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A jealous boyfriend flew into a rage after finding out his partner had several male friends on social media. Kieron Shaw, 27, has been jailed for attacking Samantha McCulloch, 25, with a pickaxe when he found out she added more ...

Death toll in the building collapse along Yar’Adua Drive in Owerri has risen to 15. The latest casualty figure was given by Mr Evans Ugoh, Head of the Imo/Abia State Operations Office of the National Emergency Management Agency. He spoke ...

There’s a massive fire outbreak at Oando filling station, Obalende at the moment. According to eye witnesses reporting on social media, a tanker fully loaded with petroleum product fell in front of the Oando filling station and immediately caught fire. ...

Nasarawa State Government has concluded plans to return 4,443 Almajarai to their states of origin. A source told Daily Trust that the Almajirai from outside the state will be transported and reunited with their families, adding that buses have been ...

The Kaduna State government has arrested a cleric, Aliyu Maikwari, in Zaria for allegedly keeping young girls in his almajiri school. According to DailyTrust, the government said it has evacuated 327 out of 500 other children from the house ‎where ...

Operatives of 81 Division of the Nigerian Army on Thursday paraded 13 people who were arrested for impersonating military officers and perpetrating criminal activities during the ongoing lockdown in Lagos. The suspects, who were arrested in various parts of Lagos, ...

A kidnap gang leader has spoken on why they killed a Catholic seminarian whom they had kidnapped. According to a report by Sun News, the leader and mastermind of a kidnap gang that murdered a Catholic seminarian, Michael Nnadi, of ...

Two violent sisters were jailed for spitting at police officers and hitting one with a crutch after they were caught flouting lockdown rules. Danielle and Sarah Pryor were being loud and abusive when they were approached by two officers who ...

The couple with 27 year old age difference were reported to the police as people think the wife was a kid forced to get married against her will due to her young face. They are used to people’s stares and ...

  Residents of Amaokpo-Nike, on the outskirts of Enugu metropolis, have been thrown into mourning following the mysterious death of a man, identified as Mr. Chukwumalu Obiekwelu, his pregnant wife and three of his children inside an apartment. The family ...

The Katsina State police command on Thursday said it has arrested three persons over a viral video on social media allegedly insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governor, Aminu Masari. Those arrested are; a 70-year-old man, Lawal Abdullahi Izala; ...

Ghana has recorded more than 1,000 additional cases of COVID-19 just 10 days after the country lifted its lockdown. Last week, Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo lifted a three-week lockdown on the basis of “improved coronavirus testing”. The Ghanaian president had ...

Police have been bombarded with more than 200,000 calls from people reporting their neighbours for breaching lockdown – an average of almost five a second. New figures show more than 9,000 fines have been issued in the last four weeks ...

The Federal Government said it is considering the option of home-care treatment for COVID-19 patients as States are running out of bed spaces, especially in Lagos, Abuja and Kano. Speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on ...

Gbenga Adeboye’s son and other Nigerians yesterday took to social media to remember late Nigerian stand-up comedian, singer and radio presenter. Adeboye died on the 30th of April, 203, which made it exactly 17 years yesterday. His son who now ...

Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola has conveyed the approval of the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu that all Offices in the State Secretariat, Alausa, as well as other Government Establishments Statewide, be opened for activities with effect ...

Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has debunked reports that 300 health workers were infected by coronavirus. In a briefing yesterday as a member of Presidential Task Force briefing, Ehanire said 113 health workers were infected. “The over 300 doctors ...

Nigeria has recorded its highest Coronavirus infections in a single day, ramping up 204 news cases on Thursday. This takes the national total of coronavirus infections to 1,932. In the figures released by the NCDC, Kano topped with 80 new ...

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark Workers’ Day, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has commended health workers leading the battle to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Workers’ Day is celebrated on May 1 ...

The Delta State Police Command said an investigation has commenced in the alleged killing of a soldier in the Bomadi Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, made the disclosure while ...

There was drama at the Kangundo Level 4 Hospital morgue in Machakos Count, Kenya on Tuesday, April 28, after the second wife of a deceased resident brought clothes smeared with ashes in preparation for her husband’s burial. The body of ...

An eight-storey building has collapsed in Imo State, leaving several persons trapped. Located along the Yar’ Adua Drive in Owerri, the state capital, the building was said to have been under construction at the time of the incident on Thursday. ...

Kenyans have rallied to the aid of a widow filmed cooking stones for her eight children to make them believe she was preparing food for them. Peninah Bahati Kitsao, who lives in Mombasa, hoped they would fall asleep while they ...

Operatives of the 81 Division, Nigerian Army on Thursday paraded 13 fake soldiers alleged to have used military uniform to perpetrate crimes in Lagos. Among the suspects were Ebenezer Adeleke, Afolabi Hassan, Allen Afolabi, Daramola Olamide, Akpan Joel, Eze David, ...

A report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and its partners has indicated that ongoing lockdowns and disruptions in health services during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to seven million unplanned pregnancies in the months ahead. The report ...