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More than 6,000 bodies have been found in six mass graves in Burundi. The discovery in Karusi province is the largest since the government launched a nationwide excavation in January. Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, the chairman of the Burundi’s Truth and ...

A 17-year old boy has been arrested for abduction and allegedly sleeping with his 15-year old lover. P.M.Express reports that the incident happened at Obagunwa Lane, Onilekere Cement area of Lagos, where they reside. The boy is now facing the ...

Kano State Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje has appointed a man — the Special Adviser on Street Lights. His appointment letter was sent to him on the 13th of February, 2020. The likes of Kate Henshaw have been discussing this on ...

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has vowed never to negotiate with criminals operating in the state. Bello spoke on Friday at a valedictory court session in honour of the late Justice Shuaib Yakubu, Justice of the Appeal Court. He ...

The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of five, out of six persons trapped under a heap of sand at Ramin Farar Kasa in Dauni village in the Minjibir Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations ...

Two serving members of the National Youth Service Corps in Kano State, who met each other during the one-year programme, Muhammad Musa and Hauwa Bagudu, got married in their khaki uniforms last Friday at the Juma’at Mosque, Nigerian Air Force ...

A woman may be forced to tell her best friend she believes her husband is cheating after spotting him on a antenatal ward with a pregnant woman. The mum-to-be was at the hospital for an appointment when she noticed her ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly snubbed an invite to Prince Andrew’s birthday, it has been claimed Harry and Meghan will not be making the trip from Canada for his uncle’s 60th birthday on February 19. Neil Sean, a UK-based ...

Controversial monarch, Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has reacted to the allegation that he beat Agbowu of Ogbaagbaa, Oba Sikiru, saying he only defended himself against the attempt of Agbowu to stick his eyes with his staff of ...

An American woman from New Jersey has admitted in a federal court to entering a sham marriage with a Nigerian who was living in Pittsburgh so he could become a permanent resident, according to prosecutors. Ajia Strauss, 28, of Newark, ...

The Defence Headquarters has accused Amnesty International (AI) of deliberately supporting the acts of terrorism perpetrated against Nigeria by the Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West African State (ISWAP) terror groups. Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Onyema ...

A septuagenarian gun maker recently arrested by the police in Delta State, Ezekiel Idoghor, has denied making guns for armed robbers. He said his clients were vigilance group members, hunters and ‘respectable’ men in the society, adding that he did ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate suspension of Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Modibbo Kawu. The suspension is coming months after an ongoing prosecution of Kawu by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) for alleged corruption. ...

A pastor, Amos Kosini and his wife are on the run after the self-acclaimed cleric allegedly flogged his son, Faithful, to death over allegation of witchcraft. It was learnt that two other children of his church member, Paradise, and Godspower, ...

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the posting of 31 special advisers recently sworn-in, the Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau said. Gusau on Saturday released a list of the advisers and their postings. According to Gusau’s statement, Governor ...

A Chinese tourist has died in France after contacting the new coronavirus – the first fatality from the disease outside Asia. The victim was an 80-year-old woman from China’s Hubei province, according to French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn. The country’s ...

  A Catholic priest serving in Uromi Diocese, Father Nicholas Oboh, has been reportedly abducted by gunmen in Benin City. Chancellor of the Uromi Diocese, Rev Father Osi Odenore, in a statement posted on his Facebook page, said Fr Oboh ...

Residents of Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in the eastern part of Lagos State have reaped what could be termed “bountiful dividends” of local government autonomy entrenched in the State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was in the area on Friday ...

Some Venezuelans are too poor to have sex because the country’s economic crisis has left them unable to afford homes, hotels or contraception, couples say. A box of three condoms costs $2, a month’s supply of birth control pills can ...

A mother who took her two young daughters with her to dump their father’s body in Michigan after he had been beaten with a hammer and burned beyond recognition has been arrested in Italy after 18 years on the run. ...

There is palpable tension amongst traditional rulers in Osun State, following a report of Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi beating up another monarch during a peace meeting. It was gathered that the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of ...

The special taskforce, Operation Safe Haven, has paraded a suspected Boko Haram terrorist and other criminals disrupting the peace in Plateau state. Commander of the taskforce, Augustine Agundu, says the suspects were arrested in different locations within and outside the ...

  Manchester City have been banned from competing in the Champions League for two years. UEFA handed down the punishment, which includes a €30 million fine (£25m/$33m), to the Premier League giants for breaching Financial Fair Play rules. Following an investigation, the Adjudicatory Chamber ...

Egypt’s health ministry on Friday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, making it the first in Africa. The nationality of the person was not given in the joint statement with the population ministry, which added that they had ...

A fire swept through an unlicensed orphanage outside Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, killing 15 children, a local judge told AFP on Friday. The building — which had not been authorized to operate as an orphanage since 2013 — housed about 66 ...