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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied the allegations by former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani that the agency kept suspects in underground cells. The Zonal Office Head of the anti-graft agency, Aminu Aliyu, who took newsmen ...

Charly Boy, the godfather of Okada riders in Nigeria has supported the okada/keke ban in some areas in Lagos. According to him, the ban in particular is for the good of the people, as security should utmost, He made some ...

An upcoming artiste said he thought it would be ‘good publicity’ to film himself shouting that he had coronavirus on a plane carrying 243 passengers. The flight from Toronto to Jamaica was forced to turn back and make an emergency ...

Nathaniel Samuel, the suspect who was arrested for being in possession of an improvised explosive device (IED) at a Living Faith Church a.k.a Winners Chapel in Sabon Tasha area of Chikun local government area in Kaduna State, has claimed he ...

A young woman has received a barrage of abuse after she showed before and after pictures as she celebrates her new life in Canada following her escape from Saudi Arabia. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun posed in a bikini and compared it ...

A policeman has reportedly hanged himself in a cell at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba. The policeman identified as Eze, was said to have been arrested after he allegedly shot dead a man. “He was brought to ...

This is the moment a woman found out she was getting married hours before her wedding – after her long-term boyfriend secretly arranged an 80-person strong ceremony behind her back. Dave Griffin, 38, picked Sofie’s dress, bridesmaids and venue – ...

A teenager is facing a lengthy prison sentence after he shoved a girl over a fourth-floor balcony for spurning his advances and stabbed two people. Yusef Ali, 19, was hosting a party with his friend at a luxury flat in ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has insisted that there was no going back on the government’s position to enforce restriction on commercial motorcycles and tricycles known as Okada and Keke. This was even as the state’s inter modal transportation ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says following Federal Government’s effort to encourage local production, Nigeria may stop fish importation in 2022. The minister made this known while receiving a delegation from the National Fish Association of ...

  Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye has called out the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC on social media as he declares his readiness to expose them. The singer who took to his Instagram to accuse NCC of ‘kidnapping’, also said they are ...

  A coronavirus patient quarantined in a China hospital has given birth to a baby girl who has gone on to test negative for the deadly strain. Photos show midwives in protective hazmat overalls and masks as they deliver the ...

The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, says the bombing suspect arrested while attempting to blow up a Winners’ Chapel Parish in Kaduna State on Sunday identified himself as Mohammed Sani when he ...

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has destroyed substandard mobile phone accessories worth N480 million. Its Director-General, Osita Aboloma, made this known at the destruction of the accessories in Epe, Lagos, on Tuesday. Aboloma, represented by Mr Obiora ...

Madonna should’ve been on time for her recent concerts in NYC, because her tardiness screwed over a bunch of fans — financially and otherwise, according to a new lawsuit. The pop icon is being sued by a couple guys named ...

There is a fire outbreak at the moment at the power plant of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Ayede, Akinyemi road, Ring Road in Ibadan, Oyo state. The fire started about an hour ago and still raging. Efforts are ...

The immediate majority leader of the Ogun state house of Assembly and APM House of Representatives candidate during the 2019 general election, Hon. Yinka Mafe is dead/ The late Mafe was said to have celebrated his birthday in Emuren, his ...

  A Chinese doctor who was targeted by Beijing authorities after sounding the alarm about the new coronavirus during its early days has now being hospitalized with the deadly illness, according to a new report. On Dec. 30, Dr. Li ...

The trial of three alleged Internet fraudsters who scammed some white men by presenting themselves as President Muhammadu Buhari, resumed on Tuesday before the Federal High Court in Lagos. The defendants – Uche Julius, alias Musa Mohammed; Kenneth Ezeomu, alias ...

    Around 3,700 people are facing at least two weeks locked away on a cruise liner anchored off Japan after health officials confirmed on Wednesday that 10 people on the ship had tested positive for coronavirus and more cases ...

Two men threatened to “kill” Mesut Ozil when they confronted the Arsenal midfielder’s security guards, a London court heard today. The alleged incident happened outside Ozil’s north London home just weeks after the former World Cup winner was targeted by ...

  Islamic State-affiliated jihadists have killed three Nigerian soldiers and seized two military vehicles in an attack in Askira, northeastern Borno state, security sources and residents said Monday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), stormed into the ...

  The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a suspected cult member, Samaila Musa, 30, for chaining and enslaving his two wives over a long period of time. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, made this known on ...

A woman who says Harvey Weinstein r.a.p.e.d her broke down sobbing in court during the former Hollywood producer’s s.e.xual assault trial. Jessica Mann, 34, could barely hold herself together as she read a May 2014 email that described Weinstein as ...

Lesotho police on Tuesday charged first lady Maesaiah Thabane with murder for her alleged links to the brutal 2017 killing of the prime minister’s previous wife. Maesaiah Thabane, 42, will spend the night in custody after she came out of ...