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  In furtherance to boosting the airpower assets of the NAF to tackle current and emerging security threats in the country, the Nigerian Airforce is set to induct two new Augusta 109 Westland Attack helicopters into combat operations. The induction ...

    Meghan Markle’s estranged father, Thomas Markle, accused his daughter of “cheapening” the British royal family in part of an interview released a day after Buckingham Palace said Prince Harry and his wife would no longer be working members ...

  The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as duly elected Governor of Kano State. NAN reports on Nov. 22, the court of appeal in Kaduna reaffirmed Ganduje as the duly elected governor of Kano state. The appellate ...

Former Nigerian Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has thrown his support for complementary policing efforts such as the Western Nigeria Security Network, with code-name Amotekun, set up by the six governors in the region. “Atiku Abubakar supports Community, State and Zonal Police ...

The planned protest by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced in Abuja with the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi and Senator Dino Melaye leading other party chieftains. The protest tagged #SaveOurJudiciary ...

Prince Harry has spoken of his ‘great sadness’ at leaving the Royal Family and said he and Meghan had ‘no other option’ than to quit senior royal duties – but vowed the couple are ‘not just walking away’. The Duke ...

The military authority says no fewer than 608 repentant Boko Haram insurgents are currently undergoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) Programme by Operation Safe Corridor (OSC) at Malam-Sidi, Gombe State. Brig:- Gen. Musa Ibrahim, Commandant DRR Camp OSC made this ...

The EFCC Ibadan zonal office, at the weekend, says it has arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at a popular Ibadan club — Club 360 — located on the Akala Expressway, Oluyole Extension in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. In preparation ...

Jigawa State Police Command has paraded a 29-year-old Mustapha Idris, from Ringim Local Government Area of the state, who was arrested for killing his 20-year-old girlfriend, Nafisa Hashimu, who was three months pregnant for him. According to Audu Jinjiri, the ...

Ansaru, a militant group, has claimed responsibility for the attack on the convoy of Umaru Bubaram, Emir of Potiskum in Yobe state. Bulama Bukarti, an analyst and human rights lawyer who shared the development on Twitter, raised concerns that the ...

A former Drexel University professor faces criminal charges after allegedly stealing $185,000 in research grant money and spending it on adult entertainment venues and on purchases for iTunes, meals and other expenses. Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, from Nigeria, 57, was charged this ...

Gospel singer, Yinka Ayefele’s triplets are already one. They turned one over the weekend, and their famous dad released so many photos of them. Yinka and his wife of many years have been waiting upon the Lord to bless them ...

Ohimai Amaize, a former AIT presenter who fled Nigeria last year, has been granted asylum in the United States. Mr Amaize, 35, departed Abuja in June 2019 following claims he was being trailed by Nigerian security agents with intention to ...

An animal that looks like a turtle — a very huge one has been caught by men working on a road construction project in the Niger Delta part of Nigeria.   The huge leatherback turtle was captured by workers of ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Kogi office, has sealed three petrol filling stations for adjusting their pumps to dispense fuel below the approved quantity. Mr Idris Mohammad, Controller Operations, Kogi Field Office of DPR, who led a team of ...

  Police in Likoni, Mombasa have launched a hunt for a 44-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife on Friday following a domestic dispute. Peter Mutisya is alleged to have hacked his wife, Ruth Kaveke, 42, in the head and ...

Chinese authorities have reported 139 new cases of a mysterious virus in two days, marking the first time that the infection has been confirmed in the country outside of Wuhan city. The new cases were identified in the cities of ...

A twisted couple who filmed their sickening abuse of five young girls have been jailed for 26 years. A detective investigating the case described the text messages sent between Peter Taylor and Keeli Burlingham as ‘some of the most appalling’ ...

Former Gambian president  Yahya Jammeh would face immediate arrest if he returned home, Gambia’s justice minister warned Sunday, days after his supporters called for his return from exile. After a year of hearings investigating abuses during his 22-year rule, “it ...

Creator-Kenomatv, Oma Nnadi has expressed her sadness after purchasing some amount of yogurts for her daughter’s consumption. Oma says she didn’t bother buying the yogurts from the States since we have it here in Nigeria, only for her to purchase ...

  Leaked documents reveal how Africa’s richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country, and corruption. Isabel dos Santos got access to lucrative deals involving land, oil, diamonds and telecoms when her father was president of Angola, a ...

The pipeline explosion at Ile-Epo area of Abule Egba, in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has left three persons burnt to death, 11 trucks and seven houses razed in the inferno. A massive explosion shattered the peace of the area around 7:45pm ...

  A 23-year-old lady, Patience Amos, has died in the hands of her boyfriend in the Adamawa State capital, Yola.   The decomposing body of Patience was found in the boyfriend’s room days after she died, perceivably after a violent ...

  The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, paid a surprise visit to an RCCG parish around him today.   Taking to Twitter, Adeboye wrote on the experience at the parish and how ...

  Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, took to his social media page on Sunday to blast the heavy weight champion, Anthony Joshua, for prostrating before President Buhari in London yesterday January 18th.   Joshua met with President Buhari during ...