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One of the reasons cited for the disqualification of Godwin Obaseki from APC’s June 22 governorship primary in Edo State was that the University of Ibadan awarded him two certificates with separate dates. However, the University of Ibadan debunked the ...

A Texas father fatally shot his two teenage daughters before turning the gun on himself in an apparent double murder-suicide, authorities have said. Officers from the Mesquite Police Department responded to a home in the 1300 block of Bradford Place ...

Donald Trump has fired back at comments about his apparent frailty on show during a graduation address. Observers noted the US President taking ‘baby steps’ and using two hands to drink from a glass of water at West Point, the ...

It’s about to get hotter! Governor Obaseki today visited Nyesom Wike. The Rivers Governor received his embattled Edo counterpart Godwin Obaseki at the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt. Details of the meeting were sketchy but there were speculations it ...

  Former beauty queen and wife of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, of the Trinity House, Ibidunni Ighodalo, is dead. Ibidunni, a humble and caring woman, died on Sunday morning of heart attack in Port Harcourt where she was handling COVID-19  isolation ...

In Borno state, some soldiers caused some mayhem at the Auno checkpoint on Saturday. They caused a fatal accident, mocked Nigeria’s democracy and threatened officials at gunpoint. One of the soldiers blurted out to the officials: “To hell with democracy, ...

A woman has lifted the lid on the “explosive sex” she has been enjoying during two affairs with married men in the breach of lockdown. Claire, 32, was seriously craving human contact when the Government announced a strict lockdown in ...

Panic has gripped the city of Calabar and its environ, as hospitals and pharmacies recorded an unprecedented upsurge in malaria and typhoid fever cases, with an increasing demand for malaria and other related drugs. This development has heightened speculations that ...

Italian police have detained 10 Nigerians accused of running a human trafficking ring that allegedly used voodoo rituals and promises of jobs to lure migrants to Italy only to be  put to work as prostitutes. Police in Catania, Sicily, said ...

The Obaseki faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State yesterday faulted the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki from the party’s June 22 governorship primary, branding it “totally unacceptable” and falling “short of acceptable moral and legal standards ...

Prophet Samuel Kayode Abiara, a retired General Evangelist Worldwide of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) has said killing of virgins in Nigeria is a sign of end time. He also spoke about the pandemic saying it is nothing anyone should ...

A student identified as Grace Oshiagwu has been reportedly raped and killed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the third in the state in two weeks. The deceased, 21, was a National Diploma student of The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki. The ...

The Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks has been terminated, Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos has said. A second officer involved has been placed on administrative duty, Campos said. The announcement about the two officers comes as protesters ...

A passenger dies in an Air India flight which took off from Lagos on Saturday A 42-year old passenger on board an Air India flight from Lagos to Mumbai died under unclear circumstances. Report said the passenger displayed symptoms of ...

A suspect connected with the killing of the 29-year old pregnant student of the University of Ibadan has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command. The student, Azeezat Shomuyiwa, was murdered in Ijefun, Akinyele area of Ibadan, the Oyo ...

The Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Saturday, confirmed the arrival of 269 Nigerians that were stranded in India in Lagos and Abuja. The commission, who announced their arrival on its Twitter handle, said that the the 269 Nigerians arrived ...

Hundreds of Kenyans defied tear gas and riot police to hijack the body of a popular singer, Abenny Jachiga, who was believed to have died of COVID-19. The crowd of fans and mourners swarmed the Kisumu cemetery and prevented a ...

A Gambian man has been indicted in Colorado on federal charges that he tortured planners of a failed 2006 presidential coup when he was a member of a special armed unit that reported directly to the dictator of the African ...

Four men face life in prison for killing Uganda’s most beloved gorilla, Rafiki. The 25-year-old endangered silverback was one of only 1,004 mountain gorillas left in the wild and headed up a human-habituated family of 17 in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable ...

Traders in Abakaliki metropolis have decried the sealing of their shops on the orders of Ebonyi Government. The traders who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abakaliki, described the action of government as economic ‘annihilation’ ...

A motorist has cried out for help accusing LASTMA officials of arresting danfo drivers for personal gains. According to one of them, who wants the Government to step in, he says he keeps giving them N11,000 bribe each time he ...

As the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19, reviews restriction measures, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday issued new guidelines for places of worship across the country, warning against any form of direct contact. In the new ...

A woman splashed out on holidays and lingerie after stealing more than £80,000 from her elderly mum. Karen Wakeling, 47, took the cash after being given power of attorney over her mother, who is in her 80s and has dementia. ...

A Benue politician,Daniel Ukpera in has donated ropes to the members of his community so that they can tie their goats. He  contested for the Guma State Constituency seat in the 2019 Benue State House of Assembly Election under the ...

Three women and two girls were killed while a dozen others were injured as a trailer falls off a cliff in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger state. The trailer which was carrying iron rods and passengers was said to ...