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  A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Akwa Ibom State has vowed to spread the deadly Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), according to Opera news. In a WhatsApp conversation with her friend, the Corps member identified simply as Dami ...

  Eight Local Government Council chairmen elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, have switched loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Local Government Council chairmen who joined the ruling PDP in Zamfara ...

A Thai soldier has killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 20 in a shooting rampage in the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima, according to police. The suspect of Saturday’s attack, identified by police as Sergeant Major Jakrapanth ...

  Scores of gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have attacked Gurmana, old Gurmana, and Ashirika communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, in central Nigeria. The armed men stormed ...

Donald Trump exacted swift revenge on two government officials who gave evidence against him during his impeachment hearings. Just days after his acquittal by the Senate the US President wielded the axe on national security aide Lt Col Alexander Vindman ...

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the arrest of John Mayaki, his former chief press secretary. Mayaki who is a Prince from Igarra royal family, was the first Acting Chief Press Secretary to Obaseki at the inception ...

  Five British nationals including a child have tested positive for the new coronavirus in France, the health minister said today, adding that they had all stayed at the same ski chalet. France has now detected a total of 11 ...

A 25-year-old woman from Kilimani, Nairobi was on Friday, February 7, charged in court with physically assaulting her 42-year-old ex-boyfriend outside the Milimani Law Courts. Mildred Aoko Okello is said to have beaten up Anti-Jussi Ahveninen on January 7, 2020, ...

The residents of the Okesha area of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, were embroiled in fear today as a bomb went off next door to the governor’s office. The explosion brought down a building around the area and also affected a section ...

Two Russian sisters have been reunited 78 years after they were separated by the turmoil of World War II, thanks to a television show and a police search. In footage of their meeting late last month provided by the interior ...

A coalition of 200 women organisations on Thursday in Abuja took to the streets to protest against the brutalisation of a lawyer and gender activist, Goodness Ibangha, by the police in Enugu State. The women under the aegis of the ...

A baby has narrowly escaped death after a stray bullet was fired by a police office and hit him (slightly) The incident reportedly happened at Mkpogu community of Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt. According to Twitter user @chiukwujioke, the victim of ...

  The Supreme court has affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal which reduced the jail term of former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, from 14 years to 12 years. The Apex court also removed the N495 million imposed by ...

  One person has been confirmed dead in an attempt to kidnap the Provost of Taraba College of Education Zing, Dr Mike Dio-Jen, at his residence in Jalingo. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday at the Green ...

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has said the recruitment forms for the Operation Amotekun outfit will be ready next week. The governor, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Security Matter, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, said the recruitment on ...

Police have arrested a Man O’war volunteer, Toyeeb Daodu, for allegedly beating his colleague, Ibrahim Aliu, to death in Ope-Ilu, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. City Round learnt that the incident happened around 7pm on Thursday following an ...

Property worth millions of naira were burnt beyond recognition as fire razed the staff quarters of the Maryam Babangida Girls Science Secondary School. Property burnt included a private car parked in one of the garages of the quarters, furniture and ...

  In accordance with Shari‘a law, Pakistan court has ruled that men can marry underage girls as long as they have had their first period. After #Italy decided to bear legal fees to defend Huma Younus, 14-year-old #Catholic bride kidnapped ...

Seven suspected internet fraudsters were on Thursday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal for bitcoin scam. EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, in a statement said the suspects were identified as Kufre Miller Okoh, ...

The police say they have lost two officers involved in a raid on a camp hosting members of the Ansaru terrorist group in Kaduna State. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of Operations, Abdulmajid Ali, disclosed this on ...

The endangered pangolin may be the link that facilitated the spread of the novel coronavirus across China, Chinese scientists said Friday. Researchers have long suspected that the virus, which has now killed more than 630 people and infected some 31,000, ...

Residents of Pakawa, Pipeline in Nakuru County, Kenya are in shock after a mutilated body of a young woman was found in her house on Wedneday. Ms Agnes Muthoni, who is the caretaker of the plot where the deceased lived, ...

  The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, who had prayed for an order unfreezing some bank accounts of the late dictator and other members of the ...

Some residents of Lagos State who are physically challenged today occupied a section of Mobolaji Johnson Avenue, Alausa in Ikeja, the state capital in protest. The protesters who are majorly commercial tricycle riders are protesting over the restriction of motorcycles ...

The United States today offered up to $100 million to China and other impacted countries to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus. “This commitment along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector demonstrates strong US leadership in ...