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The Police Command in Anambra on Saturday, says it has found a two-year-old male child who was wandering in Oba International Market, Idemili Local Government Area of the state. In a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, the Police ...

At least six people, mostly children, died when an improvised explosive device went off in northern Burkina Faso, security sources and local officials said Sunday. The IED, which exploded as the group’s cart was passing late Saturday, also injured four ...

Nigeria has recorded a massive drop in Coronavirus infections as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, recorded a spike again for the third day. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, released 386 new infections on Saturday, with Abuja, ramping up ...

The Lagos State Government on Saturday announced the increase of the permissible capacity of public gatherings from 20 to 50 persons. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this at the Lagos House, Marina, during the 17th update on the management ...

Oyo State Deputy Governor, Mr Rauf Olaniyan, has explained the reason for the anger displayed by Mrs Florence Ajimobi, widow of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi, during the burial of her husband. The deputy governor said this in Ibadan on Saturday ...

A 72-year-old passenger has died aboard an Air Peace flight P47182 en route Abuja from Calabar. It was also gathered that he had been on medication and was travelling to Abuja for a medical examination when he died. His death ...

What is this now! One Waheed Ogundele has been accused of r.a.p.i.n.g a lady (name witheld) in Ologuneru area of Oyo State. Ogundele was said to have r*ped the lady on the night of Sallah while she went to share ...

Parents of boy, Richard Gbadebo, a 300L student of University of Ibadan who allegedly died at a factory of WAW in Oluyole, Ibadan has said his death isn’t accidental but was murdered. His mom couldn’t speak much, but his father ...

Fire gutted a foam market in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State on Saturday. The incident happened around 1pm at 16, Ladipo Street in Mushin, said Spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor. He added ...

Seven ladies have died in Niger State from suspected generator fumes, the Niger State Police Command said on Saturday. The tragedy happened at Rijau town, headquarters of Rijau Local Government Area of the state on Friday night. Mr Adamu Usman, ...

President Donald Trump has announced he is banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok in the US. He told reporters he could sign an executive order as early as Saturday. US security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by ...

Nine people have died in India from drinking alcohol-based hand sanitiser after liquor shops in their town were closed due to virus restrictions, police said Friday. The group lost consciousness after consuming a “high quantity” of hand sanitiser mixed with ...

A British teenager has been charged with hacking the social media site Twitter and stealing thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin by taking over the accounts of celebrities and business leaders. The US Department of Justice charged Mason Sheppard, 19, ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, rescued a man who wanted to commit suicide because he has a debt of N500,000. The governor made this known while speaking to journalists after he visited the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, Broad ...

On Friday July 17th, 2020, Mama Zainab, as she was popularly called, sent her 12-year-old daughter, Zainab Justina Adeyemo to a neighbouring village, Eshe-Akoko in Akoko North west Local government Area, Okeagba, Ondo state. The vivacious Zainab, a senior prefect ...

A drunken soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DR Congo) troubled east opened fire on passers-by, killing at least 13 people including a two-year-old girl and seven women, sources said on Friday. The murders incensed locals who laid out ...

Big Brother Naija 2020 housemates, Praise and Katrina aka Ka3na were on Friday night caught between the sheets. The camera showed the two housemates who are not love birds getting intimate, after a truth or dare game on Friday. Ka3na ...

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has recovered from coronavirus after the test conducted on him returned negative for the virus. Fayemi who had spent 11 days in self- isolation announced his recovery on Saturday via his verified Twitter handle@Kfayemi. ...

She started the campaign in 2018 and sadly, her friends, family and fans are mourning her today. According to her friend Simi, who shared the sad news, Deedee Ajoku was brutally killed by one of the trucks. ”Sometime ago my ...

One of the Queen’s bodyguards was arrested on suspicion of drugs possession after white powder was found in a bathroom at St James’s Palace. The private was said to have nine bags of cocaine and ketamine among his possessions after ...

Adamawa-North lawmaker, Senator Elisha Abbo, has won the case of assault instituted against him before a Magistrate Court in Zuba, Abuja by the Nigeria Police Force. This is despite a viral video showing Abbo assaulting a woman, Osimibibra Warmate; and ...

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has approved for its boarding schools to receive SS3 pupils resuming next Monday. In a statement announcing the resumption of schools for SS3 and Technical College 3 students, the Education Commissioner, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo ...

Four persons died today in a motor accident on the Lambata, Minna road in Niger State. Six other people were injured,according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The FRSC Niger Sector Commander Joel Dagwa told the News Agency of ...

Many people have been feared dead in a Sallah Day boat mishap at Apapa. Rescue operations are ongoing at the moment. Unfortunately, they have started recovering dead bodies. Watch video below:

A German shepherd in New York that had the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a dog in the U.S. has died. Robert and Allison Mahoney of Staten Island told National Geographic that their 7-year-old shepherd, Buddy, developed breathing problems ...