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Dangote Group of Companies has paid N500,000 to each family of the eight students killed on Jan. 23 when one of its trucks lost control at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State. The Students’ Union Government of the university ...

The Federal Government has announced the reopening of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State.   Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing announced the reopening on Saturday. In a tweet, Fashola said the bridge reopened from midday of Saturday. ...

The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Abutu Yaro, has assured that the over 300 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe early Friday morning by yet to be identified gunmen will be rescued safely. “l can assure you ...

Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has told the Federal Government to channel its energy towards arresting Boko Haram leader, Ibrahim Shekau and Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who has been holding meetings with bandits. He was reacting ...

The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry has said he stepped back from the royal family last year because the British press was “destroying” his mental health. Prince Harry said this in an interview during “The Late Late Show” while discussing ...

There was panic in Imo state on Thursday night as hoodlums set the Aboh Mbaise Divisional Police Headquarters ablaze. The Nation gathered policemen on duty fled as the hoodlums who were mobile carried out the arson on the facility. On ...

The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have threatened to shut down schools over the abductions of students by terrorists. According to the two groups the recent spate of kidnap means that students are ...

Attempt by a joint team of soldiers, Department of State Services, DSS and policemen to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho was today resisted by youths. The joint team laid ambush for Igboho, but his youthful supporters resisted the move. Igboho ...

Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, spokesperson of Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians in the area of security. Tanko-Yakasai was reacting to the abduction of students from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata-Mafara local government ...

Tiger Woods has been moved to a new hospital in Los Angeles as he recovers from multiple injuries sustained in a serious car accident this week. The 15-time major winner underwent surgery to stabilize compound fractures of his tibia and ...

The Zamfara State Government has confirmed the abduction of female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of the state. The confirmation was made by the Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar ...

Ahead of the nation’s moves to install the controversial 5G network, the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) has stated that Nigeria would risk a security threat, if the network was deployed wrongly in view of its sophistication. The ...

Nollywood actor, Alesh Sanni, has welcomed his first child — a baby boy.   He shared the news on his Instagram page this morning. ”Among all my firsts in life, being a first time dad is my favorite ? The ...

Here are some heartbreaking photos from the burial site of the 7 Nigerian Airforce officers who lost their lives on Sunday in a plane crash.   Photo credit- Ogunro Ayodeji              

Lady Gaga has offered $500,000 for the return of two of her dogs that were allegedly stolen off a Los Angeles street after her dog walker was shot. The “Rain on Me” singer, born as Stefani Germanotta, will give the ...

A Nigerian, Julia Oparah, has been named the provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of San Francisco (USF) in the United States. Mrs Oparah is currently the provost and dean of the faculty of Ethnic Studies ...

Years after completion of his tertiary education as a graduate of English studies and literature, transportation minister Rotimi Amaechi has enrolled at Baze University, Abuja, as a law student. Mr. Amaechi received a bachelor of arts degree (honours) from the ...

Manchester United will host AC Milan and Arsenal will travel to Olympiacos, in the first leg of Europa League Last 16, according to the draw done Friday afternoon. Jose Mourinho’s side Tottenham will also be on the road in the ...

OAP N6 has weighed in on Bobrisky/Nkechi Blessing saga.   And below is what N6 has to say, lol.  

Travelers were this morning stranded as Ghanaian airport workers began strike this morning. Travelers who have to fly via the International airport of the country, the Kotoka International Airport are seen stranded and wandering as workers at the airport began ...

Scores of travellers were abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Thursday along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway. A source told The Punch in Maiduguri that the insurgents ambushed commercial vehicles plying the highway on Thursday afternoon and abducted many passengers. One of ...

Tragedy struck in Imo State on Tuesday after a man, Victor Ikegwuonu, 25, was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife’s lover, Emeka Ezuruike. Punch Metro gathered that the deceased allegedly caught Ezuruike kissing his wife. The incident happened at ...

The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Olajide Oduyoye, has said that the agency would now deploy technology to nab traffic offenders in Lagos State. The MD said that officers would use bodily cameras precisely to catch ...

A coalition of Christians in the North under the auspices of the Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association has said that the United Nations needs to urgently intervene in Nigeria’s situation in order to prevent a “full blown” war in ...

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced a travel agent, Babawale Ponle, to two years’ imprisonment for misappropriating N10m worth of airline tickets. Ponle, who is the Managing Director of Travel Doctor Limited, ...