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Sixty-one dogs have been saved from being turned into dog meat after they were found crammed into six tiny metal cages on their way to a Cambodian slaughterhouse.   The dogs, who were packed on top of each other, were ...

The trial of about 5000 suspected Boko Haram fighters in various detention facilities across the country will commence soon, Aliyu Abubakar, DG, Legal Aid Council, said Tuesday during a courtesy visit to Borno governor Babagana Zulum in Maiduguri. Many of ...

The Lagos State Government has announced that there would be total closure of the third mainland bridge from midnight Friday to midnight Saturday.   The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde who made this known in a statement issued in ...

The seven personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), who died in last Sunday’s plane crash in Abuja will be buried Thursday, at the National Cemetery in Abuja. The NAF aircraft, Beechcraft KingAir BB305i, crashed on Sunday afternoon, as a ...

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has assured the people of the state that the government has put machinery in place to ensure adequate and uninterrupted power supply before the end of his administration. The governor gave the assurance while ...

Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi has been dragged into a child paternity ‘scandal’. We got a mail from a young woman in our Facebook inbox and also the blog’s email alleging the PPRO his her son’s father. ...

Tragedy struck in Umuahia the Abia State capital as a conductor was accidentally crushed to death by his own driver. The unfortunate incident occurred around 7:30 am opposite the entrance gate of the Abia Line Transport Network. According to eyewitness ...

The Judicial Services Commission has confirmed that it has launched an investigation into Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa. This after the judge’s n*des,  bedroom photos, as well as raunchy WhatsApp messages, were leaked onto social media. The compromising ...

Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery Wednesday of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India. The vaccines, delivered ...

The Senate has confirmed the nomination for the appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC. Bawa’s confirmation followed his screening by senators at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly. President Muhammadu ...

A Nigerian lady who inked a tattoo of Bobrisky’s face on her back has cried out for help after allegedly being disowned by her father. The lady disclosed that she is currently at crossroads and doesn’t know what to do. ...

Singer Banky W who welcomed a baby boy with his actress wife few weeks ago made an analysis of the baby’s name, while hinting on his new song premiering on February 26th.   He wrote; “Please read in full: His ...

Kaduna state Governor Nasir El Rufai on Tuesday launched the State Social Protection Policy, lamenting that, Nigeria has the highest number of poor people among the countries of the world. He however said that, his government will establish a Social ...

Tiger Woods suffered serious injuries to both legs as his car flew off the road and flipped several times on Tuesday near Los Angeles in a crash he was “very fortunate” to survive, law enforcement officials who found the US ...

At least 67 inmates have been killed in prison riots across Ecuador. In a tweet, Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno said gangs had carried out “simultaneous acts of violence in several prisons in the country”. According to authorities, riots erupted in ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will speed up efforts to ensure rapid economic growth in the country.  Speaking on Tuesday at a meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) in Abuja, Buhari said the administration’s policy of ...

  Nigeria Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic has further worsened the unemployment situation and deepen the poverty level in the country, saying “our nation has millions of extremely poor people.” Osinbajo who ...

It was a sensational dramatic piece with Mr Freeman Godwin, an appointee of Cross River governor, Ben Ayade who has threatened to commit suicide over non -payment of salary after his appointment. Godwin, whose designation is not known as at  ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appealed his suspension by social media giant Facebook, both on Facebook and Instagram. Trump lodged the appeal with Facebook Oversight Board, co-chaired by former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. But, his appeal will not ...

Bobby Shmurda has been released from prison, and he got a special homecoming as Quavo picked him up with a private jet. In January of this year, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s inmate lookup noted ...

  Abuja-based lawyer, Firsts Baba Isa has debunked claims by his learned colleague that 4000 divorce applications have already been filed in 2020 in Abuja Recall that a lawyer, Annebrefa, made the claim on Twitter last Friday, adding that some ...

  Founder, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has retracted his recent comment about the ending of COVID-19. This is comes after the cleric was criticized for his sermon which he stated that he once prayed that the COVID-19 pandemic ...

A High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, has discharged and acquitted one Chukwudi Omeh, who has  been standing trial since 2013  over  the death of his fiancee. Omeh  a trader  of engine  oil at Okwo Ngbo market, ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 571 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 153,187. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. Nigeria also recorded 12 ...

Malawi authorities have issued a new arrest warrant for controversial millionaire Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Prophetess Mary Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering.   This comes after Prophet’s children Raphaela and Israella, cousin Esther Bushiri and mother-in-law Magdalena ...