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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, on Tuesday, rescued a 36-year-old man, Ikechuckwu Ibeh, who jumped into the lagoon on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge.   It was gathered that Ibeh jumped into the lagoon around 4.45pm and was rescued five ...

One of the 30 kidnappers arrested by operatives of Operation Puff Adder, launched by the Inspector General of Police, yesterday, in Kaduna revealed how they kidnapped the son of a woman living in their neighbourhood, who later died from a ...

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Samuel Ortom as the Governor of Benue state. The panel of seven Justices led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour dismissed the appeal filed by the APC and its governorship candidate, Emmanuel Jime, for ...

A former Supreme Court judge, Justice Abubakar Bashir Wali, has died in his residence at Kano State. This was disclosed by a family source who said the late rist died at his residence in Kano after a protracted illness. It ...

A mother has been accused of strangling her nine-year-old daughter to death then jumping out of an eighth-floor window after ‘having a mental breakdown’ in Russia. Maria Russkikh , 29, survived the fall and was rushed to hospital in the ...

  The US Senate has rejected repeated Democratic attempts to secure new evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment as his trial began. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell meanwhile backed off on a plan to fast-track the hearings after coming under ...

Bob Ibeaji, 42, the kingpin of a four-man gang that killed Mr Ignatius Odunukwe said on Tuesday  that the lust for money led him to commit  the murder. Ibeaji, who claimed to be a medical doctor, made this statement to ...

  The Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Okey Onyekanma, has resigned his position. Onyekanma announced his resignation in a letter read by the Speaker of the House, Chiji Collins, during plenary on Tuesday at the legislative ...

  An American in Washington state has been infected with the deadly coronavirus spreading from China, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sources told CNN. No details about the patient’s identity, their recent travel history, whether anyone else may ...

Oxford English Dictionary has added 29 colloquial Nigerian expressions to its dictionary after a review carried out in January 2020. Some of the words added are Okada, Danfo, Mama Put, Agric, Barbing Salon, Gist, Kannywood and others. A statement from ...

A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the killing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Chairman in Adamawa State. Pastor Lawan Andimi, CAN Chairman, Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa State was killed by the insurgents on Monday. ...

Amotekun rally still held today. Photos from the rally shows Comrade George Akinola, Lagos State Coordinator of the rally, and others outside Gani Fawehinmi park, as Police officers barricaded the venue. More photos below…

A man who disguise as a female Muslim — wears a Niqab and sneaks into a married woman’s apartment pretending he is female as been caught in the act. A social media user, The_Seeker76, who made the news public backing ...

A man has plunged into the Lagos Lagoon from Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in a bid to commit suicide. Ikechuwku Ibeh, 36, attempted to end his life by jumping off the Lekki Link Bridge on Admiralty way Lekki phase 1 today. ...

    Lol. A man believed to be a student of University of Uyo, shared photos on twitter mocking the school while explaining how a lecture hall almost got burnt today. According to the twitter user, the tutor was trying ...

US President Donald Trump has branded his impeachment trial a “hoax” in the Swiss resort of Davos on Tuesday, hours before senators were to start debating a push to remove him from office. Asked by reporters why he was in ...

Lassa fever has reportedly claimed no fewer than 15 lives, while  28 are said to be on the danger list,  following the outbreak of the deadly disease in Ondo State. It was learnt that a  majority of the victims were ...

A range of security gadgets aimed at arming women against sexual assaults has been unveiled by an inventor. Shyam Chaurasia from the northern Indian city of Varanasi has developed a number of products fitted with built in guns for women, ...

Kanye West has fought some demons in his past and overcome them. During an appearance at Awaken 2020, the rapper shared how he struggled with alcohol but eventually beat the call of the addiction, sharing that he “beat the devil.” ...

An Ondo State Magistrates’ Court in Akure, has ordered the remand of a man, Chibuzor Ejike, in a correctional centre for making fraudulent claims. Ejike was arrested last week in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for claiming to be the abductor ...

  The Federal Road Safety Corps has initiated a driving licence reciprocity scheme to enable Nigerians moving to the United States and some European countries with valid national driving licence to drive right-hand vehicles without taking a fresh driving course. ...

Terrorist group, Boko Haram has killed the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Rev. Lawan Andimi. The spokesman for the CAN President, Rev. Bayo Oladeji, has confirmed this to Punch. “It ...

A teenager told his parents ‘see you on the other side’ before throwing himself in front of a train after becoming overwhelmed by a cocaine and gambling habit. Bradley Whittle, 19, left a ‘goodbye’ voicemail message to his mother and ...

23-year-old Isa Sulaiman who is about to wed his American lover, Janine Sanchez, 46, in a matter of weeks has said Nigeria women don’t know what true love means. EYAH! According to him, true love to Nigerian women is if ...

The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, through the arrest of Badamasi Sule and Muhammad Muhammad, suspected money-doublers, stopped the circulation of about N45m fake notes, packaged inside two Ghana-must-go bags. These currency counterfeiters were arrested in ...