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  A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at the New York-Canada border, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Sunday.   The letter had ...

                                                Students of Public and Private Secondary Schools in Lagos and Ogun state resumed back to their ...

                                                The Kaduna State Government has declared three days mourning for the late Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji ...

                                              The Oyo State chapter of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has warned criminals allegedly residing in a ...

                                                    A man in a military uniform was seen in a viral video on Monday ...

                                                    If anything is worth celebrating for the former chairman of the All Progressives Congress ...

                                                    President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night met behind closed doors with President Nana Akufo-Addo ...

                                      A seven-year-old girl who was hospitalised for s.e.xual assault and abuse begged doctors to let her die.   The child, known ...

                                          Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development to carry out integrity ...

A 14-year-old secondary school pupil, Fathia Ojewoye, has been r*ped to death at the Agbeloba-Oriyonrin area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.   The teenager had on Wednesday been declared missing by her parents, but her corpse was found three days after ...

The traditional monarch, Emir Shehu Idris of Zaria in Kaduna state has reportedly died.   His death was confirmed on Sunday by Senator Shehu Sani who expressed sadness at the loss of a great leader. Senator Shehu Sani wrote on ...

Eight persons were on Saturday night burnt to death in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.   Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), disclosed this to the News ...

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, has congratulated Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on his victory in the governorship election held in the state on Saturday. Obaseki , candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of the election ...

A shopping mall has caught fire in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.   The fire was said to have started on Sunday morning. Thick black smoke coming out of the building was said to have attracted the attention of locals. ...

                                           President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the electoral process in Edo State which led to the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   The president’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a Tweet today ...

  Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Godwin Obaseki, has won the governorship election conducted in Edo State on Saturday. He polled a total of 307,955  votes to beat his closest rival, Pastor Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress ...

                                          The National Chairman of the Edo State Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission against declaring the governorship election inconclusive.   He said INEC must keep ...

A stretch of the road where George Floyd died after being pinned down by police officers is set to be renamed in his honour.   Although the street will still be called Chicago Avenue, a section of it between blocks ...

       A homeless woman, Ms Blessing Emmanuel, 35 has given birth to a baby under the Ajah Bridge.   She was helped to deliver the baby by officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, on Saturday. Director General, ...

                                                 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi has confirmed the retrieval of 14 corpses from the Akeze-Ukwu river after a Mercedes Benz 608 model bus plunged into it yesterday evening.   The bus was conveying members of a ...

                                                      Officials of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have seized 65 cows for allegedly destroying crops belonging to some farmers in the state.   A herdsman, Adamu Yusuf, was also arrested by the security outfit in the Oda area ...

                                               Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said Churches and Mosques to can begin to hold full services, while private and public primary schools are to reopen on Monday, September 21.   However, he ordered that pre-primary schools should ...

                                                 Two people were killed and 14 wounded early Saturday in a shooting at a backyard party in Rochester, New York state, police said.   Officers responding to reports of gunfire in the area found a “chaotic scene” with about ...

                                               The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has confirmed a shooting incident in Orhionmwon local government area of Edo state, saying it was working with the police and other security agencies to ensure the peaceful conduct of the ongoing governorship ...

                         The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan (TPI) has terminated the appointment of its lecturer, Kelani Omotosho, over alleged s.e.x.ual misconduct with a former student.   This is contained in a statement signed by the institution’s Registrar, Mrs Modupe Fawale ...