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Fourteen health/frontline workers, made up of five doctors, seven nurses, one Physiotherapist and one Laboratory Scientist were among 62 persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 in Yobe State, the Commissioner for Health Dr. Mohammed Gana has said. Gana said ...

Nigeria on Sunday night recorded 556 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 36,663. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement. NCDC said that the 556 new confirmed cases were ...

Some kidnappers have abducted a daughter of Murtala Kore, the lawmaker representing the Danbatta Constituency in the Kano State House of Assembly. The incident reportedly happened around 2am on Sunday at the legislator’s home in Kore village, in the Danbatta ...

A 32-year-old man identified as Aboh Ogbeche, on Friday, committed suicide at his family residence in Lawanson, Surulere area of Lagos State. Aboh was said to have drank bleach, even as sources stated that there was nothing to indicate that ...

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspected highway robbers at Alapako area, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The suspects: Uzefa Idris, Adamu Yakubu and Ayuba Buhari were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, ...

A man who was attacked by a bear in Colorado has been speaking out about the harrowing encounter which left him with lacerations across his face and neck. Dave Chernosky, 54, heard a noise coming from the downstairs of the ...

A 15-year-old girl from Michigan is currently in a juvenile detention facility for failing to complete her homework amid the coronavirus pandemic. The teen, who is referred to as ‘Grace’ in a ProPublica article published about the incident, was sent ...

A high school teacher from Kentucky has been charged with r3pe and sodomy for allegedly having s3x with a 17-year-old student and sending inappropriate messages to another teenager. Mollie Verkamp, 27, from Florence, was arrested last Thursday following a year-long ...

A notorious Canadian mobster has been assassinated in a hail of bullets three years after his brother was shot dead – and a year after he survived a similar attack. Pasquale ‘Fat Pat’ Musitano, 53, was gunned down at a ...

A young Nigerian has allegedly committed suicide after being accused of rape by a Twitter influencer who refused to provide further details.   #JusticeForIzu is currently trending on Twitter after a user named Legend Izu Madubueze took his life when ...

Members of the Niger Assembly have expressed dismay over the hoarding of Covid-19 pallatives by the State Covid-19 Task Force. The legislators wondered why the foodstuff were still in store rather than distributed to residents still feeling residual effects of ...

Nine suspected criminals in custody of the Central Police Station (CPS) in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State capital on Sunday have reportedly escaped. But information on how the suspects successfully broke away is still sketchy.

The Ekiti Government says it will begin to arrest those refusing to wear facemasks in public places from Monday. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapounda, on Sunday told newsmen in Ado Ekiti that there would henceforth be ...

Workers in Niger State have issued a seven-day ultimatum over payment of 70 per cent salary. Chairman Trade Union Congress (TUC) Comrade Inusa Tanimu and Chairman of the Joint Action Committee of NLC, Comrade Mahmud Aminu Muye gave the ultimatum ...

The Nigerian Air Force has named “Mr Nehemiah Adejoh” as the driver of the vehicle which killed late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. The case has now been handed over to the Nigeria Police Force being a civil case. NAF Director ...

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus. This is the fourth time he is testing for Coronavirus, but he was unfortunate this time as his test came back positive. Onyeama took to his twitter ...

There is overwhelming video evidence already gathered by detectives of the New York Police Department to prove that Fahim Saleh, the Gokada CEO was killed by African-American Tyrese Devon Haspil. According to the New York Post, one of the video ...

Twitter has taken down a campaign-style video retweeted by President Donald Trump after rock group Linkin Park issued a cease-and-desist order over the unauthorized use of their music, media reports said. The video, which featured a cover of the band’s ...

The restart of the Zambian season, planned for Saturday, was delayed 24 hours after 28 players and staff from league leaders Forest Rangers tested positive for coronavirus. Rangers had been scheduled to play Zanaco in central city Ndola in the ...

A lady has celebrated passing out of NYSC in grand style by buying herself a new SUV. The lady who said she was lifted up when many people complained about casting down  during the pandemic said its a show of ...

The family of a young woman who suffered catastrophic and permanent brain damage after falling through a faulty second-floor railing at a Cleveland bar three years ago have reached a $22million settlement with the proprietors of the now-defunct business and ...

Wahala wa o!! The Kwara Technical Committee on Covid-19 have arrested no fewer than 50 persons in the early hours of Saturday at a night club in Ilorin, the state capital, for violating the ban on night clubbing. The Chairman, ...

When the next West African Senior School Certificate Examination eventually begins, Sherifat Sulaimon, will be missing in action. The 21-year-old SS3 pupil reportedly committed suicide last Sunday after she was allegedly beaten by her stepbrother, Moliku Sulaimon, whom she lived ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new Covid-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 35, 107. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle late on Saturday. The ...

The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has announced the death of its priest, Rev. Fr. Joachim Cabanyes, following Covid-19 complications at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) isolation centre. Rev. Fr. Nkemjika Igweshi, Secretary to Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, Bishop ...