has narrated how a lady turned down a N190k job offer in Lagos because she’s scared of Third Mainland Bridge. According to the Twitter user @lollypeezle, the lady has phobia and thought she would be given the role ...