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A schoolgirl has been killed at a Christmas lights switch-on when she was struck by a high-voltage blast of electricity, as she stood with her family. Julia Franco was photographed moments before she was electrocuted, happily enjoying the festivities in ...

Dramatic pictures show a child rapist collapsing in pain after being whipped 146 times in public. The 19-year-old abuser begged for mercy as he received the brutal punishment in Idi Rayeuk, East Aceh, Indonesia. After collapsing, the man was briefly ...

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital explained the reason why Boko Haram activities may continue unabated, saying that Nigeria has been denied access to acquire adequate weapons to fight terrorists. Speaking ...

The Nigerian police have announced the re-arrest of four prisoners who escaped from the Oko Prison during the #EndSARS protests. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, made this known on Monday during a parade of suspects at its tactical ...

The Senate of the University of Ibadan on Monday elected an Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebola Babatunde Ekanola.   Ekanola until his appointment was the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics. Five Professors had indicated interest in succeeding the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor ...

US President-Elect, Joe Biden, is set to announce a Nigerian-born attorney, Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo, as deputy Treasury secretary, US-based media Politico reported on Sunday.   Adeyemo, who is a former senior international economic adviser during the Obama administration, will serve ...

Justice T. B. Adegoke of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State today November 30, 2020, sentenced Onus Osagie Amahian, a former staff of Access Bank, to five years imprisonment.   Amahian was prosecuted by the Benin Zonal ...

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos State on Monday dissolved the 15-year-old marriage of a cleric, Yusuf Adeniyi, over infidelity. Yusuf’s wife, Rebecca, 44, sought the dissolution of the marriage, saying that she caught him cheating on her. Rebecca claimed ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has said, it has become apparent that President Buhari, and the All Progressives Congress regime he leads have become helpless as the nation’s security deteriorates. In a statement titled, “PDP Condemns Beheading of Farmers By Insurgents…Tasks ...

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said he received a vision from God that he would be Governor long before he joined the race. He said this while addressing a congregation at a service held to commemorate the second anniversary ...

Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has attributed the failure of the military in the North-East part of the country to the under-motivation of the soldiers. According to him, Boko Haram is fast taking over parts of Nigeria ...

US president-elect Joe Biden has a foot fracture and will likely have to wear a medical boot, his team said Sunday after the 78-year-old was taken to the doctor because he had slipped while playing with his dog. Biden, who ...

United Nations (UN) has revealed that not less than 110 civilians were killed by Boko Haram in the attack on a rice field in Borno State. A statement by the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon on ...

No fewer than eight persons were reportedly killed in a fresh crisis that erupted in the Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incidents occurred between Saturday and the early hours of Sunday, a government statement said. Four persons ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will today (Monday) re-arraign a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and six others, for an alleged fraudulent N544m grass-cutting contract, The Punch has learnt.   This will be the ...

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested one Mary Ime, a resident of Umoh Obot in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, who reportedly butchered her mother, Eka Ime on Friday, 27th November, 2020, ...

A man has been charged with the murder of a rapper who was reportedly killed as he took shopping to his grandmother. Terrell Davis, who performed as TM1way, was stabbed to death in Ramilles Close in Brixton Hill, south London, ...

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has flagged off rabbits empowerment scheme for youths in the state, Daily Nigerian reports.   Speaking at the flag-off ceremony on Friday, Mr Uzodinma said he is determined to engage youths in productive ...

A Waldorf, Maryland housewife shot and killed her police detective husband in an apparent murder-suicide Friday evening.   Police say Christina Francis, 41, fatally shot Timothy Francis, 50, before turning the gun on herself in a murder-suicide that shocked neighbors ...

One person has been confirmed dead in a fuel tanker explosion at a mechanic workshop in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident to newsmen said ...

A truck driver identified simply as Taiwo has met his tragic end after he fell from a bridge in the Kirikiri area of Lagos State and drowned. Taiwo had reportedly parked a truck on the bridge on Wednesday to have ...

The police in Rivers State have arrested three suspects who allegedly detonated explosives at a Pentecostal church, Christain Universal Church International, located at Mile 3, Diobu area of Port Harcourt. The church is said to be owned by the father ...

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has revealed that it will cost the ministry N81m to cut the grass and clear the weed that have taken over the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. He stated this ...

Six persons have died in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan highway on Saturday. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said one other person sustained injury in the accident involving a truck and a Honda Pilot Jeep. According to the ...

A 33-year-old man, Mr Emmanuel Ajomafuwe, is seeking justice for himself and his late 20-year-old girlfriend, Miss Adaobi Ifeanyi, with whom he was allegedly shot by a policeman. The alleged shooting which occurred during a traffic stop in Apapa, Lagos, ...