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Eight students of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, have been abducted during an attack on motorists along the Kaduna-Abuja road on Sunday.   Many people were abducted in the incident that reportedly led to the deaths of two persons. ...

A Benin High Court, Edo State, on Monday sentenced a woman and her children to 38 years’ imprisonment for trafficking a 19-year-old girl to Russia for s.e.x.u.a.l exploitation.   The two siblings, Mr Endurance Ehiozee, 37,  and Miss Vivian Ehioze, ...

The Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, has presented a car and the sum of N2m to a 50-year-old man, Dahiru Buba.   Recall Buba had trekked from Gombe to Abuja to celebrate the result of the 2015 presidential ...

  The Akeredolu Campaign Organisation has condemned a recent statement credited to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election,  Mr Eyitayo Jegede, saying some people were after his life . Jegede in a statement by ...

US President-elect, Joe Biden, has expressed frustration about Donald Trump’s refusal to cooperate on the White House transition process.   According to Biden, “more people may die” without a coordinated fight on Covid-19. He stated this while speaking to reporters ...

The Lagos State Government has warned religious leaders in the state against a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, urging them to intensify safety protocols to avert the spread of the virus.   The state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Anofiu ...

A 13-year-old child bride has been forced to marry a 48-year-old man in a sickening wedding ceremony in the Philippines.   Chilling photos show the man cradling the teen in the town of Mamasapano in Maguindanao province on October 22. ...

Tributes have been paid to a ‘happy-go-lucky’ barmaid who was found dead in bed.   Jane Hamilton passed away at the home in Biddulph, Staffordshire, she shared with her partner on November 9. Her grief-stricken family who are yet to ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday broke its silence on recent hike in fuel price by the Federal Government, rejecting the move and called for immediate reversal.   The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian ...

The United Arab Emirates said Sunday it will grant all doctors and infectious disease experts living in the country a 10-year visa, who are helping to combat the coronavirus pandemic.   Foreigners in the UAE, like most Gulf countries, are ...

A racing pigeon has sold at auction for more than £1.4 million to a mystery Chinese buyer. The three-year-old hen called New Kim was sold by Belgian auctioneers Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) in an online auction for 1.6 million euros on Sunday. ...

Three men have been arrested by men of the Ogun State police command during a robbery operation in the Iju area of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area. According to the police, the suspects are “members of a robbery gang who have ...

                      Julie Loving has given birth to her granddaughter after daughter Breanna Lockwood asked Loving to serve as her surrogate.   Lockwood had learned from her doctors that she would ...

Former United States President Barack Obama has urged the incumbent Donald Trump to concede to Joe Biden.   He gave the counsel in his interview with CBS News programme, 60 Minutes. In the Sunday night broadcast, Obama told Trump to ...

Davido, has bragged about his wealth in a trending video.   Davido was captured in the video storming a jewelry store in the US while on a diamond shopping spree with his second daughter, Hailey told the shop attendant to ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, will today begin hearing in the certificate forgery suit instituted against Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki by the All Progressives Congress (APC).   The APC is praying to the court to quash his nomination by ...

A lecturer with the University Calabar, Samuel Odey, on Monday said many lecturers have now resorted to begging due to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.   Odey also claimed that some lecturers have started ...

Mrs Walida Isa, the Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said five prospective corps members have tested positive for COVID -19.   Isa made the disclosure at the swearing-in of the 2020 Batch `B’ Stream 1 ...

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo arrived in Lagos on Sunday.   The vice-president’s visit was to launch the State govt’s Rebuilding efforts after the damages that followed the recent EndSARS protests. He, however, paid courtesy calls to the Oba of ...

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, reportedly appeared in public for the first time in 25 days, South Korean news agency Yonhap said on Monday, amid continued speculation over his health.   KCNA state news agency said Kim on Sunday ...

  President Donald Trump has accused the mainstream American media of taking sides and not reflecting on his side of the story, asking as to why does the “Fake News Media” continuously assume that President-elect Joe Biden will ascend to the ...

Residents of Olusoga, Daniel, Awawu streets and environs in Mushin, Lagos had a sleepless night on Sunday as hoodlums came in large number to terrorise the area.   In the process, over 20 vehicles and 50 shops were vandalised. It ...

Twenty new cases of leprosy have been recorded in Kogi State according to the Kogi state program officer, Leprosy Mission Nigeria (LMN).   Briefing newsmen in Lokoja on Monday at the COVID-19 response palliatives distribution for communities of persons affected ...

An Islamic scholar and security expert, Malam Lawal Gusau, has reported a group, Feminist Coalition, to the Department of State Services for the role the coalition played in the #EndSARS protests.   Gusau also lodged a complaint against a member ...

A Nigerian man based in Canada, Bayo Adedosu, has offered cash reward to anyone who  can give evidence of casualties at the October 20th Lekki Shooting, where the Nigerian Army allegedly shot at protesters. Bayo is saying the person must ...