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Flash flooding in Somalia has killed 50 people and driven nearly 700,000 from their homes, a government official said, with heavy rains starting Tuesday expected to worsen the country’s plight. The Horn of Africa region is experiencing torrential rainfall and floods linked ...

The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Moses Thomas Sule and his deputy, Hon. Gwottaon have resigned their positions. New members have been fixed to occupy same positions. The member representing Pankshin North, Gabriel Dawang, was subsequently elected as the new speaker of ...

Authorities in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, reported on Tuesday that 37 young people were k*lled in a stampede that occurred overnight during an army recruitment drive in a stadium. The Congolese army declared last week that it ...

Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Abba Moro, has emerged Senate Minority leader. Moro, a two term Senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was nominated by the opposition party in the red Chamber and was subsequently affirmed. He ...

Mrs. Olumiyi, the mother of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as MohBad, has accused the deceased’s father of preventing him from getting a befitting burial after the completion of an autopsy on his body. In an internet video currently ...

Don Jazzy’s dad, Collins Enebeli Ajereh, has said he won’t in anyway force the producer and music executive, Don Jazzy to get married. He says marriage is a choice, and he will leave the 40-year old to make the decision HIMSELF. He also ...

Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday sentenced one Clement Ododomu to d3ath by hanging over the k*lling of Department of State Services, DSS, officers. The judge also sentenced one Tiwei Monday to 16 years in a ...

Father drags sons to court for ”stealing from him, assaulting their sister” A father living in Lagos, Ade Olowopopo has filed a lawsuit against his two sons, Kunle and Mayowa which alleged they assaulted their sister Bisi Olowopopo, and stole his belongings in ...

NAFDAC says there’s a fake injection in circulation The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has notified the public, particularly healthcare providers, to one batch of counterfeit Meronem 1g Injection being purchased in the country. The notification of ...

Adamawa Police headquarters reportedly under attack Gunmen have reportedly attacked the Adamawa State Police headquarters in the wee hours of Wednesday, sending residents of Yola into panic. The police headquarters is located at the heart of Jimeta community, in Yola ...

A yet-to-be identified official of Lagos State government has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen It was gathered that the incident occurred on Monday at the residence of the victim, popularly known as Jagaban at the Progressive Estate in Igbe-Oloja, Ikorodu. The victim, ...

At least 17 people have died after they were involved in a midnight crash They were killed in an auto crash on Tuesday at Takalafia village on Yawuri Expressway, in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State. Mr Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC Public Education ...

The Adamawa State Police Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, has warned that attack on his men would not be tolerated. Babatola said this hours after the Adamawa State Police Command headquarters came under gun attack. A resident had narrated how gunmen ...

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Osun State Chapter has embarked on an indefinite industrial action with immediate effect. The strike was declared on Wednesday by the chairman of JUSUN in the state, Oluwagbenga Olakunle Eludire. The strike is coming on ...

A woman and another Zimbabwean have allegedly been caught with a human head The human head is said to be that of her ex-boyfriend. They were caught carrying it in a suitcase earlier this month, and have now made an ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he has helped save N110 billion for the Tinubu administration in three months. He made this announcement during a high-level meeting with an estate developer in Abuja and expressed ...

A woman has been left battling for her life after her husband reportedly poured acid on her.   The sad story was shared by a Facebook user, who claimed the man did not only bath her with acid, but also st*bed her. ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Peter Obi has sent a birthday message to Davido. Obi commended the singer for his philanthropy. Praising him and wishing him a happy birthday on his official X handle, Obi ...

  Former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli has made U-turn, saying the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is competent to lead Nigeria. Tee Mac said he was quoted out of context ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said he deserves to be in the Guinness Book of Records because he GOVERNS differently This, Tinubu said, should happen due to his economic reforms as the governor of Lagos state, which later made Nigerians elect him ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said he deserves to be in the Guinness Book of Records because he GOVERNS differently This, Tinubu said, should happen due to his economic reforms as the governor of Lagos state, which later made Nigerians elect him ...

German politicians are pushing to ban prostitution, more than two decades after it was legalised, amid harsh warnings that the nation is quickly becoming the ‘brothel of Europe’ The centre-right CDU party is among those calling for the practice to ...

Afropop star Ayodeji Balogun, also known as Wizkid, has named some new generation artistes as his favourite artistes of the moment The Grammy-winning artiste disclosed this on his Instagram story Wizkid listed OdumoduBlvck, Rema, Asake, Bloody Civilian, and Shallipopi as ...

Singer Mayorkun has revealed the why he decided to keep the identity of his mother, Toyin Adewale, a notable Nollywood actress hidden while he was growing up In a conversation with Taymesan on Saturday, Mayorkun clarified that he opted not ...

Former Springbok lock Hannes Strydom has died in a car accident The South African Rugby has confirmed the news. They confirmed the d3ath news of the fifth player from their victorious 1995 World Cup team. Strydom, 58, was a pharmacist by trade ...