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CNN has concluded their investigations on the October 20 shooting that took place at Lekki toll, Lagos where soldiers allegedly shot at peaceful #EndSARS protesters. Though the Army has denied this, here’s however an exclusive report by CNN — where ...

MasterChef Junior star Ben Watkins has died at the age of 14. He had been undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago when he died this week, his family have confirmed. Ben competed ...

  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has expressed that the payment platform proposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) does not have hardware backing. Recall that the union has been on strike for over eight months in protest ...

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, said he has no regrets leaving the Peoples Democratic Party to join the ruling All Progressives Congress.   He was reacting to criticism of his political switch to the APC on Tuesday. The governor who ...

The Lagos State Government has shutdown 16 health facilities across the State for non-compliance with regulatory standards.   The Executive Secretary, Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, Dr. Abiola Idowu who disclosed this in her office in Ikeja, while ...

A young woman who woke up to find her head had swollen to the size of a football after she had an allergic reaction to hair dye has called on people to “be smart” and always get a patch test. ...

  Kogi state has recorded 20 new cases of leprosy, the state’s Programme officer for Leprosy Mission Nigeria (LMN) Mrs Hannah Fashona revealed. Leprosy is a chronic, curable infectious disease mainly causing skin lesions and nerve damage, and is caused by ...

The Kano State Police Command has arrested 24-year-old Habibu Sale, who kidnapped and killed eight-year-old Asiya Tasiu in Chikawa village, Gabasawa Local Government Area of the state after collecting a ransom of N500,000.   This was just as the suspect ...

A nurse has described “horrific” conditions at a hospital saying patients with the worst coronavirus cases are left to die in a room dubbed “the pit”.   Lawanna Rivers made the shocking claim about University Medical Center in El Paso, ...

A Nigerien helicopter has been allegedly gunned down by suspected Boko Haram fighters in Borno state.   A senior security source told The Nation that five passengers of the helicopter died in the incident. “The helicopter was said to be ...

Twitter on Tuesday said it was rolling out tweets which disappear after 24 hours, joining rival social platforms in offering ephemeral messages.   The new “fleets” which had been tested in several countries in recent months are “for sharing momentary ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigeria is in dire need of healing, following the #EndSARS protests that resulted in massive destruction across the country.   Osinbajo said this at the Consultative Forum on Rebuilding Lagos and Inauguration of the ...

A trans teen born with male genitalia and raised as a boy has become pregnant after finding out that she has female reproductive parts.   Mikey Chanel, who is in her second trimester at four months, was only diagnosed with ...

Nollywood actor, Alex Ekubo has blasted a woman who advised Nigerian-American actress, Yvonne Orji not to work with him.   Alex shared a photo he took with Yvonne and captioned it, “First it was bitter, then it was sweet, then ...

A teacher Mrs Ndubisi Obiechina who told the Lagos state judicial panel of enquiry on Restitution for Victims of Special Anti- Roberry Square, SARS Related Abuses and Matters that she lost two pregnancy, today told the panel that popular billionaire ...

                          An Owerri Magistrate Court on Monday remanded Herclus Okoro representing Ohaji Egbema State Constituency in the Imo House of Assembly, in the state correctional facility for alleged ...

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has approved the reopening of Nursery and Primary Schools in the state from the 23rd of November.   This was disclosed in a statement signed by Sir Chidi Adiele on behalf of the ...

Donald Trump had to be talked out of launching a missile strike at Iran days after he lost the US election due to fears it could start a war.   The President, with just two months left in office, asked ...

Haruna Kuye, district head of Gidan Zaki, Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna state, has been shot dead.   Kuye and his son were killed after gunmen invaded their residence in the early hours of Tuesday, according to Samuel ...

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 ...