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Police officers in Bungoma County, Kenya are searching for a man who burnt his daughter’s thighs and private parts with a hot iron. The man, who resides in Bukembe market, is said to have committed the cruel act on Saturday ...

More than 40,000 Nigerians are now down with the Coronavirus, according to latest statistics from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) In a tweet on Sunday night, the body stated that the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Sunday, visited the wounded officers and soldiers receiving treatment at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Kaduna and served them with sumptuous meal. Buratai said the visit was part of his ...

Four okada operators were, weekend, injured in a clash with suspected thugs over the collection of daily levy and ownership of loading units at Zion by East street and Obohia Nkwa Ngwa areas in Aba, Abia State. It was gathered ...

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was spotted greeting supporters without a mask after confirming he tested negative for coronavirus within days of testing positive for a third time. The 65-year-old leader, who has previously dismissed the virus, will resume his travel ...

The police in Ogun State on Sunday paraded five teenage suspected armed robbers operating on Lagos-Ibadan highway. Daily post reports that three of the victims had earlier been arrested while two others escaped. But, on Sunday, the police in Ogun ...

35 Nigerians today arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from France through Airfrance flight AF0936. According to Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), the flight landed with other 32 nationals from European countries. “Airfrance flight AF0936 conveying 35 Nigerians from France ...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enita Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has said it is unfair to call Osun devotees idol worshippers. The monarch also said the country will overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. He made the pronouncements while playing host to ...

Torrential rains that started at about 9:30 p.m. on Friday night and lasted several hours have killed seven people in Rafin Sanyi area of Suleja Local Government Area of Niger. Alhaji Abdullahi Maje, Chairman of Suleja Local Government, who confirmed ...

Adeola Osinuga, wife of the late Nigerian Singer, Nomoreloss, has died. Multiple reports said the former staff of Rhythm 93.7 FM died on Friday in Lagos, after losing a four-year battle against Fibromyalgia. Adeola’s husband, Nomoreloss died in March 2016. ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea. The man illegally crossed the border this month, state media said on Sunday. If confirmed, it would be ...

A twenty-five-year-old man identified as Ashiru Musa Danrimi has allegedly stabbed himself to death with a knife in Kano State as his fiancee jilted him by settling down for marriage with another man. It was gathered that the incident leading ...

A road rage incident in North Carolina spiraled out of control when a man pulled an assault rifle on a fellow driver who accused him of throwing up gang signs. The heated confrontation at a gas station in the town ...

It was a tale of woes for some residents of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja on Saturday following hours of heavy downpour which led to flooding in several parts of the territory. At the end of the downpour which ...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has ordered the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) to suspend the new tariff on registration of courier services in the country. Pantami gave the directive in a statement signed by his ...

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Shiites, who were commemorating the 6th Death Anniversary of sons of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and others, were dispersed by the Police in Zaria. Kaduna State, weekend. “If you remember on ...

Three persons died, while a child was injured after a small plane crashed into a residential building in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. According to the police, the roof of the apartment building in the town of Wesel caught ...

The Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, Major General Bamidele Shafa disclosed on Saturday that 601 deradicalised ex Boko Haram combatants has graduated at the DRR camp in Mallam Sidi, Gombe. Out of the 601 graduates of the batch 4 client ...

Two men were reportedly burnt alive in Mbaise, Imo state, for allegedly robbing in the neighbourhood.   Photos and videos shared online show the men being brutalized before tyres were placed on them and they were burnt alive.   The ...

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted two men, Uche Johnson and Kingsley Meteke, for producing and distributing substandard engine oil.   The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) charged both men with four counts of production, possession, ...

Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez has confirmed that he tested positive for coronavirus and will be in self-isolation. Xavi, who now manages Qatar Stars League football club ”Al Sadd” will miss his side’s return to competitive action against Al Khor ...

Two brothers alleged to be members of a robbery gang operating in Ijebu Mushin, Ogun State, have been arrested by the police after they attacked an elderly man identified only as Pa Olutokunbo in the community and killed his 72-year-old ...

Mothers with Covid-19 are unlikely to pass the virus to their newborns if simple infection control measures are in place, a small study suggests. Researchers reported no cases of the disease in 120 babies born to infected mothers, even when ...

Eight prisoners on death row are among at least 15 victims of coronavirus in California’s oldest prison as its outbreak worsens. San Quentin State Prison confirmed the death of John Beames, 67, of what appeared to be complications related to ...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State has said former House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, is yet to inform the party of his defection. Chairman of the party, Alhaji Hamza Akuyam, while reacting to reports of Dogara’s ...