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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three suspects in Kwara for alleged brewing of skuchies. The suspects are Opeyemi Ibrahim, Abdullahi Lukman and Mubarak Rejuavo. This is contained in a statement signed by Ekerette Ukpong, Public Relation ...

A remotely piloted drone has disappeared in Niger Republic, due to an equipment malfunction, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a statement on Monday. “On Feb. 29, U.S. Africa Command lost one remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) in the vicinity ...

The federal government is trying to trace most of the 155 passengers in the aircraft that brought to Nigeria the Italian confirmed with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire made the disclosure yesterday while briefing newsmen in ...

  An Upper Sharia Court at Tsafe in Zamfara State has ordered the remand of one Bala Haruna, alias Oranji-gada, 56, in Correctional custody, for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl. The accused was dragged to the court by the office ...

Mohammed Atabo, the chairman of Parents Teachers Association (PTA) of a private school in Abuja, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for forgery. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Atabo, 45, who is the PTA chairman of ...

A woman faces jail in United Arab Emirates after she sent a strongly-worded email to a man who was said to be harassing her with sexual images, a campaign group has said. Melissa McBurnie, 57, was arrested in Abu Dhabi ...

This is such a good news! The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Monday struck down the policy that spouses of pregnant women seeking antenatal care in Lagos public hospitals must compulsorily make blood donation before their pregnant wives ...

North West made her rap debut as she opened for her father’s surprise Yeezy Paris Fashion Week showcase on Monday evening. The daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, six, followed in her dad’s musical footsteps as she belted the ...

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for fatally stabbing two officials at a checkpoint set up to control the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak. The virus has infected more than 80,000 people and killed nearly 3,000 ...

A 38-year-old Nigerian woman, identified as Nawakoo Oluchi Chivoma has been arrested in India for allegedly duping a 21-year-old man from south Mumbai. According to Indian Express newspaper, Oluchi reportedly posed as an executive of an international pharmaceutical firm. According ...

A regional minister in Lombardy, the Italian region most affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, has tested positive for the virus. The contagion concerns Alessandro Mattinzoli, 60, who serves as commissioner for economic development, the Lombardy region said in a ...

A close adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died Monday of the coronavirus at the age of 71. Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi died at a Tehran hospital, becoming the first top official to succumb to the illness ...

A woman was among eight people publicly canned for breaking Sharia law in Indonesia. The woman wearing white on to her knees before another female police officer, wearing an entirely maroon religious dress, joins her on the stage. A long ...

The Supreme Court has adjourned until Tuesday hearing in an application filed by Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), asking it to review a judgment on Imo governorship that declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ...

Twenty-five people died on Monday when a bus rolled down a steep embankment in South Africa’s coastal Eastern Cape province, the country’s transport minister said. “Reports indicate that the driver lost control of the bus, which subsequently rolled down a ...

  The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, on Monday reported that four Chinese nationals quarantined in Plateau state have tested negative for Covid-19. The Plateau state government had reported four suspected cases of the coronavirus on Saturday and placed the ...

Opeyemi Abidemi, 20, has landed in big trouble in Lagos after she engaged a 47-year old woman, Abisode Bello, in a public fight which led to her death. The suspect, Opeyemi, has been arrested and detained by the Police. The ...

The management of Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, has debunked claim by Lafarge Plc that the Italian who brought Coronavirus to Nigeria first slept at the hotel before coming to the company in Ogun State. The Lagos Airport Hotel management described ...

  The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government is worried about the increase in the prices of face masks and sanitisers in the country. Ehanire stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, where ...

  South Korea reported on Monday 476 new coronavirus cases, taking its national tally to 4,212. Twenty two people have died so far, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The new cases followed the country’s ...

A Nigerian man has shared his experience of how he killed a snake in his own toilet last night. Taking to social media to share photos, the man who is full of thanks to God wrote; ”As much as I ...

An icy blast and blizzard in the East Coast has frozen over a Lake Erie neighborhood in New York, transforming homes into igloos and the water into an ice sheet. Homes in Hamburg, New York were completely covered in ice ...

It’s Daddy G.O’s birthday today and we can’t but thank God for his life. We are happy about how God is using him to win souls to his Kingdom, and ofcus how he is a great blessing to us too. ...

  A 33-year old apprentice has been stabbed to death at Satellite Town in Lagos due to minor misunderstanding over N500. The deceased, Afeez Oluwole was allegedly stabbed to death by one Kazeem Mustapha. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken for the first time in more than 48 hours after the confirmation of a coronavirus case in Nigeria. In a statement on Sunday night, Buhari expressed sadness about the case, confirmed in the commercial capital, ...