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The federal government has approved the resumption of the collection of Service-Based electricity Tariffs (SBT) from next week, after sealing a deal with organised labour.   The government was forced to suspend the implementation of the new electricity tariff regime ...

No fewer than 72 members of a Nigerian mafia organisation in Italy, including their leader, 50-year-old Emmanuel Okenwa aka ‘Boogye’, have been arrested.   The operation was carried out by more than 200 Italian policemen in Turin and Ferrara. Italian ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has asked the personnel of the force to protect themselves against attacks from any quarter. He said the men and officers have the right to defend themselves in case of physical danger. The IGP ...

  Positive news for Madrid over big 2021 target Kylian Mbappe has already told PSG that he wants to leave the club, according to OK Diario. He does not want to go to war with the Ligue 1 champions but does want to ...

The judicial panel appointed by the Lagos State Government to investigate police abuses and the shooting at the Lekki toll gate, has recovered bullet shells from the scene.   Six shells were found Friday, 10 days after the shooting, officials ...

A mother was too busy meeting strangers from the internet for sex to stop her boyfriend abusing her two year-old son to death.   Candice Jones, 32, was condemned for priorities as she was sentenced to up to 15 years ...

                        Tension has gripped the people of Oka Akoko in Ondo State following the gruesome murder of a 43-year-old security guard in the community by suspected ritualists.   The ...

Sindika Dokolo, the Congolese businessman and art collector husband of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, has died in a diving accident in Dubai, a colleague and two family members said on Friday.   They said the exact cause of the ...

A fire outbreak has been reported at Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB), Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.   General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed the fire outbreak on Friday. He said the agency ...

A total of 1,355,203 persons have been tested for HIV in Akwa Ibom between April and October this year.   The Deputy Director Technical, Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS), Dr Pius Nwaokoro stated this on Thursday in Uyo ...

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said politicians must prioritise governance to benefit the people.   Obaseki, who said this in Benin City on Thursday, added that he was not in government to be famous or make money ...

  Hoodlums on Wednesday night stabbed to death the 38-year-old son of a former Director General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim, around Kawo in Kaduna North Local Government Area.   Daily Trust reports that the deceased, ...

Bila Charles Kabore, the 90 year-old father of Bukina Faso president is dead.   President Muhammadu Buhari called President Marc Christian Kabore on Thursday to commiserate with him. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, ...

A six-year-old girl has been r.a.p.e.d and murdered in a sickening attack.   Little Inathi Mhlahlo disappeared on her way to buy sweets and crisps from her local shop in Mdantsane, South Africa. But her family became concerned when she ...

The Lagos State Police command has arrested the fleeing Sergeant Eze Aiwansone, attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 16, Ikeja, for the shooting of his girlfriend, Joy Eze.   The incident occurred on 8th October, 2020, at Opebi ...

  Police in Wote, Makueni County, Kenya are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 36-year-old man whose body was found outside Bushman nightclub in Wote Town Thursday morning.   Makueni County Police Commander Joseph Ole Napeiyan told K24 ...

A 14-year-old autistic boy was allegedly beaten to death by his older stepbrother while his mum did nothing to stop him.   David Matheny, 33, and his 52-year-old mum Rebecca Greenwood are both jointly charged with the murder of Sayeed ...

  Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has called for support for the police and other security agencies, while stating that the worst policeman is better than the best criminal. According to Channels Television, Governor Abdulrahman said this while receiving the ...

A 67-year-old man, Abraham Olayinka, has been rescued after jumping into Asa River on Abdulwahab Folawiyo, Unity Road, Ilorin, Kwara State.   Punch Metro gathered that the incident occurred around 11.30am on Monday. Traders within the vicinity, who saw him ...

Oh dear! Nigerians on social media have called for the arrest of Lagos lawmaker, Mojisola Alli-Macauley for allegedly using CA-COVID palliatives as her birthday souvenir. It all started when the lawmaker called Nigerian youths drug addicts, saying they go on ...

Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was ordered back to prison Thursday as the country’s Supreme Court upheld a 17-year jail term for bribery and embezzlement offences.   The conservative Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, had ...

Lagos lawmaker, Desmond Elliot has been forced to apologise for calling Nigerian youths CHILDREN. The lawmaker was dragged front and back ad across every Nigerian market today after the video of him calling the youths CHILDREN was leaked online today. ...

Suspected hoodlums under the guise of EndSARS protesters in Ebonyi have murdered a Police Inspector, Mr Egu Omini and cut off his manhood.   The hoodlums also snatched his AK-47 rifle after attacking a police station in Abakaliki, the state ...

Hours after he escaped from Oko Correctional Centre in Edo state, with other prisoners, a yet to be disclosed Prisoner, has reportedly killed his neighbor who testified against him in court.   About 1,993 prisoners escaped from two correctional facilities ...

Saudi Arabia will open the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims from other countries from Nov. 1, Saudi media reported on Thursday. The news comes as the kingdom relaxes measures it had taken to check the spread of the coronavirus. ...