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Suspected bandits in the early hours of Monday June 6, 2022 attacked Efab Mini-Estate inside the bigger Genuine Estate in the Federal Capital Territory and operated from 1am to 4am before abducting several residents of the estate. Sources disclosed that ...

At least 49 people died and hundreds were injured after a fire sparked a huge chemical explosion at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh, officials said on Sunday. The toll was expected to rise, with some of the more than ...

    The Director-General of Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Kashim Shettima, has apologised to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President Ahmad Lawan over comments made during an interview. Mr Shettima had on Friday, during an interview on Channels TV, said ...

    The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspected armed robbers, Mustapha Mohammed and Abdullahi Buba, during an operation on Apongbon Bridge, in the Ebute-Ero area of the state. A statement by the state Police ...

  Security agencies in Anambra State have reportedly busted nine camps belonging to ‘unknown gunmen’ in the Anambra South Senatorial District. Nine shrines used by the hoodlums for oath-taking were also raided by the joint task force on security in ...

  Nollywood actress, Peju Johnson has outlined the type of man she would settle down with. In a recent interview she granted, she indicated that she will not accept a man’s marriage proposal if he does not respect her or ...

It was a moment of celebration as one of the aides of singer Davido, Isreal Afeare, formally met the family of his fiancée ahead of their marriage. The introduction ceremony took place on Saturday in Benin, the Edo State capital, ...

One of the Zule Zoo boys, Michael Tertsea Aboh is dead. The “Kerewawa” dance crooner died on Saturday in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Terna Rapsody Hyacinth who is close to the Family, confirmed the development in a post on ...

Unknown gunmen have killed two persons and abducted a yet to be ascertained number of people along Obbo Aiyegunle/Osi highway in Kwara South Senatorial District on Saturday. The victims were reportedly attacked in an 18 seater commercial bus registered XC167MUN ...

The Nigeria Police Force has announced the demotion of Corporal Isaac Mathew to the rank of Constable. Mathew, attached to Ebonyi State Police Command, was seen in a viral TikTok video on May 7, 2022. He was dressed in a ...

  Saminu Abdullahi, the Kano State Fire Service spokesman, has confirmed the death of 20 people following a late-night fire in the Sheka area of the state. He lamented that the victims were burnt beyond recognition. In a statement, the ...

One year after the demise of Prophet Temitope Babatunde Joshua, known as TB Joshua, followers of the late charismatic preacher on Sunday thronged the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Ikotun, Lagos, to celebrate his legacies. The event, also attended ...

  Emergence of the next Alaafin of Oyo will be strictly based on the signed Alaafin chieftaincy declaration, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared. Makinde, who spoke at the burial ceremony of late Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, ...

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted attempts by drug cartels to break through the security at Nigeria’s main airports in Lagos and Abuja with large consignments of illicit substances. No fewer than 11 members ...

  The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned the attack on a church in Ondo State, accusing the Federal Government of monopolising the nation’s security architecture. Gunmen had stormed the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of ...

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has barred public officials serving under his government from making donations in public functions. Governor Soludo made the declaration during the 2nd Session of the 5th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Amichi. The ...

Rotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State, has disclosed those behind the hideous att@ck on St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo area of the state. . . Many worshippers were k#lled when unknown g#nmen invaded the church, on Sunday, ...

  Wales defeated Ukraine 1-0 on Sunday in a play-off to reach their first World Cup since 1958, and a joyous Gareth Bale said afterwards that he would likely put any possible retirement plans on hold because of the result. ...

  Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has expressed sadness over Sunday’s attack at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, and vowed to hunt down the masterminds of the assault. He said this in a statement signed by his Chief ...

Hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met with the presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, seven aspirants from the Southwest met in Abuja. The meeting which kicked off on Saturday night continued till Sunday morning as stakeholders from ...

Many people have been feared dad as an explosion rocked St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State today, Sunday, June 5. According to sources, the explosion on the church grounds killed several ...

Kwara State-born politician and the 2015 Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Mike Omotosho is dead. Dr Omotosho, who reportedly died in the United States of America, emerged third behind former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of the APC and Senator ...

Family and friends of David Imoh, the sound engineer who was lynched by commercial motorcyclists aka Okada riders in Lagos, have buried his remains. Mr Imoh was set ablaze on Admiralty Way in Lekki area of Lagos on May 12. ...

Nollywood actor, Kate Henshaw has recounted how she almost boarded an ill-fated Dana Air Flight that crashed in 2012. She revealed on Friday in a thanksgiving post on her verified Instagram page that she had arrived late at the airport ...

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has said that he acted in national interest when he opposed a plan to foist a Muslim-Muslim presidency on Nigeria in 2014. Saraki stated this on Friday via a statement by his spokesman Yusuph Olaniyonu ...