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  Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in a field southeast of Springfield,  authorities said Tuesday. The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department says the pilot of the twin-engine Piper Aerostar reported having trouble with the plane’s instruments and ...

A police officer in the US state of Maryland has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man who had been handcuffed inside a patrol car. Corporal Michael Owen Jr, a 10-year police force veteran, shot William ...

  The Nigerian Army has reopened the Maiduguri-Damboa road. The reopening of the road in Borno on Tuesday has been welcomed by the people and the District Head of Damboa, Alhaji Zanna Maina. Expressing their joy to newsmen during the ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Osagbovo Iyoha, has warned the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to stay away from Edo South Senatorial District and forget any idea of holding a political rally ...

  A mummy blogger whose mortgage was helped to be paid off by comedian Jason Manford has died at the age of 31 after succumbing to her 15-year battle with an incurable lung disease. Rachel Clements, who ran the blog ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday launched the ‘HeForShe’ campaign aimed at enlisting the support of men in the fight for gender equality in Lagos. At the event held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest ...

  The Federal Government has said it would demolish more structures to pave way for the ongoing reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Director of Highways, South West, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Funsho Adebiyi, made this known on ...

A Nigerian actor and film director, Pius Okaba has emerged one of the toasts of European film market. The Berlin, Germany-based thespian has over his 10-year career in the film and television industry worked in various fields such as Format ...

Billionaire, Femi Otedola, has paid a surprise visit to the cast and crew of ‘Citation’, a new movie by award-winning filmmaker Kunle Afolayan. Otedola, who was at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, where the movie is currently being ...

The President, Muhammadu Buhari says “harder times’’ await bandits whose disruptive activities have brought sorrow to Nigerians, kept many away from their means of livelihood, and heightened insecurity in parts of the country. The President stated this when he received ...

  The Investigative Panel constituted by the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife to look into the allegations of sexual harassment against a lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Mr Olabisi Olaleye, has submitted its reports to the ...

  A Danish newspaper refused to apologise to China on Tuesday over a satirical cartoon it ran about the deadly new virus that has killed dozens and infected thousands more. The cartoon, published in Jyllands-Posten on Monday, depicted a Chinese ...

Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Dr Collins Chiji today announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chiji who made the announcement during the plenary session of the house also announced ...

An internet scammer Damilola Ahmed Adeyeri and his mother, Alaba Kareem Adeyeri, have been convicted on a four-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of $82, 570, about N29.9million. The charge was preferred against ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has uncovered 23 polling units at private homes in Akwa Ibom State. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Mike Igini, disclosed this during his appearance on Sunrise Daily. He explained that the ...

Aerial spraying to beat back a plague of locusts swarming across Kenya will cost $70 million, the UN estimates. Millions of the insects have invaded the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia, devouring farmland and just about anything else ...

A mum of two has spent £45,000 on plastic surgery after getting her first boob job at 18. Tracy Kiss, 32, accepts that she’s “addicted” to cosmetic operations but insists it’s not in an unhealthy way. Here, the gym instructor ...

A thug left an 18-month-old girl with two broken arms when she wouldn’t stop crying. Connor Brown, 22, admitted assaulting the girl after the child’s mother told how she heard a crack when the tot’s arms were forced behind her ...

Kylie Jenner took to social media to send her prayers to the families of those lost in the deadly helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others on Sunday. The 22-year-old revealed a personal connection to ...

I think this is better. Leave their d**k, let them keep seeing it, but just make it useless.  A paedophile who r.a.p.e.d a 12-year-old girl in a school toilet is set to be castrated for his twisted crime. The s.e.x ...

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has expressed his desire to see the publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo being released months after being arrested and arraigned on charges of treason. Ayade who denied having a hand in the ...

Nollywood Actress and filmmaker, Toyin Abraham has advised women to leave any toxic relationship they might be in now before it becomes too late. The Alakada Reloaded star gave this advise following the death by hanging sentence an Abuja court ...

Nigerian footballer, Christian Obodo and his mom were on Sunday, January 26, 2020 involved in a car crash in Delta State. The Ex-Super Eagles Midfielder and his mom were travelling along Ozo road when the unfortunate incident happened. Miraculously, they ...

A kickboxer, Agamaye Rowland has disarmed a suspected thief who was caught trying to gain entrance into his compound. In the video shared online, Rowland was seen explaining to residents of the area how he caught and disarmed the thief. ...

On the third anniversary of the announcement of United States President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, Democrats said on Monday that the House of Representatives will soon consider legislation that would repeal the travel ban and limit the president from imposing ...