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Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of an eight-year-old boy, Abdullahi Usaini, in a well at Nariya village in Kibiya Local Government Area of the state.   Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, Public Relations Officer of the Service, announced this ...

A 29-year-old man, Ogbu Christian has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 7-year- old girl in Aniche street, Okpoko, Anambra State.   The suspect, a native of Mboshi in Iboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State who lives at ...

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been elected Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been elected Director General of the World Trade OrgaIn the final two-man race, she polled ...

Barely nine days after opening a platform for people across the state to report incidence of police violation and brutality, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde said no fewer than 46 people have lodged complaints.   Encouraging others to follow suit, ...

Tanzanians are voting today in a general election, amid reports of internet shutdown and the refusal of government to accredit thousands of election monitors.   In addition was the arrest of an opposition leader, Maalim Seif Sharif, in the semi-autonomous ...

There was only the merest hint of triumphalism in President Wavel Ramkalawan’s acceptance speech as he addressed an audience of invited dignitaries assembled in the manicured grounds of State House.   His election marks a seismic change for the islands, ...

China is on the brink of ‘world domination’ and Europe needs to wake up to the danger, a former German spy chief has said.   Gerhard Schindler said Beijing was ‘very cleverly’ spreading its influence across Europe, Asia and Africa ...

Refugees fleeing war and strife were allegedly tortured by police on the Croatian border.   Men have been forced to strip, lie on top of each other n.a.k.e.d and been beaten by men in black uniforms, according to reports received ...

Ex-lawmaker, Dino Melaye while showing gratitude to God for life has narrated how armed thugs were prevented from razing his house. The politician who represented Kogi West in the 8th National Assembly said on Tuesday that communal efforts stopped the ...

Nigeria has recorded 113 new cases of COVID-19, with three people killed by the virus on Tuesday.   This put the nation’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases at 62,224, with 57,916 survivors discharged and 1,135 deaths recorded. Of the 113 new ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for Covid-19 for the third time this month and will miss Juventus’ clash with Barcelona tomorrow.   The Portuguese star hoped to be able face foe Lionel Messi in the Champions League clash. But a ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed a Corps Assistant, Illiya Ibrahim of the Gwagwalada Division Abuja; the officer caught in a viral video looting Covid-19 palliatives at a warehouse in Abuja.   On Monday 26, 2020, ...

  South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has gone into self-quarantine, according to a statement from the presidency.   This is after a guest at a dinner attended by the president on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19. The fundraising dinner hosted ...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has tested positive for coronavirus.   The 50-year-old is experiencing mild symptoms and has begun self-isolating, world football’s governing body confirmed today. “FIFA president Gianni Infantino has received confirmation today that he has tested positive for ...

The Federal Government has warned that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder if the issue of fake news is not urgently addressed, insisting on the regulation of social media in the country . The House of Representatives has ...

A serial killer nicknamed ‘Lucifer’ has been accused of murdering 48 other inmates during his 25 years behind bars.   The extent of Marcos Paulo da Silva’s violence has earned him comparisons to Britain’s most dangerous prisoner, Charles Bronson. The ...

A small-scale tea farmer in Kericho County, Kenya has been admitted to hospital in critical condition after he reportedly chopped off his private parts in a fit of rage.   The 70-year-old man from Getarwet Sub-Location in Bureti constituency was ...

Police in Kandara, Murang’a County, Kenya have launched a hunt for two women who abducted and mutilated their victim’s genitals in late September 2020.   The victim, a 32-year-old resident of Gitura Village in Kandara, says she suspects her female ...

There was drama at Our Lady of Fatima in Jinja City after a woman who separated from her husband 30 years ago stormed the church service to block his plans of marrying another woman.   Ms Mary Baseka Norah, 58, ...

  The lawsuit instituted against All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, and tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta Consulting, by a former Managing Director of Alpha Beta, Dapo Apara, has suffered a setback due to the burning of the Lagos State ...

Alhaji Sadiq Umar-Daware, the Chairman, North East Commodity Association (NECAS) says hoodlums who took advantage of the #EndSARS protests, have carted away 110 new tractors and implements from the association’s warehouse in Yola.   Umar-Daware, who made this known in ...

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has directed all members of the church to commence a 30-day fast and prayer for Nigeria.   The RCCG Assistant General Overseer, Admin and Personnel, Pastor Johnson Odesola, ...

The #EndSARS violence spread to Mile 12 area of Lagos on Tuesday as hoodlums unleash terror on people and vandalised several BRT buses.   It was gathered that the hoodlums also attacked private shops, shooting and looting properties in the ...

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu has approved the full resumption of operations of both food markets and non food markets across the metropolis. To this effect the markets are now to open daily. Recall that the markets are ...

An unidentified young lady has died in a stampede while struggling for COVID-19 palliatives in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Monday, October 26.   The video of the said lady on a stretcher at St. Mary Hospital, Gwagwalada has surfaced online where ...