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The Northern Governors Forum today met in Kaduna State to discuss the National Livestock Transformation Plan and find a lasting solution to the insecurity affecting the region.   At the meeting, Chairman of the forum and Plateau State governor, Simon ...

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in a report released on Thursday, September 12th says criminal violence in North-West Nigeria as well as farmer-herder clashes in the Middle Belt region, displaced more persons than Boko Haram insurgency did in the first ...

A Ghana-based Nigerian man identified as Prince Precious, has been confirmed dead after stepping on a charm while visiting his home in Benin, Edo State capital.   A friend of the deceased in his tribute, expressed how sad he was ...

Super Eagles of Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr has lost his mother, Elizabeth Rohr. She was 97. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed the sad news via Twitter on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 12).   NFF wrote, “We commiserate with @NGSuperEagles Head coach, Mr Gernot Rohr ...

The body of an unidentified man was discovered in a bush along Daudu to Tse-Nyikwagh  road in Benue State on Monday night, September 9.   From the gash on his head, he is suspected to have been murdered.   Facebook ...

Ghanaian actress, Xandy Kamel got quite naughty during an interview on Neat FM with Ghanaian media personality Kwame Adjetia.   Xandy’s raunchy side was turned on after the radio host asked how they play sex roles in movies. Adjetia was quite ...

The Zamfara state police have arrested a man identified as Ibrahim Mohammed Maigandi, after he impersonated the state police commissioner Usman Nagogo and duped the senator representing Zamfara West, Lawali Hassan Dan Iya, of N1.8 million.   Parading the suspect ...

  Oma Okechukwu tweeted: “I read Dr @maxvayshia  tweets few mins ago and I thought I should also share mine. 29th Feb. 2016 (leap year) I was admitted in a hospital in Aba, I was gonna have my son buh one ...

The knife used to stab Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during his 2018 election campaign is to be put on display at a police museum due to its “historical value”, a court ruled.   The court in the southern state of ...

40-year-old Kenneth Ganiu Ninalowo believed to be a brother to Nollywood actor, Bolanle Ninalowo has been arrested by the FBI on charges of laundering over $1.5 million in Chicago.   The money, according to the FBI is derived from scams targeting ...

As Tweeted by Nigeria’s former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode in reaction to the election tribunal ruling in favour of President Buhari.

Only 187 Nigerians out of the 320 Nigerians expected back home were successfully evacuated to Nigeria as it was learnt that the South African government brought up new immigration rules to frustrate the evacuation process.   The 187 passengers were ...

American comedian, Kevin Hart has been discharged from the Northridge Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles 10 days after he was involved in a car crash.   The 40-year-old comedian was hospitalized on September 1 after his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda veered off Mulholland ...

The Federal Executive Council which President Buhari presided over on Wednesday Septmber 11, approved the increment of value added tax (VAT) rate from 5 percent to 7.2% percent.   The Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed confirmed the ...

The Ghanaian Police has alleged that some Nigerians got bursted while trying to smuggle in fake dollars into the country on Monday September 9.   The fake money in $100 denomination was allegedly found hidden beneath the seat of the registered ...

A landlord was left shocked and even vomited when he discovered rubbish piled high alongside rotten food and even human waste a mother-of-four left behind before moving out from his property. Landlord Shahin Miah who owns the property located in Erdington, Birmingham, claimed his former tenant ...

Surveillance camera captures the moment a woman took a dump on a supermarket floor then walked out as though nothing happened.   In the video shared online, the shop owner can be heard commenting angrily as he watched the surveillance ...

17-year-old Aisha, who set herself ablaze over fiance’s inability to pay N17,000 dowry demanded by her father in Zamfara, has been taken to the hospital.   It is said that former Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, is footing ...

Obinwanne Okeke, the Abuja-based Nigerian businessman who was arrested on August 6 in the U.S. and slammed with two counts of computer and wire fraud has been indicted for $11 million fraud.   The indictment which is the initial process before the ...

Petara Cordero, the girlfriend of NFL Cleveland Browns defensive end Chris Smith has been killed in a car accident.   The 26-year-old was struck by a car and killed in front of her NFL player boyfriend on Wednesday morning (Sept.11).   Smith ...

SA rapper, AKA is back with his ‘insensitive’ comments on twitter regarding the recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa.   This time, he says, ‘10 South Africans dead in last two weeks violence. Zero Nigerians. Twitter made ...

The First Lady of Ekiti State, Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi has denied instructing policemen attached to her convoy to shoot protesting students of Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) on Tuesday September 10.   In her statement which countered the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) claim of ...

A 30-year-old graduate identified as John Ani Chukwuebuka has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.   The suspected internet fraudster was arrested on August 5 in the Jakande-Lekki Area of Lagos, ...

Two suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   The suspects identified as Akeju Crown Babatunde, 31, and Agbanah Toba, 35, were arrested over their alleged involvement in internet ...

President Buhari has reacted to the Presidential election tribunal’s judgement which upheld his victory in the February 2019 Presidential election.   The President said he was not worried about the outcome of the court process because he knew Nigerians elected ...