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A suspected kidnapper has been shot dead during a gun battle with the police in Benue State. One victim was also rescued in the incident, which took place in Logo Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesperson for Benue ...

The bodies of five prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who died in a road accident have been returned to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The remains were transported from Abuja in a military aircraft, drawing angry reactions from Nigerians. ...

Nigerian couple entrepreneurs, Gloria Igberaese and Muyiwa Folorunsho, have been declared wanted by the Interpol over their involvement in multi-million dollar investment fraud. The entrepreneurs are said to be the CEOs of Divergent Enterprise operating businesses such as Landlagos, PorkMoney, ...

Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Liquorose, has stated that popular Nigerian rapper, Phyno, gave her a sum of N300,000 for dancing to his song. She said this while talking to other contestants on Wednesday, day 11 of the ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the detained 12 associates of Yoruba nation advocate Sunday Igboho.   Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling a moment ago, granted eight of them, whose bail application was not ...

US singer, Robyn Fenty aka Rihanna, has been declared a billionaire by American business magazine, Forbes. The magazine stated that Rihanna attained the feat due to a cosmetic company, Fenty Beauty, which she launched in 2017. With a worth of ...

DJ Kaywise has showed off his 5th house on his 29th birthday. Kaywise with real names as Ayorinde Kehinde Okiki shared a photo of himself in front of a house as he turns 29 today, August 4 and wrote; “Congratulations ...

A Senegalese student has been detained for fraud after allegedly disguising himself as a woman and sitting his girlfriend’s high school exams, his lawyer told AFP on Tuesday. The girlfriend has also been detained. Both are due in court on ...

Eighteen members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Niger State have been confirmed with COVID-19 positive. Their status was confirmed after the Ministry of Health conducted its compulsory COVID-19 testing on them. Niger Commissioner of Information, Sani ...

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has announced she will retire in the wake of her groundbreaking appearance at the Tokyo Olympics this week. The New Zealander on Monday contested the +87kg category weightlifting, in a debut the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

Yusuf Buhari’s fiance , Zahra Ado Bayero, yesterday, August 3rd had a frozen-themed bridal shower. The Emir of Bichi’s daughter, will be getting married to President Buhari’s son — Yusuf Buhari in a matter of weeks. More photos below…  

Several lightning bolts hit a Bangladesh wedding party within a few seconds Wednesday, killing 16 people and injuring the groom, officials said. The group had just left a boat at the riverside town of Shibganj to take shelter from the ...

  Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari has deleted a Facebook post of his statement denying taking a bribe from Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi. Hushpuppi had alleged he gave Kyari money to jail the rival after a ...

A Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Bolanle Ibrahim has been killed by suspected assailants in his church at the Mile 12 area of Lagos State. The deceased, who was an assistant pastor at the King of ...

Abba Kyari on Tuesday Abbdenied collecting bribes from Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas to detain a gang member Chibuzo Vincent, saying the notorious fraudster only sent him receipts of N8 million transaction to help him recover a loan. Mr Kyari’s comment marked ...

Gunmen raided Kwankwashe, a community located along Suleja/Madalla road, Niger State, in the wee hours of Wednesday, abducting residents, including children. A witness said the victims were taken from 3 houses and a hotel within Unguwar Fulani area of the ...

  Tears As Abba Kyari Writes Appreciation Letter, Says It’s Opportunity To Spend Good Time With Family Following his suspension, Abba Kyari Writes Appreciation Letter, Congratulates His Successor, Thanks His Fans   Below is the full text. To all my ...

Violence broke out on Monday between Hausa and Yoruba commercial motorcyclists (okada riders) at Ibese, in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, during which seven persons were feared dead. It was gathered that trouble started when okada ...

Kim Jong-un has been seen with a mysterious head bandage like a large plaster, fuelling further concerns for his health. The North Korea leader was earlier spotted with unusual dark patches above his neck. Footage of a military conference held ...

Business owners in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have decried move by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA to impose levy on companies for using generators to power their businesses. Some officials of AMAC believed to have been contracted by ...

No fewer than five persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Abuja celebrity chef and Director of Helenes Food Company, Emeka Eloagu. Punch gathered from sources that the suspects had been transferred to the Homicide Unit ...

Three more abducted students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna were said to have escaped from their captors. They were subsequently found by security operatives roaming the forest. The students, according to a competent security source in Kaduna on ...

The Rivers State government has ordered striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors to resume work in the next 24 hours or be ready to “forfeit their salaries and risk being sacked”. The directive was issued in a ...

A passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight was duct-taped to his seat after allegedly groping two female flight attendants’ breasts and trying to punch a male attendant. Maxwell Berry, 22, created an unruly scene on the journey from Philadelphia to ...

The suspended former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has appeared before the Special Investigation Panel, headed by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Joseph Egbunike. Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, ...