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A coalition of domestic and international election observers accredited to observe the July 14 governorship poll in Ekiti State said the election fell short of global best practices and electoral standards. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared the candidate of ...

A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, has died. He died in the early hours of today July 18th at the Chida Orthopaedic Hospital, Gudu, Abuja. Born on August 28th 1941, the eminent justice who hailed from Ushongo in Benue ...

A young lady identified as Fadila Mu’azu was killed in a fatal accident while returning home from lectures yesterday.   According to one report, she was a student of Abdu Gusau polytechnic in Zamfara. Another report says she was a student of Usmanu Danfodiyo ...

  Yesterday, residents in Ibafo, Ogun State killed a giant python behind a church and according to them, the snake had just swallowed a dog which was found in its stomach when it was cut open.   See more photos below…

A 3-year-old girl went missing from her school during the school’s graduation ceremony and hasn’t been found yet. The girl identified as Nmachukwu Ebiowu, a pupil of The Light International School, Okoti in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, was ...

This happened in Potiskum, Yobe state yesterday The love a man has for a single mother has led to his arrest after he murdered the four year old son of his lover whom he recently got married to.   A ...

Ace Comedian Alibaba has thrown a very important advice to wives on how sidechicks easily takes over their homes, by just calling, According to him the Sidechicks always sends romantic texts while the latter is always nagging.. see below! ”I ...

A 43 year old Zimbabwean man has been arrested after he allegedly sped off after buying 1,000 litres of diesel without making payment. According to reports, the man who has been identified as Chirunga used swift and fraudulent means to ...

A Borno based consultant and humanitarian, Mallam Yusuf Gulumbo, has revealed that about 100 ladies who are working for some International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) in the state – are pregnant and have also been infected with HIV. According to Mallam ...

Here are more pictures of soldiers who were killed after suspected Boko Haram militants overran a military base in Yobe State on Saturday. It was reported that many Boko Haram militants dressed in military apparel and armed with sophisticated weapons ...

President Buhari has said that the 2019 general elections will be costing about 242.4 billion Naira. The President said this today in a letter sent to the National Assembly, seeking that the funds be drawn from the 2018 and 2019 budgets. In the ...

A Massachusetts police officer was killed over the weekend after being shot 10 times with his own gun by a man after he struck the officer with a rock. 20-year-old Emanuel Lopes has been charged with the killing of officer Michael Chesna and another ...

Security agencies have arrested seven more suspects in connection with the recent killings of over 200 persons by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Barkin Ladi and Riyom LGAs of Plateau State.   The suspects were paraded on Tuesday at the headquarters ...

The Ondo State Ministry of Health and the Police officials have apprehended a quack doctor, Adewale Emmanuel Owolanke, in Uso. The suspect was alleged to have operated and killed two of his patient in the community. He was arrested for ...

Some police officers on Tuesday, July 17, hit the streets of Kaunda to protest the killing of two of their colleagues by some suspected bandits in Birnin-Gwari local government area of of the state The officers began the protest after ...

The Police in Borno state on Tuesday, July 17, arrested an governorship aspirant in the state, Grema Terrab. Terrab was arrested by officials of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) while delivering a speech at the event held in Maiduguri, the ...

The traditional ruler of Jakura town in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, Chief Usman Ajibola, has been kidnapped, while his son, Rufai Ajibola, has been killed by gunmen.   The Spokesperson of the Kogi State police command, Mr ...

Destiny’s Child singer, Michelle Williams, has voluntarily checked herself into a California mental health facility to seek help for her struggle with depression. TMZ reports that the 37-year-old singer is being treated in a facility just outside of Los Angeles and ...

jakov Kitarovic, the husband of the woman who won many hearts at the just concluded World Cup is a Professor of Electrical Engineering. He and his wife Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović have been married for 22 years and they have two children. ...

A 31-year-old Indian farmer identified as Bussa Krishna has idolized the president of the United States (US) Donald Trump. It was reported that the farmer has been worshiping Trump’s picture for the past three years. According to Oddity Central, Krishna ...

The Senate president, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday, July 17, said he will reveal to Nigerians when he is ready to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Saraki said this at Ilorin International ...

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has promised to end the lingering Boko Haram insurgency if Nigerians vote him in as president in 2019. He spoke while addressing Peoples Democratic Party supporters in Borno at the Forshams Hall, Maiduguri. He said: ...

Legendary Nigerian boxer, Jerry Okorodudu recently cried out for help, wailing about being owed his wages for 10 months by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports. Okorodudu who represented Nigeria in the 1994 Los Angeles Olympic Games which held ...

Suspected Fulani herdsmen today attacked the Iware market in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, killing six traders.   According to The Nation, five of the victims are natives of Mayo-Lope, Lau local government area  in the state where scores were ...

The  Lagos state police command have arrested eight suspected cultists including the leader of Black Axe cult group in the Ilasamaja area in the state. The suspects’ arrest followed last week’s bloody clash between members of Black Axe and Eiye Confraternity ...