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I don’t believe in giving men second chances – Nigerian feminist

A Zambian Twitter user has narrated how she dealt with a man who didn’t value her time and presence.   @DonCorleAnn admitted that the man was her favourite at that time but he ‘ghosted’ her for over a month after ...

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Vehicles, chairs, canopies set ablaze at Oshiomhole’s Edo rally

The face-off between Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, got messier on Saturday, as unidentified thugs overnight set ablaze vehicles, canopies and chairs parked at the venue ...

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Mystery man helps police solve murder case and disappeared afterwards

Policemen at Surulere Police Station in Ilorin, Kwara are yet to recover from the shock they got, after a mysterious man walked into their station to report the murder of a truck driver, whom he identified as Emmanuel Adegoke. The ...

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21-year-old man who concentrates on stealing from churches finally arrested

Police operatives from Ipaja Division of the Lagos Command led by CSP Tokumbo Abaniwonda, have arrested a 21-year old man, who confessed that he only goes to churches to steal properties and not for prayers. Tokunbo Lekan, who hails from ...

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Lassa Fever: 76 persons test positive in Edo State

  The Commissioner for Health in Edo State, Dr Patrick Okundia, on Friday, in Benin said 76 out of 175 suspected cases of Lassa fever tested positive to the virus. Okundia made this known during a Lassa fever committee meeting, ...

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Catholic catechist commits suicide, leaves behind a note

A Catholic catechist from Rongo, Migori County, Kenya on Monday mid-morning, January 20, committed suicide over claims that his elder brother was frustrating and mistreating him in their parents’ homestead. Paul Ochuodho Mbogo’s body was found hanging from a rope ...

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How NIS prevented trafficking of nine girls

The Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Command in Lagos, has rescued another 9 girls who were to be trafficked to Lebanon, Cairo, Dubai and India on Ethiopian, Peace, Egypt and East Airlines. The service ...

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Bird flies 6, 948kms from Finland to Bondo-Kenya

A rare migratory bird has landed in Kenya after flying a distance of 6,948 kilometers from Finland. The migratory bird known as Osprey was spotted in West Imbo Location, Usalu Village, Bondo Sub County in Siaya County. According to the ...

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Investors storm Oko Oloyun’s office to demand their money

Tens of Lagosians stormed the LASU Road office of late Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun, to demand the money they invested in his Ponzi scheme. Oko Oloyun, a popular Lagos-based trado-medical expert, was murdered on Thursday around ...

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NDLEA arrests 110 suspected drug traffickers at Murtala Muhammed International Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, Lagos, said it arrested 101 suspected drug traffickers in 2019. NDLEA Commander, Garba Ahmadu, made the disclosure at a media briefing in Lagos. Ahmadu explained that 87 ...

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Shaking teen weeps in dock as he’s cleared of killing dad with one punch

A teenager has been cleared of killing a dad-of-four who died after he was punched when he tried to stop a man from being assaulted. Philip James Long was out celebrating his wedding anniversary with his wife in Wrexham when ...

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CAN declares National fasting for security in Nigeria

    The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared Friday, 31st January to 2nd February 2020 as days for special fasting and prayer for Nigeria in all churches, home and abroad. According to a statement by ...

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Man arrested for killing another man with just one slap

The Anambra state police command has arrested a man who simply slapped another man, which led to his instant death. The incident happened last night in  Abakeleke street Awka, the capital city of Anambra State.    According to the Facebook ...

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Pastor remanded in prison for N23m fraud in Rivers

  Justice I. M. Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered that Mercy Daniel Ogbonaya, a pastor, be remanded at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre for obtaining N23m by false pretences.   The ...

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Fire guts Amu market in Mushin, Lagos (video)

The Amu market in Mushin, Lagos State was reportedly gutted by fire early hours of this morning. Live reports were made on twitter. An eyewitness wrote on twitter; ”They are fire fighters on ground but can control it.. Another Federal ...

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Graduate of University of Calabar commits suicide a month after graduation (Photo)

  Maxwell Enudi Lucky, a young graduate of Zoology and Environmental Biology (ZEB) department, University of Calabar, has allegedly taken his life with the aid of an insecticide known as sniper. Late Maxwell, from Delta State, committed suicide on Thursday, by ...

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I never said Amotekun is illegal – Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami

  Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has denied declaring the South-West regional security outfit codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ illegal. He stated he was misquoted on his interpretation of the outfit established by the six South ...

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le Arugbo: Kwara government, Saraki agree to settle out of court

Kwara state government and the former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, as well as all other parties involved in the Ile Arugbo demolition case have agreed to settle out of court. At the resumed hearing, counsel to Asa Investment ...

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