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Four members of the National Youths Service Corps, who served in Ondo and Osun states, lost their lives in the course of serving their fatherland.   Also, at least 15 corps members in the two states had their service year ...

  In the midst of the rife EndSARS protest, Nollywood actress Beverly Osu has revealed in a new post about how she was arrested and maltreated by the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Sharing photos of her participation in the ...

  A member of the All Progressives Congress representing Dawakin Tofa/Tofa and Rimin Gado Federal Constituency in Kano State, Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe, has been attacked by angry youth in his constituency, who alleged that he did not deliver the dividends ...

Two families who lost their loved ones after police officers fired live ammunition to #EndSARS protesters in Ogbomoso on Sunday have come under unbridled police intimidation, according to People’s Gazette.   The online news outlet reported that the police leadership ...

A retired Commissioner of Police, Fulani Kwajafa, has expressed regrets for establishing the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force.   The excesses of the unit notorious for human rights violation has sparked protests across Nigeria for over one ...

A 17-year-old girl was kidnapped and repeatedly gang-r.a.ped over a 22-day period on a farm in India.   The girl, who had run away from home after an argument with her parents last month, was waiting for a bus in ...

A smuggler was caught with 2lb of gold worth £46,000 in his bottom after customs officers spotted his unusual walk at an airport in India.   The man was travelling on a GoAir flight from Dubai into Kerala’s Kannur airport ...

The UN has condemned plans to castrate rapists and paedophiles in Nigeria and called the measures ‘draconian’. In September, the governor of Kaduna state signed a law saying men convicted of r.a.pe would be subjected to surgical castration – with ...

A businessman in Argentina killed the mother of his three children before he shot himself dead in a murder-suicide inside the couple’s country club home, authorities say.   Police visited the home following reports of gun shots and found the ...

A lady who also came out to protest has said policemen killed her brother and told her father there was nothing he can do about it, and she said they were right.   She shared photos of herself carrying different ...

  The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has said that the northern governors are against #EndSARS. He made this known while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at ...

Pandemonium erupted on Wednesday at the disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) office of the Lagos State Police Command when 30 out of the 250 detainees broke out of their cells and escaped.   This was contrary to claims by ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has frozen the accounts of 15 textile smugglers across the country.   Deputy Governor Corporate Services of the CBN Mr. Edward L. Adamu made this disclosure at a stakeholders meeting of Cotton, Textile and ...

Twitter CEO, Jack has joined the ENDSARS campaign yesterday online. But to the shock of many, a former Presidential Aspirant, Adamu Garba called him to order and even threatened to SUE him.   His tweets; ”Dear @jack It’ll do you ...

Beyonce has fans in a spin after she was captured on video dancing with her son, Sir.   Doting mum Bey swung the three-year-old from side-to-side, with Sir looking extremely dapper in a miniature Giorgio Armani suit and a rainbow ...

John Legend made an emotional return to the stage to perform at the Billboard Music Awards 2020 for the first time since the tragic loss of his son Jack.   The 41-year-old singer dedicated his performance to his wife Chrissy ...

The Federal Government has ordered all Federal Civil Servants to resume work on Monday, October 19, 2020. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha and the National Coordinator, Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 disclosed this during ...

Oppor! The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Anambra State yesterday celebrated 12 of its serving corps members who got married in the state.   The couples, all of 2019 Batch ‘C’ set, said they met at the orientation camp. ...

Nigerian superstar, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido was called out for beating up a bouncer who was simply doing his job.   According to an Instagram user identified as Djttb, the bouncer was attacked for simply doing his job. ...

Nigerians on social media have blasted a woman who forgot her child at Abuja #EndSars protest and refused to pick her up immediately she was contacted.  It was learnt that when the woman was contacted by the medical team to ...

Nigeria has been barred from the US visa lottery application for 2022, a document obtained from the US Government website showed.   In a 19-page document published on the website, Nigeria is the only African country barred from the visa ...

Wizkid is apparently still very much keen in the fight against police brutality, so much so that he has lashed out at fellow musician Reekado Banks for releasing a track amidst the current turmoil.   Banks took to his Twitter ...

Festus Keyamo, the State for Labour and Employment Minister has announced the demise of his driver, Yohanne Shankuk amidst the #EndSARS protest in Abuja on Wednesday, 14 October.   In a tweet, Keyamo wrote; ”I regret to announce that my ...

A man has taking to social media to hail his dry cleaner after returning the money he found in his pocket. He has forgotten he left some money there, but the said dry cleaner, washed the cloth and returned it ...

Patoranking has asked all whose parents are politicians or government officials not to join the others to protest on social media and on the streets.   According to him, they should rather talk to their parents at home than leaving ...