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Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, yesterday, disclosed that the proposed bill that would give legal backing to the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun will be signed into law on Friday, February 14 by the six south west ...

Boko Haram insurgents killed 10 stranded passengers on Sunday night at Auno, a village near Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. This was confirmed by the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi, who spoke to journalists at the ...

A man who r.a.p.e.d a woman while she vomited in a train toilet and claimed that she ‘enjoyed it’ has been jailed. Timothy Davies, 45, of Ramsgate, was sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty of rape ...

A mum has told how her life was almost completely ruined after she was r.a.p.e.d by her son’s former best friend. Carlyn Thompson, who has waived her right to anonymity, had known Gregory Houslin since he was 14. But in ...

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that confirmed cases of coronavirus being transmitted by people who have never travelled to China could be the “tip of the iceberg”. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s remarks come as members of a ...

An Israeli court today sentenced a firebrand Islamic cleric to 28 months in prison for incitement to terrorism in connection with deadly unrest at a Jerusalem holy site in 2017. Raed Salah had been convicted by Haifa magistrates’ court of ...

An 18-year-old lady, Hauwa Sani has been arrested by the Jigawa State Police for allegedly killing and burying her newborn baby at Dabi village in Ringim Local Government Area. Spokesman of the command SP Abdu Jinjiri who confirmed the incident, ...

  A 55-year-old businessman, Mr Chike Eze, on Monday, prayed a Customary Court in Igando, Lagos, to dissolve his marriage with wife, Racheal, “to save him from committing murder”. The petitioner alleged that Racheal had become a thorn in his ...

   Disturbing new footage shows an ‘evil’ carer slapping, pushing and dragging a vulnerable man around in his own home. Pearline Baugh, 62, carried out a months-long catalogue of brutal abuse on Peter Evans, 20, who has autism, epilepsy and ...

Minister of information, Lai Mohammed, says the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) will compete with the likes of Cable News Network (CNN) if the $500 million loan his ministry is seeking gets approved. According to The Guardian, the minister made the ...

A knifeman arrested outside the White House wanted to assassinate US President Donald Trump, according to a report. Roger Hedgpeth, 25, is said to have told a Secret Service officer ‘I am here to assassinate President Donald Trump… I have ...

Kenyans formed long queues on Sunday to take a glimpse at the body of the country’s longest-serving leader, Daniel Arap Moi, lying in state ahead of a state funeral. Moi, whose 24-year rule saw Kenya become a one-party state where ...

A photo of five Nigerian sisters who are all doctors have made the rounds on social media. According to a social media user, @Fattybold the ladies are from the same parents and their medical specialties include Neuro-surgery, Gynecology, plastic surgery, ...

One person died and three others sustained injuries when a Fulani settlement at Jingbe, Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi, was completely gutted by an overnight fire. The settlement made up of 87 thatched houses being inhabited by over 300 ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on fresh money laundering charges. Adoke was arraigned alongside Aliyu Abubakar. Both men are standing trial alongside others ...

The Nigerian Air Force says it has neutralised some key Boko Haram terrorist leaders at Alafa Yagayaga on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who made ...

The Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District,  Ignatius Longjan, is dead. One of his colleagues in the Senate confirmed his demise to a Punch correspondent on condition of anonymity this morning. The senator said. “Yes,  the man is dead but ...

Following the failure of the management of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) in Lagos to submit its audited reports to the Auditor General of the Federation since 2014 till date as required by law, the House of Representatives has issued ...

The Australian city of Sydney has been hit by its heaviest rain in 30 years, bringing flooding and travel chaos and forcing thousands from their homes. The state weather agency said 391.6mm of rain had fallen in the past four ...

The Northern Elders Forum said on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari, had failed to secure and pilot the affairs of the Nigerian nation. The Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led NEF stated this at a press conference on the state of the nation ...

12 new bodies have been discovered in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo region of Beni, two days after a militia attack left eight people dead and around 20 missing, police said on Sunday. On Friday fighters from the Allied ...

Kogi State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever with four  deaths since the outbreak of the disease in the state about a month ago. The state’s epidemiologist, Dr Austin Ojotule, disclosed this in a statement in ...

The Abia State Police Command has warned members of the Indigenous People of Biafra to steer clear of the burial of the parents of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ene Okon, said the police would not ...

The Queen has asked Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to return to the UK to attend a Commonwealth Service, it has been reported. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will join the rest of the royal family at Westminster Abbey ...

  The number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 on Sunday, the highest number of casualties in a day. The total number of deaths in China is now 908 – but the number of newly-infected people ...