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Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared seven days of national mourning in honour of former President Jerry John Rawlings, who died today. In a statement issued by the Presidency in Accra, he said: “I have directed that all ...

The Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, in ceremonial police uniform, and a female para-military officer, also in uniform (names withheld), earlier today collapsed at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, during the second-term inauguration of the governor and his ...

A frontline human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has been dragged to the International Criminal Court, ICC.   Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, was dragged to ICC by an organisation, Make Nigeria Better Initiative, MNBI, for allegedly instigating the ...

The younger brother of Edo State Deputy Governor, Frederick Shaibu who was kidnapped on Monday has been reportedly released.   Vanguard gathered that ransom was paid but it was not disclosed how much was paid before he was released. A ...

The Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Emmanuel Ikwulono. has died.   Dr Ikwulono died yesterday afternoon after spending three months as Commissioner. He was sworn in on August 5, 2020, after his predecessor, Dr Sunday Ongbabo ...

The Lagos state Police Command, on Wednesday, dismissed ten police officers for various offences.   The command’s spokesperson, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday made available to newsmen in the state. He mentioned that the ...

Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana has died of coronavirus-related complications at the age of 73, according to multiple reports from Ghanaian media.   The development comes less than a month after he buried his mother. Rawlings, who is one ...

An Afghan woman had her eyes gouged with a knife after she enraged her father by getting a job and he allegedly  tipped off the Taliban.   Khatera, 33, was attacked outside a police station in Afghanistan’s central Ghazni province where ...

The Nigerian Army has declared 81 terrorists of Boko Haram and ISWAP wanted.   At the top of the pictorial list are Abubakar Shekau and Abu Al-Barnawi.   The army also announced that it has co-opted more Civilian Joint Task ...

The Nigerian Army has declared 81 terrorists of Boko Haram and ISWAP wanted.   At the top of the pictorial list are Abubakar Shekau and Abu Al-Barnawi.   The army also announced that it has co-opted more Civilian Joint Task ...

The US Air Force has charged a two-star Major General with s.e,xual assault in what could be the first court-martial of a general in its 73-year history.   Major General William Cooley is accused of forcibly kissing and touching a ...

Douglas Emhoff, the husband of US vice president-elect Kamala Harris, has quit his law firm job for a White House role despite claiming he wouldn’t go into politics.   The 56-year-old has left his private law practice to focus on ...

A man has been caught right inside a cemetery in Rivers State. The man was caught invoking spirits at a cemetery around Bonny area of Rivers state. A Facebook user, Adolf Ramsom Pepple shared the images and what led to ...

A Las Vegas woman has been charged to court after she was arrested for drowning her two infant daughters because their organs were ‘worth a lot of money,’ according to authorities.Amanda Sharp-Jefferson faces two counts of murder after her 1-year-old ...

A 17-year old single mother was allegedly shot dead by her ex-boyfriend while holding her young son after refusing to take him back. Hevelyn da Sant’Anna Rosa was shot in the head outside the home she shared with her family in ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern about the on-going clampdown and freezing of bank accounts of #EndSARS protesters by the Buhari government.   The party expressed the concern in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola ...

Publisher of Sahara Reporters and convener of #RevolutionNow campaign cried out on Wednesday night that he has been marked out to be either arrested or assassinated.   Sowore was arrested last year November and later charged with treason, for calling ...

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden appointed top Democratic official Ron Klain as his chief of staff and assistant to the president on Wednesday.   Klain is one of Biden’s closest confidants and first worked for the Democrat in 1989 when he ...

An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo on Wednesday remanded two female in Ilesha Correctional Facility for alleged attempt to murder Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.   The two identified as Suliyat Tajudeen (20yrs) and Ayomide Abdulazeez (20yrs) were charged for conspiracy, ...

US President Donald Trump is soliciting for funds to settle his election expenses.   The President has set up a GoFundMe account tagged ‘election defence fund’ to solicit money. According to the UK Guardian, Trump spent a little more money ...

  The management of Dangote Group has described as misleading reports that the company was granted sole approval to export cement through the land borders. In a statement Tuesday, the company said it was not the only company enjoying such privilege to ...

An 11-year-old school pupil in Germany threatened to behead his teacher in a chilling echo of last month’s terror attack in France – a week after saying he approved of the Paris atrocity. The boy made the violent threat in response to ...

Bola Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos, has declared support for the repeal of the state pension law.   On Tuesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed that a bill on the abrogation of the law would be sent to the House ...

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), responsible for the incorporation of organisations and businesses in Nigeria, has announced the cancellation of the registration of Enough is Enough, a business organisation linked to one of the leaders of the #EndSARS protest.   ...

Nigerians have fished out a video which captured the moment former Super Eagles player turned Pastor, Taribo West prophesied about President Trump being re-elected into office.   Taribo West in his church service which held on September 6, said Trump ...