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The US is to block key exports from China’s Xinjiang region due to allegations that they are produced using forced labour.   The proposed bans include cotton and tomato products which are two of China’s major commodity exports. The Trump ...

Traditional worshippers under the aegis of Traditional Religion Worshippers’ Association, Oyo State chapter, Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest over what they termed discrimination against the body by the state government.   The worshippers, who staged the protest at the front ...

Road users on Ikorodu road are currently experiencing serious traffic gridlock following a multiple autocrash involving a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), a mini bus and a commercial motorcycle.   The incident occurred at about 7.27am at Idi-Iroko inward Maryland.   ...

The Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has found two doctors – Iyoha Joseph and Mukaila Oyewumi Oladipo – guilty of negligence in the management of a baby, Oluwole Johnson Peace (now deceased).   In a seven-count charge, the tribunal ...

Just like in Osun state, students, workers, and civil society groups today hit the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to express displeasure at the hike in the price of petrol as well as the increase of electricity tariff. ...

The Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga, is to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a seven-count charge of r.a.p.e following his alleged assault of one Elizabeth Oyeniyi earlier this year.   Ms Oyeniyi had ...

Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Students today staged a protest in Osogbo, Osun State capital, against the recent increase in pump price and electricity tariff.   Some of the protesters put on the orange #RevolutionNow ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kaduna State has confirmed the murder of its kidnapped officer, Mr Bulus Sanda.   NSCDC Commandant in the state, Babangida Abdullahi Dutsinma, made the confirmation in a statement by the command’s ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto has arraigned a banker, Ezeagbor Chijioke alongside two others Anthony Chidiebere Nneji and Ibenegbu Chukwudi Francis.   They were arraigned before Justice Muhammad Muhammad of the Sokoto State High Court on four-count ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has revealed that it costs over N400,000 to treat a coronavirus patient.   Governor El-Rufai made the claim when he addressed traditional rulers in the state on ways to curb the spread of the ...

The Philippines National Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested four Nigerian nationals in Muntinlupa City of the country for alleged involvement in an international syndicate that hacks and siphons funds from banks.   According to the NBI, the fraudsters’ transactions ...

A female stray buffalo has been killed by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers at Suam Ward in West Pokot County after it killed a woman who was taking her baby to the clinic on Saturday afternoon.   According to KWS ...

Nigeria on Monday recorded 155 new COVID-19 cases, again one of the lowest in four months. The latest figure means Nigeria is yet to record more than 300 coronavirus infections in a day in over two weeks.   With Monday’s ...

Goods worth N400 million, vehicles and several shops have been destroyed by a midnight fire incident at the mechanic village in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.   According to artisans and technicians working in the mechanic village, the fire outbreak occurred on ...

A 34-year-old man who allegedly abducted and r3ped a teenage girl said he wanted to ‘spoil her’ for her birthday, it is claimed.   A private security firm found the 13-year-old in the South African city of Richards Bay, more ...

Maria Kolesnikova, one of Belarus’s leading opposition figures, has been detained while trying to cross into Ukraine.   Kolesnikova was detained while attempting to cross overnight with two other members of the opposition’s Coordination Council who were able to pass ...

Coronavirus patients admitted to hospital still suffer lung damage three months after they are sent home, a study has found.   Most people’s conditions improve within six weeks but researchers found that some struggled with breathlessness and coughing for much ...

An Eastern Cape woman died in a hail of bullets when a gunman opened fire inside the Madeira police station charge office in Mthatha CBD on Monday afternoon.   Terrified eyewitnesses ran for their lives when the shooting occurred. Songezo ...

Queen Ola has shared a cryptic post on her Instastory, months after her rumoured split from  husband — Alaafin of Oyo.   Recall rumours went wild months ago that the Queen had been allegedly sent packing from the palace over ...

Aisha Buhari, the First Lady of Nigeria, has expressed disappointment over the cartoon image of her (Aisha) after her daughter, Hanan’s wedding at the Presidential Villa on Friday.   The cartoon shows the First Lady seeing Nigerians drowning in a ...

A Union Bank staff, Kolapo Oduwole has been charged by the EFCC with forgery and fraud in the sum of N80,000,000.   Oduwole, who worked at the Katsina branch, was docked before Justice Musa Danladi of the Katsina State High ...

The Government of Ogun State has finally reopened schools, five months after they were shut down to prevent community transmission of coronavirus.   The state government said schools should reopen on September 21 for the first term of 2020/2021 session. ...

Niger State Governor Sani Bello has commiserated with the victims of tanker explosion that occurred in Lambata, Gurara Local Government Area of the state.   Bello, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs Mary Berje, in Minna ...

A woman was left without a forehead for two years following a car crash where her feet were ­resting on the dashboard.   Grainne Kealy’s knees were forced into her face by the airbag that inflated under her feet after ...

Russian dissident, Alexei Navalny has improved and is now being weaned off mechanical ventilation.   Charite hospital, which has been treating him since he was airlifted to Germany after falling ill on a Russian domestic flight last month gave the ...