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Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill three policemen in Delta

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly hacked three policemen to death along the Ugbolu -Illah Road, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday at the police checkpoint along the ...

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Tanzanian preacher granted bail over deaths in stampede

Tanzania’s Boniface Mwamposa has been released on bail after he was arrested over a stampede that killed 20 people on Sunday during an outdoor religious service he was leading in the northern town of Moshi. Mr Mwamposa — who refers ...

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Prosecutors and defense lawyers prepare closing arguments in Trump’s impeachment trial after the Senate refuses to hear witness testimony

The US Senate prepared on Wednesday to acquit Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, ending the impeachment process and further clearing the skies over the White House as the president angles for re-election. The ...

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Man accused of beating pregnant wife, Olayemisi Ogunbi to death speaks

Olayemisi Ifelowo Ogunbi’s husband has debunked the claim that he beat his heavily pregnant wife to death, leaving behind three kids. Olayemisi Ifelowo Ogunbi who died on January 28, 2020 was said to have been heavily pregnant when her husband ...

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Edo government demolishes ex-Oshiomhole’s aide’s hotel

  Edo State Government on Wednesday made good its threat when it demolished Latifa Hotel belonging to Mr. Tony Adun, a former aide of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The government of Godwin ...

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Baby diagnosed with coronavirus shortly after birth

  A Chinese baby has been diagnosed with coronavirus just 30 hours after a woman who had tested positive for the deadly disease gave birth in the epicenter city of Wuhan, according to state media. Doctors at the Wuhan Children’s ...

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Another OAU lecturer suspended over sexual molestation

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, have suspended another lecturer, Mr Monday Omo-Etan, over alleged sexual molestation of a 19-year-old female student of the university’s Centre for Distance Learning. Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, said ...

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Plane in Turkey bursts into flames on runway

    A plane skidded off the runway and burst into flames at an Istanbul airport on Wednesday afternoon. The internal flight from Izmir to Istanbul was touching down at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Turkey’s capital when the plane overshot ...

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Iyana Ipaja protest: School pupil killed by stray bullet

A young school pupil has been killed after being hit by a stray bullet during a clash by police and commercial motorcycle riders today at Iyana-Ipaja. Policemen trying to disperse the protest, which has since been hijacked by hoodlums, fired ...

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Graphic photo: Lady beats her step daughter to death in Port Harcourt

A lady has been arrested for allegedly beating her step daughter to death in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. According to Facebook user, Victoria Igbokwe who shared the very sad photos and reported the news, the incident happened at Bori camp. ...

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NAPTIP arrests two women for selling, buying day old baby of mentally-ill woman

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have arrested two women for selling and buying a day-old baby belonging to a mentally-ill woman in Lagos. This was disclosed by the Lagos Commander of NAPTIP, Daniel ...

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Woman scares off r.a.p.i.s.t by coughing and saying she was from Wuhan

A woman managed to scare away a potential r3pist by coughing and telling him she had just returned from Wuhan. Police said the suspect, a man named Xiao, 25, broke into her bedroom last Friday in the city of Jingshan, ...

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90% of Boko Haram’s victims are Muslims – Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday declared that 90 per cent of Boko Haram’s victims in the past years were Muslims. “It is the reality that some 90 per cent of all Boko Haram’s victims have been Muslims. They include a ...

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30-year-old Bus conductor remanded in prison for robbing, raping 59 year-old woman

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, remanded a 30-year-old bus conductor, Wale Hassan, in a correctional facility for allegedly robbing the occupants of an apartment in Ikorodu, Lagos and r3ping a 59-year-old woman. The News Agency ...

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FFK calls Bishop Sunday Garuba a LITTLE MONKEY

Bishop Sunday Garuba was this week quoted as saying  ”anyone that attempts to rise against President Buhari shall be visited with God’s wrath”. Not pleased with his prayers, FFK took to twitter to blast him, calling him a LITTLE MONKEY ...

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Riot at Iyana Ipaja as riders protesting okada ban set LASTMA vehicle on fire, destroy cars on sight (Video)

There is riot at Iyana Ipaja at the moment as men believed tp be okada and keke riders are protesting their ban on certain roads. According to an eyewitness, twitter user, @Mariamuwane it’s hell. ”I’m in the middle of a ...

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EFCC denies keeping Shehu Sani in underground cells

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied the allegations by former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani that the agency kept suspects in underground cells. The Zonal Office Head of the anti-graft agency, Aminu Aliyu, who took newsmen ...

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