Three year old boy drowns in a pit latrine in South Africa

Little Omari Monono died in the outside toilet at his aunt’s house in Limpopo province, the same region where five-year-old Michael Komape drowned in a school toilet in 2014.   Police say the boy’s aunt called for help when her ...

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Super Eagles physiotherapist dies

A former Super Eagles physiotherapist, Olawale Oladejo, has died. The team made the announcement on its twitter handle @NGsupereagles yesterday July 6th. “We regret to announce the untimely passing of our former physiotherapist Olawale Oladejo. We pray God grants his family, ...

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Man cuts off his kinsman’s penis over Ludo game argument

A father-of-six bled to death after one of his kinsmen cut off his penis following an argument.   Mr. Sunday Ikwunyelu, aka A-Big, from Akpulu village, Ugbenu, in Awka North local government area of Anambra state, was killed by his relative Mr. ...

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HIV vaccine shows promise in human trial

An HIV vaccine that has the potential to protect people around the world from the virus has shown promising results. The treatment, which aims to provide immunity against various strains of the virus, produced an anti-HIV immune system response in ...

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Spider-Man and Doctor Strange co-creator Steve Ditko dies at 90 in New York

Steve Ditko, an artist who helped Stan Lee create Marvel superheroes such as Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, has died at the age of 90 in New York. The Johnstown, Pennsylvania-born artist was unresponsive after a social worker checked on him ...

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President Buhari attends the grand finale of the 2018 Nigerian Army Day Celebration in Borno State (Photos)

Yesterday, President Buhari attended the grand finale of the 2018 Nigerian Army Day Celebration in Borno State.   Speaking at the event, the President said, ‘I am delighted to be in your midst today on this special occasion of the Nigerian Army Day ...

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At the end of a tortuous journey of 1018 days, I have been vindicated – Bukola Saraki celebrates Supreme Court ruling

Senate President, Bukola Saraki says he’s a happy man as the Supreme court finally vindicates him after a ‘tortuous journey of 1018 days’,   In his words, ‘at the end of a tortuous journey of 1018 Days, counting from September 22, 2015, ...

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20 year old Nigerian student commits suicide in her hotel room in UK

Omojola Ogundipe, a 20-year-old Bristol University student took her own life in a Cardiff hotel room, just days after a visit home for Mother’s Day. Staff at the Citrus Hotel in Cardiff found her body hanging in her hotel room after ...

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7 members of the ‘doomsday cult’ executed in Japan

Today,Friday 6th July 2018, Japan executed the former leader of a doomsday cult and six other members of the group that carried out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 13 people and shattering the country’s ...

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SARS officers arrested after robbery suspects escape from police cell with handcuffs in Ondo

The Ondo state police command is currently on the trail of two armed robbery suspects, Rotimi Adeyeye and Adeoye Bukola, who reportedly escaped from a cell at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS of the police command.   A source in the command said the suspects ...

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Senate committee summons IGP Idris over killing of seven police officers

The Senate Committee on Police Affairs has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the killing of seven police officers in Abuja on Monday. The Chairman of the Committee, Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina South), disclosed this at the ...

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”Those suggesting I support the killings because I am a Fulani man have evil minds” President Buhari

At his meeting with Christian leaders from the 19 Northern states and the Federal cpital territory yesterday, President Buhari said those who are accusing him of supporting the hersmen attacks because of he is from the Fulani extraction are evil. ‘‘When ...

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End of Boko Haram will soon come- Osinbajo give reasons

The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday that the celebration of the 2018 Nigerian Army Day at Mongunu in Borno North was a proof that the “end of the Boko Haram terrorists group will come sooner than ...

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The funeral of former finance minister, Mallam Adamu Ciroma in photos

The funeral prayers for late Mallam Adamu Chiroma, former governor of Central Bank and former finance minister, who died yesterday July 5th at Nizamiye Hospital was held at Annnur Mosque and Islamic Centre, Abuja today.   Late Mallam Adamu Chiroma ...

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Man who raped 13-year-old girl and infected her with HIV , allegedly bribes his way out of jail with N200,000

Yakubu Mohammed, 51, who raped a 13-year-old girl and infected her with HIV in Jigawa State allegedly bribed his way out of jail with N200,000 The  father of the victim, Abdullahi Ahmad (pictured above) who reported the development to PREMIUM ...

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60-year-old father remanded for turning his 12-year-old daughter into his sex slave in Lagos

An Ikeja Magistrates’ court on Thursday remanded one Amusat Ashiru, a 60-year-old bus driver who allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter in Lagos. Ashiru, who resides at Orisunbare, Shasha, allegedly turned his daughter into a sex machine after she moved in ...

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Man who committed suicide by drinking beer with rat poison is buried with beer, cash, cellphones and expensive clothes

  A South African man who lived a lavish lifestyle before he took his own life was buried in a bizarre way by his friends and family. 27-year-old Paulos Amade and father of three from Orange Farm, south of Joburg, died over a ...

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Lai Mohammed denies knowledge of court order on President’s impeachment process

The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has said that he is not aware of a court order mandating the National Assembly to begin an impeachment process against President Buhari. Mohammed said this while speaking to State House correspondents ...

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