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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party to concentrate on strengthening the main opposition platform before the 2023 election cycle. “Our preoccupation at this point in the @OfficialPDPNig should not focus on elections, but ...

This is the moment a six-storey apartment block crumbled to the ground sending residents fleeing in terror. The Al-Ramzan Tower in Karachi, Pakistan, collapsed on Monday 40 minutes after residents were evacuated. Footage shows people staring up at the building ...

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s ex-fiancé Nick Gordon ‘had black fluid coming from his mouth’, according to a released 911 dispatch audio. TMZ has reported that before paramedics arrived, a dispatcher is heard saying in the 911 call: “Black stuff is coming ...

A father battered a 60-year-old man after allegedly finding him n.a.k.e.d from the waist down in his toddlers’ room. Mark Stanley was left with horrific facial injuries after the fight and was arrested by police in Spotsylvania, Virginia. Officers said ...

There was palpable tension in Ilorin, Kwara State Capital, over the demolition of the house of Late Abubakar Olusola Saraki. Officials of the state government had in the wee hours of yesterday demolished the house, popularly known as Ile Arugbo ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has defended his recent inauguration of Caretaker Committees in the 33 Local Governments and 35 Local Council Development Areas. Makinde defended his action in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo ...

The Department of State Services (DSS), has paraded the mastermind of the double phantom wedding between President Buhari and the minister of humanitarian affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq on one hand, Buhari and minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed, on the other. ...

A dad and his nine-year-old daughter have been accidentally shot dead after hunters mistook them for deer. Kim Drawdy, 30, and his daughter Lauren, were targeted by mistake during a hunting trip in South Carolina on Wednesday, New Year’s Day. ...

Gunmen have killed no fewer than 19 people in Tawari community in the Kogi Local Government Area of Kogi State, burning buildings, including the palace of the king of the community. The Public Relations Officer of the Kogi State Police ...

The US has announced a countrywide ban on some e-cigarette flavours amid concerns about vaping among teens. The ban applies to mint and fruit flavours that are offered in cartridge-based e-cigarettes, like the popular pods sold by Juul. The US ...

An actress who had a small role in Captain America: The First Avenger has been arrested after she allegedly fatally stabbed her own mother. Mollie Fitzgerald, a 38-year-old actress and director, is accused of attacking her mother in her own ...

Four people have lost their lives, while four others sustained various degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a truck at Pipeline Junction, Ogere Remo axis of Ibadan-Lagos Expressway, on Thursday, January 2nd. The Public Relations Officer Ogun State ...

The residence of a former Senate President, David Mark, in Otukpo town, Benue State has been gutted by fire. Witnesses said the fire spread from a nearby bush bordering the fence of the ex-senate president’s residence and bunt down two ...

Four people have lost their lives, while four others sustained various degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a truck at Pipeline Junction, Ogere Remo axis of Ibadan-Lagos Expressway, on Thursday, January 2nd. The Public Relations Officer Ogun State ...

The Lagos State Government has begun cashless policy for toll payments at Lekki/ Ikoyi Link bridge toll- plaza as earlier announced. The State Government had last year announced that it would go cashless on toll payments at the Lekki/ Ikoyi ...

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to Thursday’s demolition of his father’s Ilorin, Kwara State house. The Kwara State Government had on Thursday morning demolished the late Olusola Saraki’s house, popularly called Ile Arugbo (House for old persons), after ...

A mum almost died after travelling to Tunisia for a cut-price cosmetic procedure in a bid to get rid of her mummy tummy. Abigail Fernandez developed an infection after the £2,500 operation, leaving her with a tennis-ball-sized hole in her ...

A Russian Antonov military plane carrying Sudanese judges and injured people crashed on Thursday in the Darfur region of Sudan, with all those on board killed, according to the Sudanese Red Crescent. The plane was travelling from the city of ...

Here is the face of Ernest Ewim, the master-planner of last Saturday’s robbery attack against Mpape Abuja branch of First Bank. He was the last of the gang to be arrested by the police. Four other members of his gang, ...

  Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has been recognised as the best Brazilian player in Europe after winning the 2019 Samba Gold Award. Alisson played a key role in the Reds’ run to Champions League glory last season, and also made a huge impression on ...

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspects, Banjo Adeleke, James Dalex and Haladu Junaidu, for allegedly breaking into the Iganmu Flour Mill’s warehouse to steal about 300 bags of fertilisers. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says an estimated 26,039 babies will be born in Nigeria on New Year’s Day. UNICEF’s Nigeria Representative, Mr Peter Hawkins, said this yesterday in a statement. Nigerian babies would account for almost seven per ...

Seventeen intending pilgrims to Isreal from Niger State have been denied visas and will not partake in this year’s pilgrimage scheduled to begin on Friday in Jerusalem. It was also learnt that Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello is sponsoring ...

Kwara state government has defended its decision to revoke the Ilofa road, GRA, Ilorin plots of land allegedly illegally acquired by the late strong man of Kwara politics, Dr Olusola Saraki. The state government also revealed further details surrounding the ...

The Nigerian Army says its troops have neutralised and captured more Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa’s Province (ISWAP) terrorists and rescued 165 women and children from their captivity in Borno State. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu ...