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A driver simply identified as Samson has been arrested for killing his boss and confiscating his body in a septic tank at Ekiadokor area of Ovia North East local government area of the state. In similar vein, two other suspects were also arrested concerning...

Only a few workers resumed duty on Tuesday at the various ministries of the Federal Secretariat, Abuja after the New Year holiday. It was glaring that official activities were still at a low ebb due to the poor turnout of workers at their duty posts....

PRESS RELEASE The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) observes that today’s holiday fully consolidated the two-day Christmas holiday and enabled Nigerian Christians to kick off the 2018 Christo-Western Gregorian calendar However, conscious Nigerian Muslims,...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency ( NiMet ) has envisaged dust haze weather conditions with horizontal visibility range of about two to five kilometres and localised visibility of less than 1000m over the central States of the county on Monday. NiMet’s...

A 45-year-old unemployed woman, Olabisi Usman, who allegedly stole church property valued at N154,000, was on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Usman, who resides at Meiran area of Lagos, however, pleaded not guilty and was...

A Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada in Nasarawa State, on Friday sentenced two labourers to six months imprisonment each for stealing 50 tubers of yam. The judge, Upside Yaqub, however, gave the convicts, Habibu Kabiru, 25; and Salisu Hamidu, 22,...

A 67-year-old American advance fee fraudster Michael Neu posing as a Nigerian prince has been arrested by the police in Louisiana. He was said to have duped hundreds of people across America using emails. Police in Slidell, Louisiana, say they finally...

Social media giants Facebook and Twitter are facing a deadline in Britain to cooperate with an inquiry into so-called fake news in the Brexit referendum campaign, a parliamentary committee chairman said Friday. The companies have been given until January...

A plasterer is believed to have hanged himself live on camera as shocked chat-room guests watched on in horror. Gregory Tomkins, from Sutton in south London, is said to have logged on to an ‘insults’ online chat forum in the early hours of Christmas morning....

WhatsApp is about to stop working on a range of old smartphones, meaning owners will have to buy newer gadgets if they want to continue using the chat app to the best of its capabilities. On New Year’s Day, WhatsApp will ‘remove support’ for a number...

The Police Command in Oyo State has arrested a soldier serving at 81 Battalion, Makola, Ibadan, for allegedly hijacking a fuel-laden truck along Akobo, Iwo road. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abiodun Odunde, made the disclosure in Ibadan...

Nayzia Thomas, a sophomore at Johnson County Community College, Missouri, United States, tweeted a photo that her mother snapped of her finishing up her final exam on December 11 while in the labour room at the hospital. Thomas said she wanted to be done...

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man, Safiyanu Kamala, for allegedly having sex with a mentally imbalance woman who has become pregnant. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Isah Gambo, who said this on Wednesday in Katsina,...

A team of officials from Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and security agents on Thursday dispensed 57,000 litres of petrol free to motorists. Mr Umar Ajiya, the Managing Director, Nigerian Product...

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday made a visit to the injured Yusuf Buhari, son of President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Cedarrest Hospital in Abuja. Several other top government officials including the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole,...

An artisan who was simply identified Andrew Koku has disclosed reasons for killing his six months old baby, Precious Koku, on Christmas Eve. Andrew, who resides at Ayedere community in Obada area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, said he intentionally murdered...

A newly married lecturer of the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Abia State, identified as Daniel has been reported dead. Daniel reportedly died some distance from popular Ukwuapu, Umule road in Osisioma local government area of the state. Our correspondent...

Sixty-eight civilians were killed in two separate air raids by the Saudi-led coalition in one day of Yemen’s “absurd” war, the United Nations claimed. The first airstrike on Tuesday hit a crowded market in Taez province, killing 54 civilians, including...

The present state of health of Yusuf Buhari, son of President Muhammadu Buhari, generated confusion at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. Yusuf, who was involved in a bike accident in Abuja on Tuesday night, sustained a head injury and had one...

Rihanna’s cousin has been shot dead mere hours after they spent Christmas Day together in Barbados. Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne was walking in the St Michael’s area around 7pm on Boxing Day (26 December) when he was shot by an unidentified man several times,...

Most motorists in Abuja on Wednesday got more free petrol as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) sealed more stations. The team had sealed the Khalif Civic Centre and Investment Limited at...

The Ogun state Police Command has arrested a 21- year old Israel Oluranti for stabbing one Farooq Olusegun to death. Oluranti allegedly stabbed Farooq with jagged end of a bottle at Ope-Ilu area of Agbado, Ifo local government area of the state on Christmas...

A woman, Mary Johnson, who allegedly slashed her neighbour’s head with a razor blade, has been arraigned at an Apapa Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Johnson, 24, of Okito Street, Ajegunle, was brought by the police before Senior Magistrate M.A. Etti on a charge...

Yusuf Buhari had a bike accident last night around Gwarimpa in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. He broke a limb and had an injury in the head and as a result, he has undergone surgery at a clinic in Abuja. He is now in a stable condition. The President...

2017 Christmas day will be an unforgettable day for a Lagos okada rider, who reportedly hit Nigerian soldiers' car and received the beating of his life. According to reports from Ebiwali's blog, the innocent okada rider mistakenly hit Nigerian Soldiers...