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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared a former staff of the anti-graft agency identified as Gloria Obioma Elih for fraudulent practices. The former staff, Elih was accused of allegedly demanding and receiving gratification from ...

Lagos State Government has announced the take over of covid-19 testing by a consortium of health professionals and private laboratories. Commissioner for Health Prof Akin Abayomi, who made the disclosure during a press conference today at Alausa, Ikeja, added that ...

A three- storey residential building was on Tuesday gutted by fire in Umuoji street by old road, Nkpor, Anambra State. The fire, which affected the topmost floor of the building located close to a hospital, was reportedly caused by electrical ...

  The Rivers State Police Command has paraded a man suspected to be a serial killer who has confessed that he specializes in abducting and killing his victims in Igbo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The suspect, who ...

Next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon has been postponed until 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Confederation of African Football announced Tuesday in a video conference. CAF president Ahmad Ahmad said African football’s governing body took the ...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has disclosed that he has tested positive to COVID-19 pandemic. The governor revealed the result of his COVID-19 status on his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday afternoon, adding that he is asymptomatic and have ...

A US couple brandishing an assault rifle and a handgun confronted protesters outside their Missouri mansion in a viral video that was retweeted by President Donald Trump, sparking divided reactions. In the video, Mark McCloskey wears a pink polo shirt ...

Belgian King Philippe has expressed regret for the acts of cruelty committed during the years that his ancestor, Leopold II, presided over what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In a letter to DRC President Felix Tshisekedi on ...

Police on Monday paraded two men suspected to have been involved in the kidnap and murder of a doctor, Audu Benedict, his son, Iranum, and a family friend after collecting N7.5 million ransom in Benue State. The suspects, Tehile Tsavbee ...

A baby girl born without all four limbs due to a rare genetic disorder has left doctors and family members baffled in India. A woman, who local media report is 28 years old, gave birth to the child in the ...

Again, a mother and daughter have been attacked in their home in Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan. The mother – Mrs Adeola Bamidele, 46, and her daughter Dolapo Bamidele, 23 – were said to have been attached at ...

 A French court has sentenced former French prime minister, François Fillon and his Welsh wife, Penelope, to jail for embezzling public funds. Francois was found guilty of creating a fake job for his wife, using taxpayer money. The 66- year-old ...

Operatives of EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested one Babatunde Oyerinde Abidoun, a.k.a. Kashy, for his alleged involvement in cybercrimes. Abiodun, who is the owner of CashNation Ent. Ltd., a music record label with singer Barry Jhay as one of ...

The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday convinced the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to defer the planned hike in electricity tariff till the first quarter of 2021. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan made this known in a statement on ...

The Indian government has banned TikTok, the hugely popular social media app, as part of sweeping anti-China measures after a violent confrontation between Indian and Chinese troops. TikTok is one of more than 50 Chinese-made apps that have been banned ...

Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, has dissociated himself from posters carrying his photograph, campaigning for governorship under the platform of the Social Democratic Party. His posters in SDP had flooded the social media lately. Ajayi, who recently joined the ...

The convoy of Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, on Monday killed a bike rider in Katsina State. SaharaReporters gathered that the victim, who was sharing wedding invitations at the time of the accident, died on ...

Nigerian model who goes by the name Dimssoo on twitter has accused Beyonce of taking advantage of Nigeria and Africa as a whole. She also asked people to chill on idolizing the singer saying she is a human too. Her ...

The Federal Government has slashed the fees chargeable for services related to conduct of statutory marriage in the country. It said the review of the fees, which come under the Marriage Act CAP M6 LFN 2004, would commence from Wednesday, ...

Bethlehem will be temporarily closed for 48 hours following a spike in coronavirus cases in Palestine’s West Bank. The city-wide closure will begin Monday from 6.00AM and will last for 48 hours, governor Kamil Hmeid said. This announcement comes after ...

Footage has emerged of a surprise birthday bash that resulted in 18 relatives being infected with coronavirus including two people in their 80s. The chilling video clip shows the family celebrating at the party in Carrollton, Texas, completely unaware a ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has ordered all employees in Government House to go for covid- 19 tests. Wike said the ongoing increased testing for coronavirus in the state was part of his government’s commitment to save more lives. A ...

Police in Anambra State have arrested a 24-year-old woman on her way to bury a foetus aborted from her uterus. The Police Public Relations Officer for Anambra State Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed in a statement, said the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Aliyu Abubakar Musa, as his Chief Personal Security Officer (CPSO). The new appointment was disclosed in a statement this evening by the Senior Special Assistant to the ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday kicked against the reopening of schools by the Federal Government amid the covid-19 pandemic. The union argued that the government must make resources available in order for schools to meet proposed conditions ...