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  Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested a 30-year-old woman along with four men for allegedly stealing and selling tricycles stolen from Kano State. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the Bauchi Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, a ...

  A three-year-old boy has d!ed after he fell into a septic tank while he was playing in the garden with his older brother. The boy, whom police have not named, had been playing alongside his four-year-old brother in a ...

  Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president moments after the end of Tuesday night’s presidential debate against Donald Trump. The pop star made her announcement in an Instagram post signed as “Childless Cat Lady” – a reference to comments by Trump’s ...

  A Lagos State Special Offences Court, in Ikeja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced an American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez, to 74 years imprisonment, for defrauding victims of $1.2m, through an EB-5 visa scam and an additional $368,698.24, in fraud. Justice ...

  Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Austin Eguavoen, has denied stepping down as the interim coach of the Super Eagles after the two 2025 AFCON qualifiers against the Benin Republic and Rwanda. Eguavoen was appointed by the NFF ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said bank executives are complicit in aiding money laundering in the country, adding that it would commence prosecution soon. Speaking at the 17th annual conference of the Chartered Institute Bankers of ...

  A 15-year-old boy has d!ed after a fake doctor performed gallstone surgery – using YouTube as guidance. Krishna Kumar’s condition rapidly deteriorated after the bogus medic’s procedure – allegedly carried out without his parental consent – at a private ...

  President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep concern over the recent flooding in parts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. The severe flood, considered the worst in decades, has displaced thousands of residents and affected critical infrastructure, including the ...

  Authorities in Iran are planning to deport no fewer than two million people without legal residency status by the end of March 2025. The commander of the security forces, Ahmad-Resa Radan said this on Tuesday. A debate about the large number of ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration and security agencies to redirect their intimidation towards the perpetrators of violence. The former Vice President, in a post on his verified Facebook ...

  Tshepo Maphepha, a South African man, recently shared a picture of himself with his three wives, expressing his joy in being in a polygamous marriage. He highlighted the importance of making personal choices in love, encouraging people to define ...

  The Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed five industries for environmental infractions. The companies are Nixim Paper Limited, and Long Xiang Aluminum both at the Sagamu axis of the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway, New Shidai Manufacturing Limited, Mowe in ...

  The Delta State Police Command has arrested one Emmanuel Umukoro, for allegedly k!lling and burning his mother, Mrs Fatima Umukoro, a school proprietress, in the Warri area of the state. Punch Metro, on Sunday, learnt that the tragic incident, which ...

  The Lagos State Police Command said a 65-year-old visually impaired man, Ewenla Adetomiwa, was rescued after attempting to commit su!cide by jumping into the lagoon along the Third Mainland Bridge. The incident took place around 2:30 p.m. on September ...

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, on Monday, debunked reports doing the rounds that the rate for Value-Added Tax (VAT) has been upwardly adjusted to 10% from 7.5%. The Minister, in a statement signed by ...

  Bankole Henrich, a poultry farmer, has expressed his devastation after losing over 5,000 birds and being forced to sack 50 workers following the demolition of his farm by Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) officials. In a series of posts ...

  Over 30 people have been d!ed and 50 cows perish after a petrol tanker explosion in the Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State The petrol tanker reportedly collided head-on with a trailer truck carrying travellers and cattle. They ...

  Just when you think you have seen it all! A British pensioner has been arrested in Greece for allegedly trying to suffocate his wife. He was arrested on attempted mur.der. The 87-year-old man allegedly tried to suffocate the 89-year-old ...

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “leadership position and good offices to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to immediately reverse what it described as the “illegal and unconstitutional” ...

  Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has described the demise of Hajiya Dada Yar’Adua as a personal loss to him, saying “this woman technically made me… Jonathan stated this in Katsina when he paid a condolence visit to the Yar’adua ...

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids at three courier firms in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs ...

  Betsy Obaseki, wife of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Governor, on Saturday encouraged childless women to view themselves as fruitful, full of potential and proud mothers of children who would arrive in God’s time. Mrs Obaseki, accompanied by ...

  A 55-year-old sugarcane seller lost his life in a tragic drowning incident in Hadejia, Jigawa State. Sulaiman Potiskum, a resident of Hadejia, was attempting to bathe along the riverbank when he was swept away by the flooded water. The ...

  Rabiu Kwankwaso, the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and former presidential candidate, has expressed optimism about winning the 2027 presidential election. According to Daily Post, during the inauguration of the NNPP Secretariat in Katsina, Kwankwaso ...

  The Federal Government of Nigeria has introduced a new levy on electronic money transfers, effective September 9, 2024. The Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) requires Fintech companies, such as Opay and Moniepoint, to deduct N50 from every inflow of ...