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                 The Federal Government has extended the suspension of the new electricity tariff by one week.   Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said this when the ad hoc Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff submitted its interim ...

No fewer than two persons have died in multiple road accidents that occurred late on Saturday in Lagos State.   The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency announced this on Sunday morning. It said in a cross over operation while responding ...

                                                                       Kidd Waya, a former housemate of the Big Brother Naija Season 5, lockdown Edition has visited his hometown, Benue state and he was welcomed by many. Amazingly, he was received by the wife of Benue State Governor, Mrs Ortom. ...

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has announced the dissolution of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). He made the announcement around this afternoon at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. He said the police unit is dissolved across all ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday declared Governor Rotimi Akeredolu winner of the governorship election held in Ondo State on Saturday.   INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Idowu Abel Olayinka, Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, declared Akeredolu winner of ...

                                        A grandmother, Anthonia Amos, who was arrested by the Police for selling her four day old grandson in Imo State, ...

                                                          The Federal Government has ordered that salaries of any university worker, ...

Pastor Sam Adeyemi Pastor Sam Adeyemi of the Daystar Christian Center has requested the Nigerian Government to cease firing stay bullets and teargas at peaceable protesters demanding an finish to police brutality within the nation. Adeyemi in a collection of ...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is coasting home to victory in the governorship poll held in Ondo on Saturday as he has won nine of the 12 local governments declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC so far. The Governor posted ...

                                                      Cinema lovers will have a chance to see former Senator Dino Melaye in ...

                                    President Buhari has lost 100,000 followers on Twitter and he may lose more as some Nigerians intensified pressure on him to disband ...

                                            Two separate kerosene explosions, weekend rocked Abakaliki, and inflicted two women with severe burns on their skin.   The incident, which involved a 70-year-old woman and a 21-year-old girl has thrown residents into fear and apprehension over the possibility ...

                                        Nigerian singer, songwriter and rapper, Divine Ikubor known professionally as Rema, has joined the #EndSARs protest.   The vibrant singer in solidarity with the movement did the big chop by barbing his signature dreadlocks. The Dumebi crooner took to ...

Disqualified BBNaija Season 5 housemate, Erica Nlewedim in her own way has joined the #EndSARS protest in Lagos.   The actress and model was earlier today spotted distributing food and relief items to #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki protest ground ...

                         A young Nigerian, Jimoh Isiaq was shot in Ogbomosho during an #EndSars protest on Saturday and later died from the resulting injuries, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has confirmed.   The Governor also said seven others sustained injuries during ...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra, and Vice President Osinbajo’s daughter, Kiki have joined the ongoing #EndSARS protest against police brutality in the country.   Kiki Osinbajo had on Saturday shared a post on her Instagram page saying “Police brutality must ...

                                                      Boats conveying INEC officials and election materials in Ese Odo Local Government Area ...

                                  Nigerian record producer, Michael Collins Ajereh, better known as Don Jazzy has joined the mass protest against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).   ...

                                                  There was pandemonium in an area of Akure on Saturday morning, when gun-wielding men invaded ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has finally spoken on the ongoing nationwide protests against alleged brutality and extortion by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).   The protests have been going on nationwide for over 72 hours. In a statement ...

                                                An elderly couple found dead suffering gunshot wounds near a hiking trail in Colorado died in a ‘suicide pact’, it has been revealed.   Leroy ‘Lee’ Vigil, 73, shot his wife Stella Vigil, 72, before turning the gun on ...

                                                             With the on-going nationwide protests and campaign against police brutality in Nigeria, singer, mental health advocate and Nigerian Police ambassador, Korede Bello has lent his voice to the struggle.   The multiple award winning singer joins millions of Nigerian ...

                                                                     Kabir Muhammed Lawal, Legislative Assistant to a member of the House of Representatives, Mustafa Saidu from Adamawa State, on Friday, was caught breaking into the office of another lawmaker from Kano State, Kabiru Idris.   Lawal, who was apprehended ...

                                                             A Las Vegas dad has been charged with child abuse leading to substantial bodily harm after his one-year-old daughter was found dead in a hot car.  Sidney Deal, 27, was arrested on Monday after refusing several efforts to free ...

Police in Cambodia have arrested a 39 year-old Nigerian, Ogadimma Igwe Linus and 29 year-old Sierra Leonean, identified as Abdul for attempting to ship drugs into Australia.   They were arrested in Phnom Penh along with a Cambodian female accomplice, ...