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A woman is accused of killing her four-year-old stepdaughter by stamping on her and stabbing her with a pen ‘in a jealous rage’. The 27-year-old in Indonesia, who is only known as Sanima, is claimed to have killed the defenceless ...

Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi’s wife, Dinma, is a year older today. Taking to Instagram to share these lovely photos, he wrote; ”Happy birthday my crown, as you turn a year older today. I pray that the ...

The Chairman of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said not all Nigerians succeeding abroad are engaging in fraudulent activities. Dabiri-Erewa stated this while reacting to a fraud allegation leveled against Ramoni Igbalode, aka Ray Hushpuppi. The Economic ...

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has urged resident doctors in the country to call off their strike action, saying the present government will keep to its promises to them. Dr Ehanire made the appeal on Friday during his ...

The recent outbreak of coronavirus in Beijing has been reported to be a European strain, according to Chinese officials who have released information about its genome sequence. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official Zhang Yong revealed the ...

The much-awaited day finally came as Governor Godwin Obaseki formally joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after his recent resignation from the All Progressives Congress. He was received by the leadership of the party led by the state Chairman of ...

Nick Cannon graces the cover of the latest issue of Variety, and in the issue he discusses his successes including Wild N’ Out and The Masked Singer, as well as his spirited activism around Black Lives Matter and the fight ...

A convicted felon from Oregon who accidentally shot himself in the groin and blamed it on a homeless man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. Marcus Davis Jr, 35, who has an extensive history of gun and ...

Adamawa state Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old woman, Zainab Jafaru, said to be a member of a nine-man rape gang that violated her 33-year-old friend in Yola, the state capital. Zainab allegedly deceived the victim into the rapists’ den. ...

As part of efforts to ensure improvement in the security and safety of lives and property of residents, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde yesterday inaugurated an expanded coverage of its Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance coverage. The new coverage area, ...

Cases of the novel coronavirus in American prisons and jails have doubled over the last month. There are more than 68,000 inmates confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, reported The New York Times. According to ...

Police in Ebonyi have arrested a former commissioner in the state, Donatus Ajah, on allegations of  murder. Ajah was accused of complicity in the death of a 46-year-old man, Azubuike Inya. Both  Mr Ajah and the late Mr Inya are ...

Exercising with a face mask on ‘could prove fatal’, an expert has warned. Lindsay Bottoms, a reader in Exercise and Health Physiology at the University of Hertfordshire, claims that a mask makes it harder to inhale the quantity of air ...

A 35-year-old man will most likely lose his appetite for committing crime while he serves his jail sentence in Mexico. Police arrested the man in Mexico City last Friday after he was caught hiding a pistol inside a sandwich. Cops ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria free of wild polio, following the completion of documentation for the free status. The UN health agency disclosed this on its regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, official twitter account @WHOAFRO. ...

A Florida worker has come down with coronavirus along with 15 of her friends after the group all got together and went out to a bar ten days ago. Erika Crisp, 40, has revealed that she had been suffering from ...

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari the sacking of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu. Malami, in a ...

Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham has taken some time to reflect on life. The actress said she has been seeing life differently lately and decided to pen her thoughts down in an Instagram post. She took to her page to express ...

Gunmen on Thursday killed an 80-year-old university don, Prof Christopher Ogiehor, a father-in-law of an Edo State aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Matthew Iduoriyekenmwen. Ogiehor was said to have been found dead in his house located at 13, Egbor ...

A 17-year-old barber, Kelechi Onah, was, Wednesday, allegedly shot dead in his shop at Owerre-Eze Orba, in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The late Onah was said to had cut the hair of one of the suspects, who ...

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to trace those allegedly defrauded by Raymond Abass a.k.a Hushpuppi Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s spokesman, confirmed this in a statement released on Thursday. He described Hushpuppi, who is ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday night announced  745  new cases in Nigeria The centre made this known via its Twitter handle. The new cases as recorded in states on Thursday are as follows: Lagos-280 Oyo-103 Ebonyi-72 FCT-60 ...

A 51-year-old man of Nigerian origin, Ronayerin Ogolor, has been sentenced to three years in prison for internet fraud in the United States. Ogolor was sentenced by US Chief District Judge, Beth Phillips, and was ordered to pay $871,739 in ...

Police in Louisiana say a mentally ill mother shot and killed her four children, including an infant, and her neighbor before turning the gun on herself at an apartment complex. Monroe Police Chief Reggie Brown confirmed the six deaths that ...

The Federal Government on Thursday said it was not feasible to open the airspace for commercial flights to begin operations again on June 21, 2020. According to the government, it will be disastrous to allow domestic flights begin operations from ...