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A mum is accused of abandoning her newborn baby son in a dirty nappy on a stranger’s doorstep after her boyfriend broke up with her.   Melissa Kelley has been charged with unlawful desertion and child neglect after allegedly leaving ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a warrant for the arrest of son of former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal, following his refusal to appear for continuation of his trial on money laundering ...

A middle-aged woman was on Tuesday crushed to death by a hit-and-run driver in Onitsha, Anambra state. The deceased was reportedly killed opposite a private hospital at the Upper Iweka area of the commercial city. The Nation gathered the driver ...

The Senate on Tuesday read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking confirmation of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for a second term.   Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan read the letter on the floor ...

Some gunmen on Monday kidnapped Babawuro Tofai Nanono, younger brother of Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono.   The gunmen were said to have stormed the minister’s home in Tofai Village under Gabasawa Local Government Area in Kano around 1:00am and ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, should be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Center, following his inability to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday said that 138 members of the National Youth Service  Corps (NYSC) had so far tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.   Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, said this at ...

One person was killed when seven people were shot at a Brooklyn apartment building on Sunday night in what appeared to be a targeted attack, police and sources said.   Bullets started flying just after 11 p.m. at the building ...

Thousands of families lined up for hours in Atlanta on Saturday for a chance to get a free Thanksgiving food and gift card from media mogul Tyler Perry on Sunday morning. Cars stretched for miles in multiple directions Sunday, as ...

A 19-year-old girl, Jemila Ibrahim, has been arrested in Lagos for allegedly setting ablaze the home and girlfriend of her ex-lover at the Festac area of the state, leading to the death of the victim.   According to a statement ...

This is the devastating moment a Porsche driver accidentally crashes over a wall while trying to park the vehicle.   CCTV footage of the incident in Manningtree, Essex, has gone viral on social media. The driver of the car – ...

Piers Morgan mocked Susanna Reid’s ‘surgery’ as they celebrated five years together on Good Morning Britain.   The GMB host, 55, had not been best pleased when Dr Hilary Jones took aim at him as he suggested that Susanna hadn’t ...

A family of three, was on Monday morning wiped out in a fatal auto crash that occurred along the Benin-Auchi expressway.   The deceased, a father, his wife and their infant were said to be heading towards the Auchi end ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has approved the promotion of 82,779 junior officers to the next ranks.   The list comprises 56,779 Sergeants to Inspector, 17,569 Corporal to Sergeants, and 8,431 Constables to Corporal. Force Public Relations Officer, DCP ...

The Nigerian government, on Monday, asked the American based news outlet, the Cable News Network (CNN) to reexamine its investigative report on the Lekki shootings, which it (Nigerian government) had earlier dismissed as unfair and inaccurate.   The federal government ...

Kwaito star Mshoza, real name Nomasonto Maswanganyi, died on Thursday morning due to complications from diabetes.   The 37-year-old musician first revealed that she was diabetic in 2014 when she was hospitalised after a health scare. Her manager of 11 ...

Malam Isa Ali Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has lost his 13-year old daughter, Aishah Isa.   The Minister announced the passage of the Aisha on Monday evening on his Twitter handle. He however did not indicate ...

The nine abducted students of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, have been released.   The Director of Public Affairs of ABU, Mallam Auwal Umar, confirmed the development to Punch Metro on the telephone on Sunday. Umar said the ...

The Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Philip Shekwo kidnapped Saturday at about 11 pm was on Sunday afternoon found dead a few metres away from his residence in Lafia metropolis.   This is even as the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has condemned the killing of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chairman, Mr. Philip Shekwo.   The President welcomed the decision of the Inspector General of Police to send reinforcement of men and ...

Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji Aje-Ogunguniso 1, and his wife Olori Rasheedat Adetunji, today visited the All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at his Bourdillon, Ikoyi, Lagos residence.   Full pic below….    

The police in Oyo State have confirmed the arrest of two suspects allegedly linked with the roasting and eating of the flesh of police officers burnt in Ibadan during #EndSARS protest.   Police Spokesman at the Oyo State Command, SP ...

The Upper Area Court at Kubwa in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the immediate arrest of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, son of Nigeria’s former Vice-President.   Bashir Danmaisule gave the order, following Abubakar’s failure to comply with a judgment that he should ...

A prophet, Segun Philip, Bola Adeeko, and her son, Owolabi Adeeko, on Friday, was arraigned before an Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo for the alleged murder of a 400-level Lagos State University student identified as Favour Daley-Oladele.   ...

Oyo State government, on Thursday, sealed off six hotels, four commercial banks, three filling stations, and seven companies for defaulting from paying the state’s land use charges.   In line with  the  government’s Land Use Charge revenue demand bill, the ...