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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has given 41 Range Rover Discovery Sports Utility Vehicles to judges serving in Rivers State High Court and Customary Courts. Other beneficiaries are judges of Rivers State origin serving the nation in the ...

Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori has told Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio not to drag him into contract scam at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Ibori said he was never a part of any contract from ...

In the last one week, Nigeria has continued to record fewer cases of Coronavirus even with increased testing. In Monday’s infections, no state recorded up to 100 cases. Lagos, however, tops the chart with 88 new cases, with Kwara coming ...

A middle-aged man, popularly known as Tailor, has committed suicide after his lover allegedly  jilted him in Rivers State. The incident, it was learnt, happened around 10pm on Saturday at Omuokiri village, Aluu community, in the Ikwerre Local Government Area ...

The Coordinator, Ekiti State COVID-19 Task Force, Prof. Bolaji Aluko, said on Sunday that men of the Ekiti State Task Force on COVID-19 shut down a popular hotel in Ado Ekiti on Saturday for violating government’s regulations. Aluko said the ...

Mexican security forces on Sunday arrested the alleged leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, commonly known as “El Marro” — the Sledgehammer. Federal and state authorities arrested Yépez Ortiz in the central state of ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has charged the tricycle rider who fought some of its operatives to court. The agency also demoted its officials involved in the public brawl. In a video clip, the man, angered and scantily dressed, ...

The Federal Government has begun the construction of the 27.3-kilometre perimeter fence for the University of Maiduguri to check incessant attacks by Boko Haram terrorists. The project, which is valued at N64bn, is to stop the terrorists who have been ...

A 67-year-old man suffering from stroke has been killed by suspected ritualists, who reportedly sneaked into his apartment in the Orhoakpor community, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the deceased, simply identified as Papa, was ...

A study by Italian scientists has found that people can transmit coronavirus SARS-COV-2 to cats and dogs. The study tested 540 dogs and 277 cats living in households in northern Italy, particularly in Lombardy, where someone was infected with the ...

A fight broke out on board a KLM flight to Ibiza after two passengers refused to wear face masks. Video footage appeared to show British holidaymakers were involved in the brawl after the Boeing 737 took off from Amsterdam on ...

  Willian has again turned down an offer of a two-year contract from Chelsea, but the winger has delayed making a final decision on his future. The 31-year-old still wants to play in the Blues’ probable final game of the season as they ...

The death of one Suraju Alabi, aka ‘Taka’ after engaging in a fight with some security men attached to the Akire of Ikire’s palace in Ikire, Osun State on Sunday created panic in the town. Security personnel and men of ...

  South Africa’s grocery retailer ShopRite is leaving Africa’s biggest market, Nigeria, 15 years after it opened shop in the West African country. The announcement by ShopRite came months after another South African brand, Mr Price, exited the market. International ...

Police in Machakos have arrested a 17-year-old girl for fatally stabbing her 31-year-old step-father. The teenager is alleged to have stabbed her dad during a domestic wrangle between the suspect’s mother and the deceased. The incident happened at the couple’s ...

Despite the escalating killings by bandits and other criminal elements in Katsina State, only 30 Policemen provide security in 100 villages in the state. Although Governor Aminu Masari said the state would in the interim amend its extant laws to ...

Lamenting his plunging popularity this week, a self-pitying President Donald Trump wondered how it all went wrong. “Nobody likes me,” he said, confounded at how his administration’s health experts could be receiving accolades while he is accused of ignoring and ...

The husband of the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, Mrs Sabina Uyeh, has instituted a legal action against the hospital and three of its medical doctors over the death of his wife. Benjamin Uyeh ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday said COVID-19 tests conducted in facilities within its molecular laboratory network were free. The centre made its position known in a message posted on its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov. The clarification came at ...

Anti-corruption group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari, over the alleged failure of his government to provide the details of the loans it has so far taken. SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oludare, said the group was ...

Aggrieved parents of Senior Secondary School students (SS3) in private schools in Ogun State, on Sunday, protested against the payment of N25, 000 levies for Covid-19 and malaria tests for their wards, as one of the prerequisites for admittance to ...

  The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a commercial driver, Habeeb Quadri, for allegedly assaulting a passenger, Emmanuel James, in the Surulere area of the state, resulting in his death. Quadri was arrested by the Bode Thomas Police Division ...

As part of the protocols for school resumption, the Ogun State government has announced that COVID-19 and malaria tests will be mandatory for returning boarding students. The state had earlier fixed resumption of SS3 students for August 4, months after ...

Only God can bless Governor Makinde, God bless the Ministry of Labour too. Expanded Global Industries Limited, Ibadan, the sister company of  , a 300-level student of the University of Ibadan died last Tuesday, has reached out to compensate the ...

Two US astronauts have undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and were expected to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday afternoon, ending a historic mission testing human spaceflight operations for SpaceX hardware. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken ...