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Lagos state cancels Independence Day parade

                                                    The Lagos State Government has cancelled the planned parade for the Independence Day celebration. ...

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Notorious cultist sentenced to death by hanging over murder in Ekiti

                                                                    An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sentenced a 29-year-old cultist, Gbenga Aluko, aka Cherry, to death by hanging for masterminding the killing of some members of another cult.   Justice Abiodun Adesodun, who found ...

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Man kills wife over suspicion of infidelity, commits suicide in Cross River (Photos)

                                 A middle-aged man whose name was simply given as Akpan shot his wife dead on allegation of infidelity before hanging himself over the weekend in Cross River State. The incident happened in the village of Bashua in Boki Local ...

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Osun deputy chief of staff charged with $120,000 fraud

                                                                  The Office of the Inspector-General of Police has charged the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Osun State, Abdullahi Binuyo, with fraud involving $120,000.   The case marked CR/975/2020 was filed before the High Court of the ...

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Ritualists Behead Woman In Delta, Removes Vital Organs

                                                           There was pandemonium at Umusume community, Obiaruku, in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State yesterday as residents discovered the lifeless body of a young lady.   The lady, identified as Miss Anwuli Agu, in her 20s was ...

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UN Secretary General warns ‘there is no end in sight to coronavirus, loss of jobs and disruption of education’

                                                The head of the UN has warned ‘there is no end in sight’ to coronavirus after the number of global fatalities hit the ‘mind-numbing’ level of one million.   United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it ‘an agonising milestone,’ ...

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Man arrested for arresting a god in Nsukka (Photo)

  A man identified as Nnajiofor Donatus, has been arrested by men of the Enugu police command after he “arrested” a deity which he claimed had been tormenting his community for a long time and causing his business to fail. ...

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Gay dad welcomes baby girl with his daughter’s ex boyfriend

                                             One of the UK’s first gay dads has announced he has welcomed a baby girl with his boyfriend – who used to date his daughter.   Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 55, announced the news on his Instagram about his child with ...

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Chinese teacher sentenced to death for poisoning children

                                                       A kindergarten teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children in an act of revenge against a colleague that left one toddler dead.   A court in the central Chinese province of Henan said ...

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Thai hotel sues US tourist for writing negative reviews

  An American man is facing two years behind bars after penning negative online reviews about a Thailand hotel — including accusing the business of “modern-day slavery,” according to reports.   Wesley Barnes, who works in Thailand, was arrested for ...

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Couple, 2 others exhume, decapitate corpse in Ogun

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command, last Thursday, arrested four persons for being in possession of a human skull, with they got from a corpse they exhumed.   The suspects, identified as Muyideen Tolubi, Niyi Folorunso, Sonubi Taiwo and Remilekun ...

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BBNaija 2020: It’s time to pay your tax – LIRS writes Laycon

                               The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS has congratulated the winner of Big Brother Naija 2020, Laycon on social media and well, they didn’t just congratulate him, they reminded him of one thing — HIS TAX. They told him ...

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