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A fire at the office of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency in Oshodi on Friday razed 10 cars and a trailer.   The fire started at a section of the agency’s premises where impounded vehicles were kept but its ...

The police have found a missing boy said to have trekked from Nnewi to Awka, the Anambra State capital.   In a statement on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, identified the boy as Akachukwu ...

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned that killing Kano-based musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, will amount to spilling blood of the innocent.   Primate Ayodele, made this known in a statement and cautioned against the killing ...

Jose Filomeno dos Santos, son of former president who ruled Angola for 38 years, was sentenced to five years in prison by the nation’s Supreme Court in Luanda on Friday for a multi-billion dollar embezzlement scheme attempting to transfer to ...

The Federal Government has said Nigeria may slide into another recession in the Third Quarter of 2020, making it the second time within four years.   The government said the Covid-19 pandemic resulting in crash of global oil prices among ...

A 19-year-old Ugandan has picked nomination papers to vie for the presidency in the upcoming general elections.   Hillary Humphrey Kaweesa said he had always been a leader and was qualified to lead the country. He said he would fund-raise ...

The Anambra State Police Command, on Thursday, said it picked up an 11-year-old boy who was trekking from the state to his home state, Ebonyi.   The command said the boy had trekked from Nnewi to Awka, a distance of ...

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a pastor identified as Festus Adebayo for allegedly conspiring with another man, Gbemisola Olafusi, to use a girl’s menstrual pad for rituals.   Olafusi is said to be the 20-year-old girl’s boyfriend, and ...

A lawmaker in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza, is dead, The PUNCH has learnt.   It was gathered that Baraza was killed by gunmen on Thursday night at his residence in the Dass Local Government Area. The ...

The wedding of Hanan, one of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari  will be held inside the Aso Rock Villa according to latest reports.   The marriage is billed to take place on September 4, 2020. The groom is the ...

One person has died and another injured as a 20-feet container truck collided with a commercial bus (danfo), and crushed an okada in the process.   The conductor of the danfo, identified as Saheed, 38 died in the process, while ...

Omotayo Adanlawo, a primary school teacher in Ondo State, was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl.   He was jailed by the state’s High Court in Akure, the capital, after he used N50 to lure ...

Four teenagers have been arrested by the Police for allegedly kidnapping a six year old boy and demanding N2.6million ransom in Bauchi.   The teenagers were among 32 suspects paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Lawal Jimeta, for various crimes ...

The fiancé of the lady who was crushed to death in Lagos weeks to their wedding has decided to speak out over his loss.   He took to Instagram to share their photos and begged if she could come back ...

Tragedy struck on Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State on Friday as a petrol-laden tanker exploded and killed two persons.   The incident, which happened at the Irete area by Forte Oil Filling Station, caused panic in the area. The cause ...

The Diobu Vigilante group, on Thursday, apprehended a 20-year-old man, identified only as Uche, while allegedly r3ping a 16-year-old girl in an uncompleted building on Ekwe Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.   It was learnt that the ...

The Senate of the University of Lagos on Thursday gave its backing to Vice Chancellor Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, whose sack was announced by the Governing Council on Tuesday.   Unions in the university  —  the Academic Staff Union of Universities ...

An Ogun State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Itori, Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state has sentenced a fake lawyer, Oluwagbenga Adedeji, to three years’ imprisonment.   Adedeji was arrested on the court premises last week Wednesday when he ...

FA Cup replays will be scrapped for the 2020-21 season in a bid to ease the strain on clubs during the coronavirus pandemic, the Football Association announced on Thursday.   With a shortened season starting a month later than usual ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria has declared Sunday, August 23, as a day of national prayer for the country to seek divine intervention concerning the spate of insecurity and violence across the states.   CAN said this in a statement ...

A 38-year-old man has left villagers in shock after he dug his own grave and then killed himself by taking an insecticide.   According to the locals, the man from Nakhayega village in Kakamega County, Kenya had quarreled with his ...

Osun State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode has disclosed that Osun state will revert to the 6-3-3-4 educational system.   The decision was taken following recommendations of the Education Review White Paper on the restructuring and ...

The battle of supremacy between Anambra Governor Willie Obiano and traditional rulers has heightened tension in the State.   Obiano suspended 12 more traditional rulers for visiting President Muhammadu Buhari last week. He had suspended monarch of Ukwulu, Igwe Peter ...

After 56 days in isolation, Oyo Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, has revealed how he recovered.   He said he took not less than 25 bottles of black seed oil, a bowl of black seed, lots ...

A police officer has been suspended after distressing footage showed him ordering a dog to attack a kneeling black man with his arms in the air.   Bodycam video of the incident show Jeffrey Ryans, who fears he could lose ...