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Nigeria has recorded 100 new cases of coronavirus.   A tweet from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night revealed that 39 of the cases were recorded in Lagos, 22 of them were recorded in the Federal ...

The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau has arrested one James Dogo, for falsely parading himself as military personnel.   Dogo was arrested alongside one Dotun Shomoye, who specialises in printing identity cards for fake ...

A 29-year-old woman from Chala Location in Nkasi, Rukwa region in Tanzania was on August 25 fatally stabbed in the neck by her husband after receiving funds from another man through her phone.   Tabitha Mwanyanje, a primary school teacher, ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it spent N30,540,563,571.09, to fight COVID-19 in Nigeria. The amount represents 84% of the N36.3 billon public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, ...

The Police in Anambra State have arrested two members of an armed robbery syndicate, who were said to be specialists in one-chance robbery operations.   The suspects, Chukwuemeka Ikechukwu, a male, aged 22 years, lives at Chibest Street, Tarzan, Onitsha ...

The Rivers State Police Command has paraded one Chinedu Nwachukwu and a 68-year-old woman, Mrs Mary Ishmeal for allegedly buying and selling a three-month old baby for N350,000.   The main suspect, Nwachukwu, stole the three months old baby from ...

Erica Nlwedim on Sunday evening was disqualified from Big Brother Naija House for flouting multiple house rules, including defacing Big Brother property and making the same unavailable for the use of another housemate.   The budding actress was involved in ...

BBNaija housemate, Vee, has likened her story to that of Naira Marley.   Vee speaking on Sunday afternoon in the garden with Laycon and Kiddwaya, said her story out of BBNaija will be like that of Naira Marley who became ...

Jigawa State Emergency and Management Agency (SEMA) has announced that death toll in the state has risen to twenty-person with thousands of houses and farmlands destroyed as a result of a devastating flood that ravaged the state.   The Executive ...

A 27-year old fake military officer, Felix Osita Ezike who allegedly stabbed to death a teenager he was supposed to discipline in Ikotun area of Lagos, has revealed that he committed the crime out of anger and not intentional.   ...

A Nigerian woman identified as Roseline David has died from childbirth complications two days after her birthday.   Mrs Roseline allegedly died from childbirth complications, two days after her birthday in Abuja. It was learnt that she celebrated her birthday ...

The leadership of Assemblies of God Church has lifted suspension slammed on Revered Chidi Okoroafor. Okoroafor is the immediate past General Superintendent of the Church. Recall that the Assemblies of God Church had divided following the series of leadership tussle ...

Osama bin Laden’s niece has said Donald Trump is the only president who can prevent another 9/11 attack on America.   Noor Bin Ladin, who is an avid Trump supporter despite living in Switzerland – said she has backed the ...

Facebook has stopped a Frenchman suffering from a rare and incurable disease from livestreaming his death.   After having what he said would be his last liquid, Alain Cocq, 57, posted a video from his bed yesterday, claiming he will ...

Policemen attached to the Bwari Police Division in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command have arrested a man for stealing a vehicle that belongs to the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) Headquarters at Wuse Zone 5, Abuja.   A statement by ...

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Worldwide, David Oyedepo on Saturday said the re-opening of churches led to decrease in Coronavirus infections across the nation.   Oyedepo, at the church’s Covenant Hour of Prayer, CHoP, used Lagos and Ogun States as case ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks to freeze the accounts of 38 Nigerian companies, including Premier Lotto, owned by bussinessman Kessington Adebutu, a.k.a Baba Ijebu.   According to a circular of 4 September, Bello Hassan, CBN’s Director of ...

Ousted Malian President Boubacar Keita, was evacuated late Saturday to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment, reports from Bamako indicated..   The 75-year-old´s health has been in question since he was admitted in a private hospital in the capital ...

Emirates has announced that passengers’ service to Lagos and Abuja would resume September 7 and 9 respectively.   This is as the carrier begins to reopen its flight network which was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with Nigeria also resuming ...

The Proprietor of an Orphanage home in Ile-Ife, Mrs Elizabeth Oroyemi slumped as Osun State Government officials sealed the social facility over suspected illegal activities, including being used as baby factory.   The woman who was resuscitated begged the officials ...

There was palpable joy on Saturday as the first international flight landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.   This was coming after five months of closure of the Nigerian airspace due to the lockdown occasioned by the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Dr Marliya Zayyana, the former Chairperson of the the Governing Council, Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State.   In a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, ...

  President Trump on Thursday night denied a report that claimed he referred to US Marines killed in World War I and buried in a cemetery outside Paris as “losers.” In a series of tweets, the president also said he ...

US President Donald Trump referred to US Marines buried in a WWI cemetery in France as “losers” and “suckers” for getting killed in action, according to a report on Thursday in the Atlantic magazine.   The report, penned by the ...

Patients involved in early tests of a Russian coronavirus vaccine developed antibodies with “no serious adverse events”, according to research published in The Lancet Friday, but experts said the trials were too small to prove safety and effectiveness.   Russia ...