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A 15-year-old schoolgirl has been electrocuted in the bath after her charging mobile phone fell into the water. The teenager was taking a bath at her home in Marseille in France, when the tragedy happened on Sunday, it has been ...

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned food vendors and others against the use of paracetamol as tenderiser in cooking meat and beans, saying it can cause kidney and liver failure. Mrs Roseline Ajayi, ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalize gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin. He made clear he would not allow the traditional notion of mother and father to be subverted by what he ...

Having s.e.x with more than 10 partners over a lifetime can increase your chances of getting cancer, according to a shock new study. And women with a higher number of sexual partners are more likely to report a limiting, long-term ...

Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has filed a suit against Governor Seyi Makinde over the revocation of his landed property at Agodi Government Reservation Area (GRA), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Also sued alongside the governor is ...

Harry and Meghan are axing 15 staff and closing their Buckingham Palace office. It is the surest sign yet that the couple and their son Archie are unlikely ever to return to the UK to live. The Duke and Duchess ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have arrested two siblings and 13 others for alleged Internet-related fraud in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Acting Head of Media and Publicity for the EFCC, Tony Orilade, said in a statement on ...

A man on facebook name withheld recently posted the picture of his child and he’s really in pains and grief as he doubts if he’s the true father of the child he’s wife just recently gave birth to. According to ...

The death of a 76-year-old woman and wife of the traditional ruler of Ihitoha Uratta community, Owerri North council area of Imo State, Ugoeze Comfort Okoro in the custody of kidnappers has been confirmed by the family. The corpse of ...

A Federal High court in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Sule Shuaibu has admitted journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo to bail. Justice Shuaibu sat over the case for the first time after taking over from Justice ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has re-arraigned activist and convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, on a fresh two-count charge of treasonable felony. At the court on Thursday, Aminu Alilu, the prosecution counsel, asked that the previous seven-count charge, which ...

Nigeria’s presidency has opened up on the booing of President Muhammadu Buhari by residents of Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday. Buhari was in Maiduguri on Wednesday to sympathise with the people and government of Borno after Boko Haram terrorists killed ...

  The Supreme Court has sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon, and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate ...

  A man has recounted how he had to travel hours after being shortlisted for a government job interview only to find out he has been replaced. The man took to his social media page, Olumide McAnelka Adebayo, to share ...

    A British woman who went on a rampage during a flight and tried to open a door, forcing two fighter planes to be scrambled, was ordered Wednesday to cool her jets in the slammer for two years, according ...

  A mother has revealed the reason her baby’s school decided to cello-tape her legs to her shoes.   The mother who picked her daughter from school and found cello-tape holding her legs to her shoes was informed that the ...

  A Nigerian man named Uzor Obinna Marvelous, who got married in January this year, said it is “wrong and ungodly” for Christian couples to moan during sex.     He said men do not like it when women do ...

An Okada rider who refused to stop during a search has been intercepted with 4,653 rounds of bullets disguised in a bag of rice in Zamfara state.     4,653 rounds of bullets disguised in a bag of rice has ...

    A younger man popularly often known as Alfa and his accomplices have been arrested after one of them dug into a man’s grave to steal his head for money ritual functions. Samson, who received the title Alfa after ...

  Angry youths have reportedly burnt down the house of the Nigerian man who killed his relative in South Africa a few days ago. Some agngry youths in Orlu West Local Government Area of Imo State reportedly stormed the house ...

A young boy who appeared on TV alongside his family for a news feature has become a viral star after eagle-eyed viewers spotted his bizarre skill. Film crews for The Project were visiting rural communities in Australia to see how ...

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Wednesday about one billion barrels of crude oil have been discovered in the North-East part of Nigeria. Sylva disclosed this at a news conference on the 2020 Nigeria International ...

Police in Matungu, Kakamega County, Kenya have launched a search for a 44-year-old woman accused of killing her husband. Roseline Nafula, who hails from Lubanga Village, is alleged to have fatally hit Joseph Okoth, 50, in the head after he ...

The Rivers Police Command has banned the use of sirens, revolving lights, spy and covered number plates in the state. A statement signed by the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, said the Commissioner of Police, Mustapha ...

Some Lagos State workers  were forced to return home on Wednesday after the gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway took a turn for the worse. The gridlock, which affected the two lanes of the road, led to a standstill of vehicular ...