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An 11-year old girl, Khadija Muttakha Kurfi, is among several girls and women kidnapped by bandits during an attack on Kankara town in Kankara Local Government Area and Kurfi town in Kurfi Local Government Area in Katsina State on Sunday night. SaharaReporters gathered that the two communities were attacked consecutively at the time with many residents of both towns still ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has shifted the commencement of 2020 admissions into tertiary institutions to September. To this end, the board said post- Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) screening for the 2020 admission processes will now begin not earlier than 7 September 2020 in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the country. The Board said the ...

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has ordered the immediate closure of Ariaria Shoe Plaza within the Umuehilegbu Industrial Market following an attack on the personnel and truck of the State Fire device. Vanguard gathered that the Abia firefighters arrived the market to fight an inferno which engulfed a section of the Aba Shoe plaza market, popularly known as ‘Bakassi ...

Gunmen on Sunday killed the proprietor of Winners Comprehensive High School Jalingo, Mr. Danlami Shamaki. An eyewitness told The Nation the late Shamaki was returning from Abuja in his Toyota Jeep at about 5pm with three other people when they ran into a group of armed men between Danacha and Sabongida village in Gassol local government area of Taraba state. ...

A six-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after he was attacked by the family’s previously ‘loveable’ pet dog. Camdon Bozell suffered life-changing injuries when he was mauled by pet dog, Chaos, while his mum Tristin Lent, 29, was at work. The five-year-old pet dog attacked Camdon’s face in a fit of rage after he got up to get a ...

A Saudi man is examining the option of taking legal action against his wife for stealthily accessing his WhatsApp messages and monitoring them for around nine months. Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learned that the man discovered that his wife, a school teacher, had managed to access his WhatsApp account and retrieved all the data and video clips that came to the ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo State has commenced Operation Scorpion II targeted at trucks with unlatched containers. The exercise became imperative to prevent accidents as a result of falling containers. Addressing newsmen on Monday on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway during the exercise, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Chukwurah Uche, said that the operation would end on ...

Nasarawa State House of Assembly Monday orders the suspension of Nasarawa Local government Council Chairman, Muhammed Sami Otto for alleged insubordination and disrespect to the state government. Also suspended is the vice Chairman, Karu local government council, Lawal Yakubu Karshion account of disrespect to the constituted authorities. Announcing the suspension order during an emergency sitting in Lafia, Speaker of the ...

Tragedy struck in Ikere Ekiti, the second-largest city in Ekiti State and about ten minutes drive from Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Capital, as two university undergraduates were crushed to death by a truck. It was gathered that the victims; Ojo Hezekiah Abidemi (25) and Ojo Ayomide (21), were students of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ekiti State College of Education, Ikere ...

Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe said 80,000 Nigerian ladies are being held as s.e.x slaves, and forced labour in Mali, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia UAE and Oman. And she blamed Dr Chris Ngige’s Ministry of Labour for being complicit in the way the girls were trafficked to the countries. Akande-Sadipe, who is representing Oluyole Federal Constituency ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has reacted to the defection of the state’s deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, to the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), saying he is desperate to be governor. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Ajayi resigned from the PDP to pick the ticket of the ZLP for the October 10 governorship election. Mr Ajayi had ...

A toddler died from her injuries three days after the horrific Beirut explosion that ripped her from her mother’s arms. Alexandra Naggear, three, has been revealed as the latest victim of last Tuesday’s blast that left parts of the Lebanese city buried in rubble and strewn with bodies. The little tot and her parents, Tracy and Paul, watched from the ...

TBoss’ daughter, is one today. To celebrate her first fruit, they has a Moana-themed photoshoot. Sharing photos of her daughter today alongside her self for the happy celebration, T Boss wrote; ”No other person I would rather make Such Beautiful Memories with than with my Daughter Starr. You’re Hand on my Heart The Best Gift Everrr…. Happy 1st Birthday to ...

Goias had their opening game of the Campeonato Brasileiro season against Sao Paulo postponed after 10 of the club’s players tested positive for COVID-19. In the hours leading up to kick-off on Sunday, Goias announced they had only that day been informed 10 of their 26-man squad had returned a positive result and eight of those were set to feature ...

Nigerians on Monday attacked the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, over her statement that online fraudsters, also known as ‘Yahoo boys’ are now role models in the country due to drop in moral values. The former minister who stole a whopping sum of $2.5 billion fled the country after leaving office to escape been prosecuted by the Economic ...

The deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and formally joined the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). This development is to further his governorship aspiration, he said. Mr Ajayi announced his defection on Monday on Twitter. His aides also confirmed the development. “Today 10th August 2020, I Resign my membership from ...

World Covid-19 cases surpassed the 20 million mark on Sunday night, as three of the worst hit countries also hit grim milestones of their own. According to worldometers.info, total confirmed cases were tallied at 20,016,286, with the death toll also estimated at 733,592. The United States, Brazil and India account for more than 50 percent of the cases. Several Latin ...

Kylie Jenner’s birthday planning has stepped up a gear as she approaches her 23rd birthday. The beauty mogul is reportedly planning the ‘biggest party of the year’ and is splashing the cash to ensure her $36.5 million mansion is the perfect venue for her celebrations. Kylie is known for her lavish parties and it would seem that her own birthday ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has tested negative for Covid-19. The former President took the test last Friday at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Pent House residence, Okemosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. His Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, disclosed on Sunday the result conducted by Dr Olukunle Oluwasemowo of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory 54gene, Lagos returned negative.  

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has told his church members that the world may come to an end before the 69th convention. He stated this on Friday during the 68th Annual Convention of the church, which held virtually. The renowned cleric, however, stated that he does know when the Lord will return ...

  COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased further on Sunday, 9th of August 2020, as 437 new infections were reported. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in its daily update on coronavirus. According to the NCDC release, 3 persons died of COVID-19 complications, while 142 patients recovered and have been discharged from various isolation centres in the ...

The founder and General Overseer of the Church of the Lord, Olomore, Abeokuta, Prophet Ebenezer Ajigbotoluwa, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating two underage female siblings in his church. The suspect was reported to have procured abortions for the victims (aged 16 and 13) who followed their mother to the ...

After so many years, singer Terry G has chopped off his long time identity — his dreadlocks. The singer who just released different songs and a music video chopped off the dreads which has now giving him a brand new look! You like?

TeeBillz has moved on from Tiwa Savage and has juts unveiled his new lover. Only yesterday, a shared photos of himself a a mystery lady vacating on an island without revealing her face. But this morning, he revealed her face in new photos he shared from the same island!!! Sharing a photo of them together, TeeBillz who has been with ...

There was a mild drama at the Oyo state Infectious Disease Centre on Saturday when a young woman refused to follow her father home after she was discharged from the isolation centre. The graduate of statistics from a school in the state was among the 20 people discharged from the centre after they were treated for Covid-19. When TheCable visited ...