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Justice Okon Abang of The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume.   Ndume has been detained in Kuje prison since Monday following his failure to produce Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has recovered 600-year-old Ife Terracotta which was smuggled out of the country in 2019.   The Terracotta was formally received by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, from his Foreign Affairs counterpart, ...

Nasarawa State Police Command on Thursday said it has arrested a 27-year-old Cephas Iliya for killing his former employer, late Martin’s Omeri. Late Omeri was a Deputy Chief auditor in the office of the Accountant General of the federation, Abuja ...

Despite video evidence to the contrary, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied announcing an increment in the fine for hate speech from N500, 000 to N5m. Mohammed, who on August 5, 2020, announced the decision of ...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday lamented the high rate of insecurity in the North, saying it was the worst place in the country  to live.   The Sultan, who stated this at the fourth  quarterly meeting ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday admitted that Nigeria has 200 million poor people and asked the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to consider this when sharing production cuts.   The President stated that asides the 200 million poor people, ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday afternoon shot dead the First Class traditional ruler of Ifon, the Olufon of Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Israel Adeusi.   The traditional ruler, who was returning to ...

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has directed all cleared contestants in the forthcoming local government elections scheduled to hold January 16 to be subjected to a compulsory drug test.   The state commissioner for information, Muhammad Garba, disclosed this ...

Drama, confusion and disbelief engulfed the atmosphere when a patient who had been declared dead and taken to the Kapkatet sub-county hospital mortuary, Kenya suddenly ‘resurrected.’   A morgue attendant is said to have realised the man was still alive ...

An attempt by the family of the budding songwriter, Daniel Chibuike Ikeagwuchi, who was shot dead by a policeman in Port Harcourt to seek justice at the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry was thrown out at today’s sitting.   ...

A former BBC journalist and his partner were both found dead in the same room at home, an inquest has heard.   John Stevenson, 68, was found on the floor near his bed in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 12 ...

The father of Chisom Chukwuneke, the girl who had seven A1s in the 2019 WAEC examination, has paid her a touching tribute. Sharing his tribute on Facebook, her dad who had flown her out to South Africa to have a ...

Diego Maradona’s body arrived at the presidential palace in Argentina today as a grieving country prepares to pay its last respects to the flawed football genius who died on Wednesday at the age of 60.  As a crowd of weeping ...

Former Nigeria head of state, Yakubu Gowon, has denied allegations that he took to the United Kingdom “half of the Central Bank of Nigeria”.   A member of the UK Parliament, Tom Tugendhat, made the claims during a debate on ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave to a civil society group to commence a suit seeking detailed information on N523m which the Federal Government claimed to have spent on feeding of school children during the Covid-19 lockdown ...

Sudan’s former prime minister and top opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi is dead. He died from a coronavirus infection on Thursday, his party said. The 84-year-old was the country’s last democratically elected prime minister before he was toppled in 1989 by ...

The police in Lagos have arrested four suspected armed robbers terrorizing Alakuko area of the State and its environs. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement said the police operatives attached to Alakuko Station, with the help ...

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden received congratulations for his election victory from China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday. Biden is prepared to give a speech highlighting the challenges Americans face as Covid-19 cases surge on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday. ...

Millions of women will get free tampons after Scotland’s Parliament unanimously passed a landmark vote.   It means Scotland will become the first country to make period products freely available. The law introduces a legal right of free access to ...

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, revealed that it has reached out to the British Government over the threat by the UK Parliament, to impose sanctions on Nigerian officials over their roles in the EndSARS protests.   The Minister of Foreign ...

An Ekiti State High Court on Tuesday sentenced two persons, Adekunle Osho, 31, and Chinedu Ugwu, 34, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Adekunle Adeleye said Osho and Ugwu were actively involved in robbery and were linked with ...

The police in Kano has arrested a 21-year-old, Kabiru Mahmud, with 49 parcels of Indian hemp.   The police spokesperson in Kano, Abdullahi Kiyawa said that Mr Mahmud was arrested at Danbire village while transporting the substance from his family ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed its commitment to deploying more technology and innovation to further enhance the transparency of the electoral process.   INEC said the use of its public viewing portal during the governorship elections in Edo ...

A constabulary, Basiru has been arrested by operatives of the Kano State Shariah police popularly known as Hisbah in Rumawa area, Ungogo Local government area for alleged s.e.x.ual exploitation.   It was also gathered that Basiru’s accomplice, one Jamilu has ...

    A man has been accused of raping and killing a young mum in Brazil before tying a 11-year-old girl next to the dead body. The lady, Rhayany Rhutila Moraes Silva aged 30 was allegedly attacked by the man ...