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We didn’t see this coming at all. A man travelling from Taraba to Benue state has narrated how their entire bus alongside passengers were carried by a canoe to cross from Taraba state into Benue state. He made a recording ...

Kano State Taskforce on Fake and Counterfeit Drugs and Unwholesome Processing Foods, Miscellaneous Committee, under the State Ministry of Health, on Saturday impounded 147 cartons of fake and expired drugs concealed in an uncompleted within Kano metropolis. The state Commissioner ...

Finding the perfect Christmas gift for a loved one can prove impossible sometimes. But one couple thought they’d found the ideal present for their son. However, his wife wasn’t quite so sure about it. The woman, who has been married ...

George Michael ’s sister Melanie Panayiotou will reportedly be buried next to his unmarked grave in north London. Melanie, 55, died on Christmas Day exactly three years after her superstar brother. Now the Daily Star Sunday reports she will be ...

Jose Mourinho has revealed his sadness after his family dog, Leya, died on Christmas Day. The Spurs manager arrived at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium ahead of his side’s clash with Brighton , before revealing the news to broadcasters Amazon Prime. ...

A 36-year-old woman was trampled to death by an elephant at Ol Arabel Forest, which is located on the borders of Baringo and Laikipia counties. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has identified the woman as Stella Chebii. According to the ...

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has declared three-days of fasting and prayer for the unity, peace and progress of Nigeria. NYCN National President, Mr Solomon Adodo said that the prayer session would hold from Jan. 1 to Jan. ...

  Organized Labour has said it is ready to go to war with any governor that fails to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustment that follows for workers in their states. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the new ...

  Colin Weir, who won one of Europe’s biggest lottery jackpots, has died after a short illness aged 71. Mr Weir and wife Chris, from Largs in North Ayrshire, claimed the £161m Euromillions prize in 2011. Earlier this year the ...

Tragedy struck in Rumuekini community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday as an electronics dealer, Chris Achor, allegedly committed suicide in his apartment. Achor was said to have taken his own life after drinking a poisonous insecticide ...

Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Saturday said that the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki’s) late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. ...

Oyo State government said it will soon begin breath test to ascertain if drivers are drunk while driving or not. The move, according to government, is to reduce the rate of accidents caused by drunk driving among drivers which usually ...

The Ogun State police command on Saturday placed an indefinite embargo on any form of street carnival or public procession across the state following recent series of violence and wanton destruction of valuable properties in the state which were linked ...

  At least five people have been stabbed at the house of a rabbi in New York state, police say.   The house in Monsey, north of New York City, was hosting a religious celebration when the attacker burst in, ...

  Five corpses and two human heads have been discovered inside a shipwreck on the coast of Japan. The boat washed ashore on Japan’s Sado Island, northwest from the mainland, on Friday and authorities gained access on Saturday. The heavily ...

    Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday, hailed the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army. He commended the security outdits for foilong a robbery attack at First Bank, Mpape, in the outskirts of Abuja, the nation’s capital. Atiku ...

  Justice is being sought for a 22-year old student of Lagos state university, Favour Seun Daley-Oladele, who was grusomely murdered by a friend and his mom with the help of a prophet.   A web user, identified as Omojola ...

Her name is Peace Goewam. But her living condition is a sharp contrast of her name. First, she was taken away from her parents’ home in Plateau State, at age six, without any inkling of where she was going to ...

A man has confessed to the brutal murder of his girlfriend and her three children, two of whom were his, at the weekend in Peru. Juan César Augusto Huaripata, 28, and Jéssica Tejeda, 34, got into an argument when he ...

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says it has re-opened Club Quilox, after securing the management’s commitment to comply with the state’s environmental laws, and regulations. The General Manager, LASEPA, Dr Dolapo Fasawe, said in a statement on Saturday ...

A female patient (name withheld), has been caught on Close Circuit Television (CCTV), stealing a doctor’s phone at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). The Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Prof. Darlington Obaseki, disclosed this during the end ...

Activist Joe Odumakin visited her fellow activist, Deji Adeyanju at a Dubai hospital were he has been receiving treatment after he was attacked in Abuja on Monday. Sharing a photo from her visit to the activist, she captioned it; ”Visited ...

Five suspected hoodlums were on Saturday arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command for allegedly invading the family house of the Deputy Governor of the State, Philip Shaibu. The house is located in Jattu-Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area ...

Deji Adeyanju who was flown to Dubai for further medical attention after he was attacked on Monday during a protest demanding the release of Omoyele Sowore has finally spoken from his Dubai hospital bed. Deji in a tweet this evening, ...

  Arguably the youngest Commissioner in Nigeria,  the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Kwara State, Joana Nnazua Kolo has been accused of following people on Twitter immediately she resumed office. This accusation was first made by Kayode Oshinubi (@Kayodeoshinubi) on ...