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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 ...

Anderson Cooper has announced the birth of his child, a boy named Wyatt Cooper. The CNN town hall anchor shared the first picture of his son Thursday night, telling viewers: ‘As a gay kid I never thought I’d have a ...

Two vehicles attempting to sneak passengers from Kano into Kaduna have been intercepted at the Kaduna-Kano border. The lorries had reportedly slipped through the security checks at the border, sneaking in their human cargo concealed behind livestock, motorcycles and other ...

A middle-aged man died on Wednesday night after the vehicle he was driving plunged into Kotoruk River on the Makutano-Kapkoris Road in Kapenguria Town, West Pokot County, Kenya. Sammy Ruto’s body was discovered in the watercourse Thursday morning meters from ...

A 28-year-old man, Godday Robinson, has been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly r.a.p.i.n.g a 17-year-old girl into a state of unconsciousness and throwing her into a pit. Robinson was reported to have dragged ...

Meghan Markle’s ex-husband is expecting his first baby with his new wife. Trevor Engelson, who the Duchess of Sussex was married to from 2011 to 2013, confirmed the news on his Instagram on Wednesday . The 43-year-old shared a picture ...

Chinese doctors removed a live six-inch worm (parasite) from a 23-year-old Chinese female patient who was complaining of having continuous headaches. Xiao Yi (pseudonym) was reported to have visited a local clinic in Jiangsu province of eastern China in January ...