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Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced one Akinsanya Olamide Ridwan. The 400-level student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) was sentenced to three months community service for committing romance scam.He ...

The National Examination Council (NECO) on Monday fixed Sept. 10 as the deadline for the registration of schools and examination candidates for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).   A statement by the Registrar/Chief Executive of the council, Prof. ...

The Osun State Government has announced new schedules for the reopening of schools in the state.   Consequently, the state government also announced September 21, 2020 as the date for resumption of schools. All schools in the state would resume ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Monday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.   This was disclosed by Bashir Ahmad, the President’s Special Assistant on New Media. He, however, did ...

A catholic priest identified as Jude has slumped and allegedly died while preaching during mass on Sunday, 30th August 2020.   Rev.Fr Jude was the spiritual director of CMA Diedo in Duoala, Cameroon’s commercial capital city. It was observed from ...

The Queen held a socially-distanced reunion with William and Kate and their children at Balmoral, according to reports.   The monarch, 94, had not seen her oldest grandson and his family since March, when the coronavirus lockdown was brought in. ...

An investigation has been launched after 11 elephants were found dead in a forest.   The bodies were discovered by park authorities in Pandamasue Forest in Zimbabwe, with no clear sign of what killed them. Poaching was ruled out because ...

The Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) has again emphasised that over speeding, reckless driving and overloading are among the causes of road accidents in the country.   The Corps says it is poised to ensure the reduction of road crashes ...

Students of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, are to resume in batches beginning from September, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, SAN, disclosed this on Monday.   Speaking on a radio interview monitored in Lagos, he explained that 400, ...

A tenant, Adekunle Adeyemi, has gone into hiding after allegedly stabbing a co-tenant, Stanley Dickson, to death in the Grammar School area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.   Punch Metro gathered that Stanley accused Adekunle of having an illicit affair with ...

Horrifying footage shows the moment a 4ft snake was removed from a Russian woman’s mouth after it slithered inside her while she slept.  The reptile crawled inside her as she slept in the yard of her home in Levashi village ...

Protesters early this morning took to the streets in Minna, Niger State to protect the poor power supply being experienced in the state. Youths of Kpakungun area of Minna on Monday morning blocked one of the major roads in Minna, ...

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate, Musa Wada against the declaration of Governor Yahaya Bello of All Progressives Congress, APC as the winner of November 16 Kogi election.   In ...

Pupils who pretend to cough at UK schools  could be sent home when the new term starts this week.   At least two schools have warned students they will be excluded if they cough or sneeze deliberately at someone else. ...

Bayelsa State Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo has donated N1 million for the upkeep of Grace and Mercy Ayebaiyeni, the conjoined twins separated and brought home at the weekend.   Ewhrudjakpo, receiving them at the state’s airport yesterday, said it was ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, Plateau State capital has ordered the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (ATBU) to reinstate and pay N1.1million damages to Victor Oboh Alom, a 300 Level student of Electrical and Electronics Engineering illegally expelled ...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has reportedly recovered after testing positive to COVID-19.   The Commissioner was said to have been tested positive for COVID-19 and had since gone into isolation. The Commissioner for Information and ...

Mrs Ayebaekipreye Ebinyefa, the mother of the conjoined twins separated after a four-hour surgery carried out January 2 at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Adamawa State, said the successful separation of the conjoined twins has saved her from being ridiculed ...

A 32-year-old Odukoya Ayomide and his colleague, Abiodun Oyenuga, have been arrested by the police in Ogun State.   Police said they were arrested on their way for a robbery operation along Awa Ijebu/Ijebu-Ode highway. DailyPost learnt that the suspects ...

The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has promised to reintroduce serious punitive measures of death on reckless drivers in the state.   The decision followed the death of 15 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a road ...

Drivers on e-hailing platforms in Nigeria’s Lagos State are embarking on a week-strike starting on Monday to protest against some aspects of the new regulations by the state.   The president of the National Union of Professional App-Based Workers Ayoade ...

The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Nkrumah, on Sunday, defended the $1 million trade levy and other regulations imposed on Nigerian traders in Ghana, noting that Nigeria had equally issued executive orders preventing foreigners from getting jobs which Nigerians can ...

Donald Trump has told emergency service workers responding to Hurricane Laura they could sell his autograph for $10,000.   The US president was in Lake Charles, Louisiana, yesterday where he surveyed the damage and attended a briefing with local officials. ...

A man has been filmed ‘attempting to rape’ a woman, 25, on a platform of the New York subway.   The alleged attack took place around 11am on Saturday at the Q train station at Lexington Avenue and East 63 ...

Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare, has canvassed for support in the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring that unity was more important than personal ambition.   Speaking at a stakeholders meeting of Oyo APC, ...