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A baby has narrowly escaped death after a stray bullet was fired by a police office and hit him (slightly) The incident reportedly happened at Mkpogu community of Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt. According to Twitter user @chiukwujioke, the victim of ...

  The Supreme court has affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal which reduced the jail term of former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, from 14 years to 12 years. The Apex court also removed the N495 million imposed by ...

  One person has been confirmed dead in an attempt to kidnap the Provost of Taraba College of Education Zing, Dr Mike Dio-Jen, at his residence in Jalingo. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday at the Green ...

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has said the recruitment forms for the Operation Amotekun outfit will be ready next week. The governor, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Security Matter, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, said the recruitment on ...

Police have arrested a Man O’war volunteer, Toyeeb Daodu, for allegedly beating his colleague, Ibrahim Aliu, to death in Ope-Ilu, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. City Round learnt that the incident happened around 7pm on Thursday following an ...

Property worth millions of naira were burnt beyond recognition as fire razed the staff quarters of the Maryam Babangida Girls Science Secondary School. Property burnt included a private car parked in one of the garages of the quarters, furniture and ...

  A video showing a young school girl teaching illiterate Nigerians how to pronounce the names of different fruits in English correctly, has caught so many attention.   https://twitter.com/LailaIjeoma/status/1225830638047105025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1225830638047105025&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flailasnews.com%2Fhilarious-video-of-young-schoolgirl-teaching-illiterate-nigerians-how-to-pronounce%2F

  Nollywood actor, Timini Egbedun has exposed a lady dying for his attention in the DM but attacking him in the comment section. With celebrities used to be a victim of trolls and critics on social media, Timini Egbedun’s case was quite awful ...

  In accordance with Shari‘a law, Pakistan court has ruled that men can marry underage girls as long as they have had their first period. After #Italy decided to bear legal fees to defend Huma Younus, 14-year-old #Catholic bride kidnapped ...

  The split between Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott ended three months ago, but the couple is still full of speculation about whether they will be together again.  First, with the thirsty Instagram comments, followed by casual photos of Kylie’s ...

Seven suspected internet fraudsters were on Thursday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal for bitcoin scam. EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, in a statement said the suspects were identified as Kufre Miller Okoh, ...

The police say they have lost two officers involved in a raid on a camp hosting members of the Ansaru terrorist group in Kaduna State. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of Operations, Abdulmajid Ali, disclosed this on ...

The wedding date for Princess Beatrice  and her property developer fiancee Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi has been confirmed. The couple are set to have a springtime wedding in London on May 29. The news was announced on the Royal Family’s official ...

The endangered pangolin may be the link that facilitated the spread of the novel coronavirus across China, Chinese scientists said Friday. Researchers have long suspected that the virus, which has now killed more than 630 people and infected some 31,000, ...

Residents of Pakawa, Pipeline in Nakuru County, Kenya are in shock after a mutilated body of a young woman was found in her house on Wedneday. Ms Agnes Muthoni, who is the caretaker of the plot where the deceased lived, ...

  The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, who had prayed for an order unfreezing some bank accounts of the late dictator and other members of the ...

  A young male musician from Tanzania has received backlash on social media after he asked his manager to lie that he was dead. The manager of the up-and-coming artiste known as Meja Kunta on Sunday, February 2, announced Kunta’s ...

Some residents of Lagos State who are physically challenged today occupied a section of Mobolaji Johnson Avenue, Alausa in Ikeja, the state capital in protest. The protesters who are majorly commercial tricycle riders are protesting over the restriction of motorcycles ...

  Details on the upcoming public memorial for Kobe Bryant are starting to come together — and the date has a special significance for the late NBA superstar. A source told ET on Thursday that Bryant’s memorial ceremony will be ...

Katie Price was forced to cancel a recent gig after coming down with a mystery illness, and it’s claimed the former glamour model is worried it’s something serious. She is said to be concerned that it’s coronavirus, a contagious condition ...

The United States today offered up to $100 million to China and other impacted countries to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus. “This commitment along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector demonstrates strong US leadership in ...

Africa Magic has unveiled their nominations for the seventh edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA). The nominations were unveiled in a live broadcast on all Africa Magic channels on MultiChoice’s DSTV and anchored by Nollywood couple Linda ...

A federal judge has delayed R. Kelly’s racketeering, s3xual abuse and bribery trial in Brooklyn, New York to July 7, so it would not conflict with the singer’s upcoming trial in a separate Chicago case. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly ...

  The world is running out of masks and other protective equipment against the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization chief warned today. “The world is facing a chronic shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE),” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the ...

A man in Kathonzweni, Makueni County, Kenya has been disarmed after he deflated a Catholic priest’s car tyres alleging that he caught the clergyman red-handed with his wife. According to the police report, Thomas Kimeu Mulwa, a licensed firearm holder ...