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A gunman disguised as a FedEx delivery driver shot and killed the son of a US federal judge and wounded her husband in an attack on Sunday at their New Jersey home, reports said. Judge Esther Salas was not hurt, ...

Iran on Monday executed a former translator convicted of spying for the US and Israel, including helping to locate a top Iranian general killed later by the Americans, the judiciary said. The killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani in a ...

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been admitted to hospital, suffering from inflammation of the gall bladder, according to state media. The 84-year-old ruler, who has ruled the country since 2015, was undergoing medical checks in the capital, state ...

The season 5 of the Big Brother Naija reality show is currently underway after it was ceremonially launched on Sunday, July 19, 2020. However, some housemates have started trending already, most for the good reasons and some include, Praise, Ozo, ...

Big brother Naija 2020 housemate, Olamilekan Agbeleshe known in the show as Laycon, was the best graduating student from University of Lagos (UNILAG) in 2016, Department of Arts. Laycon’s unique entrance into the house gave him lot of attention with ...

“The first and second choices admission exercise be conducted for all institutions from August 21, 2020, to a later date that would be determined by the Federal Ministry of Education and communicated to all the institutions.” “The uncertainties of the ...

Suspected kidnappers have abducted a policewoman, her daughter and four others at Janruwa, Patrick Yakowa way area of Kaduna metropolis. The incident, according to eye witnesses, happened in the late hours of Saturday when the bandits stormed the community and ...

A 13-year-old boy from Pennsylvania is to be tried as an adult after shooting his nine-year-old brother in the head, killing him in a game of cops and robbers gone horribly wrong. Brayden Leroy Wright of Waynesboro was denied bail ...

Fourteen health/frontline workers, made up of five doctors, seven nurses, one Physiotherapist and one Laboratory Scientist were among 62 persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 in Yobe State, the Commissioner for Health Dr. Mohammed Gana has said. Gana said ...

Nigeria on Sunday night recorded 556 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 36,663. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement. NCDC said that the 556 new confirmed cases were ...

Some kidnappers have abducted a daughter of Murtala Kore, the lawmaker representing the Danbatta Constituency in the Kano State House of Assembly. The incident reportedly happened around 2am on Sunday at the legislator’s home in Kore village, in the Danbatta ...

A 32-year-old man identified as Aboh Ogbeche, on Friday, committed suicide at his family residence in Lawanson, Surulere area of Lagos State. Aboh was said to have drank bleach, even as sources stated that there was nothing to indicate that ...

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspected highway robbers at Alapako area, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The suspects: Uzefa Idris, Adamu Yakubu and Ayuba Buhari were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, ...

Lionel Messi finished as top goalscorer in Spanish La Liga for a record seventh time after netting twice as dethroned champions FC Barcelona went on a scoring spree on Sunday. They ended their disappointing 2019/2020 campaign on a high with ...

A man who was attacked by a bear in Colorado has been speaking out about the harrowing encounter which left him with lacerations across his face and neck. Dave Chernosky, 54, heard a noise coming from the downstairs of the ...

A 15-year-old girl from Michigan is currently in a juvenile detention facility for failing to complete her homework amid the coronavirus pandemic. The teen, who is referred to as ‘Grace’ in a ProPublica article published about the incident, was sent ...

A high school teacher from Kentucky has been charged with r3pe and sodomy for allegedly having s3x with a 17-year-old student and sending inappropriate messages to another teenager. Mollie Verkamp, 27, from Florence, was arrested last Thursday following a year-long ...

A notorious Canadian mobster has been assassinated in a hail of bullets three years after his brother was shot dead – and a year after he survived a similar attack. Pasquale ‘Fat Pat’ Musitano, 53, was gunned down at a ...

A young Nigerian has allegedly committed suicide after being accused of rape by a Twitter influencer who refused to provide further details.   #JusticeForIzu is currently trending on Twitter after a user named Legend Izu Madubueze took his life when ...

The housemates of the 2020 Big Brother Naija Lockdown edition have been officially unveiled today, July 19.   The housemates who come from different states across the country, will be contesting for the grand prize of N30 million; a two-bedroom apartment courtesy ...

Members of the Niger Assembly have expressed dismay over the hoarding of Covid-19 pallatives by the State Covid-19 Task Force. The legislators wondered why the foodstuff were still in store rather than distributed to residents still feeling residual effects of ...

Nine suspected criminals in custody of the Central Police Station (CPS) in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State capital on Sunday have reportedly escaped. But information on how the suspects successfully broke away is still sketchy.

The Ekiti Government says it will begin to arrest those refusing to wear facemasks in public places from Monday. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapounda, on Sunday told newsmen in Ado Ekiti that there would henceforth be ...

Workers in Niger State have issued a seven-day ultimatum over payment of 70 per cent salary. Chairman Trade Union Congress (TUC) Comrade Inusa Tanimu and Chairman of the Joint Action Committee of NLC, Comrade Mahmud Aminu Muye gave the ultimatum ...

The Nigerian Air Force has named “Mr Nehemiah Adejoh” as the driver of the vehicle which killed late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. The case has now been handed over to the Nigeria Police Force being a civil case. NAF Director ...