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A total of 1,355,203 persons have been tested for HIV in Akwa Ibom between April and October this year.   The Deputy Director Technical, Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS), Dr Pius Nwaokoro stated this on Thursday in Uyo ...

This got us teary! Nigerian Afrobeat singer Burna Boy has released a new single titled 20 10 20 in loving memory of victims of the Lekki shooting. Though the Government says only two people died from the incident, they have ...

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said politicians must prioritise governance to benefit the people.   Obaseki, who said this in Benin City on Thursday, added that he was not in government to be famous or make money ...

  Hoodlums on Wednesday night stabbed to death the 38-year-old son of a former Director General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim, around Kawo in Kaduna North Local Government Area.   Daily Trust reports that the deceased, ...

Bila Charles Kabore, the 90 year-old father of Bukina Faso president is dead.   President Muhammadu Buhari called President Marc Christian Kabore on Thursday to commiserate with him. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, ...

A six-year-old girl has been r.a.p.e.d and murdered in a sickening attack.   Little Inathi Mhlahlo disappeared on her way to buy sweets and crisps from her local shop in Mdantsane, South Africa. But her family became concerned when she ...

Awww! Kanye West has gifted his wife, Kim Kardashian a hologram of her late father.   Kim who celebrated her 40th birthday on the 21st of October shared the news, describing how much she appreciated that. She called the gift ...

NURTW Chairman, Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya who recently returned from Turkey has gone on inspection of his vicinity.  Known to be the ”King in Oshodi”, the NURTW chairman quickly went on inspection to see what and what were destroyed during the ...

Nigerians have fished out a video where Desmond Elliot admitted social media helped him in winning his election. The video was from 2015, shortly after his victory. The reporter had asked him if he would still have time for his ...

Big Brother Naija reality star, Leo DaSilva has vowed to remain a virgin till marriage.   In a tweet he made on his official Twitter page, Leo DaSilva exclaimed that the drama engulf with s.e.x is too much, hence his ...

The Lagos State Police command has arrested the fleeing Sergeant Eze Aiwansone, attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 16, Ikeja, for the shooting of his girlfriend, Joy Eze.   The incident occurred on 8th October, 2020, at Opebi ...

  Police in Wote, Makueni County, Kenya are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 36-year-old man whose body was found outside Bushman nightclub in Wote Town Thursday morning.   Makueni County Police Commander Joseph Ole Napeiyan told K24 ...

A 14-year-old autistic boy was allegedly beaten to death by his older stepbrother while his mum did nothing to stop him.   David Matheny, 33, and his 52-year-old mum Rebecca Greenwood are both jointly charged with the murder of Sayeed ...

  Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has called for support for the police and other security agencies, while stating that the worst policeman is better than the best criminal. According to Channels Television, Governor Abdulrahman said this while receiving the ...

A 67-year-old man, Abraham Olayinka, has been rescued after jumping into Asa River on Abdulwahab Folawiyo, Unity Road, Ilorin, Kwara State.   Punch Metro gathered that the incident occurred around 11.30am on Monday. Traders within the vicinity, who saw him ...

Oh dear! Nigerians on social media have called for the arrest of Lagos lawmaker, Mojisola Alli-Macauley for allegedly using CA-COVID palliatives as her birthday souvenir. It all started when the lawmaker called Nigerian youths drug addicts, saying they go on ...

Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was ordered back to prison Thursday as the country’s Supreme Court upheld a 17-year jail term for bribery and embezzlement offences.   The conservative Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, had ...

Lagos lawmaker, Desmond Elliot has been forced to apologise for calling Nigerian youths CHILDREN. The lawmaker was dragged front and back ad across every Nigerian market today after the video of him calling the youths CHILDREN was leaked online today. ...

Suspected hoodlums under the guise of EndSARS protesters in Ebonyi have murdered a Police Inspector, Mr Egu Omini and cut off his manhood.   The hoodlums also snatched his AK-47 rifle after attacking a police station in Abakaliki, the state ...

Though he has apologised. But before his apology came, musicians such as Simi, Tekno, Don Jazzy a record label owner, OAP Toolz, actresses Uche Jombo and Lala Akindoju are among the many celebrities who slammed lawmaker, Desmond Elliot HARD for ...

Hours after he escaped from Oko Correctional Centre in Edo state, with other prisoners, a yet to be disclosed Prisoner, has reportedly killed his neighbor who testified against him in court.   About 1,993 prisoners escaped from two correctional facilities ...

Saudi Arabia will open the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims from other countries from Nov. 1, Saudi media reported on Thursday. The news comes as the kingdom relaxes measures it had taken to check the spread of the coronavirus. ...

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani, on Thursday, disclosed that no fewer than 800,000 babies die of poor breastfeeding yearly across the globe.   Oyebanji stated that poor breastfeeding was largely responsible for high infant mortality in ...

The Federal Government on Thursday announced a two-day total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State for a concrete work on some sections.   The Federal Controller of Works in the state, Mr Olukayode Popoola, in Lagos said ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps, on Thursday, confirmed the death of 21 people, including school children, in an auto crash at Mgbowo in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.   The Enugu Sector Commander, Mr Ogbonna Kalu, who confirmed ...