Friday, April 19, 2024

44 die as Tanzanian ferry capsizes in Lake Victoria

At least 44 people died and scores were missing after a Tanzanian ferry, MV Nyerere, capsized in Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, with a desperate...

Amaju Pinnick makes history as he’s re-elected as NFF president

Amaju Pinick has become the first person to win a second consecutive four-year term as president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The 44-year-old beat...

Hisbah destroys 7 million bottles of beer in Kano

More than 12 million bottles of beer have been confiscated by Sharia agency, Kano State Hisbah Board, which destroyed 7.4 million of the bottles...

I’ll win and dance to Govt House- Adeleke

The governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said he would win the Saturday election and dance to the Government House...

80 year old herbalist arrested for plucking out policeman’s eyes for charm

An 80-year-old herbalist, Ussaini Musa, and two others have been arrested by men of the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly plucking out the...

Passengers bleed from ears,noses on India flight

A cockpit mix-up left more than 30 passengers on India’s Jet Airway’s flight bleeding from their ears and noses Thursday after the crew forgot...

How TV reality doctor,girlfriend,raped countless women

Three more people have stepped forward claiming to be victims of a former Bravo reality TV contestant and his girlfriend who were charged this...

Exam fraud: Buhari stops Adeleke’s invitation by police

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday stopped the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, from inviting the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the...

Travel restrictions imposed on Anglophone Cameroon

Local officials in the Northwest, one of the two Anglophone Cameroon regions ravaged by an ongoing year-long armed conflict, said people fleeing from the...

Police declare Davido’s uncle senator Adeleke, wanted

Senator Ademola Adeleke, the PDP governorship candidate in the Osun election on Saturday may not be qualified to run for the office and his...

Daycare owner arrested for drugging kids, tying them to car seats for 7 hours

Yahoo ! Manage Your Publishers 'Hundreds' of victims possible in Calif. rape case 4,398 reactions B: “But investigators found hundreds of videos on Robicheaux's phone after he was arrested, showing...

Police dispel reports of 10 killed at graduation party,confirm one killed, four injured

The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, has confirmed the killing of a student and four others injured at a graduation party...

Lawyer writes Fayose, demands unpaid N600m fee

A lawyer based in Ado-Ekiti, Mr. Owoseni Ajayi, has urged Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose to pay him professional fee amounting to N600 million...

Cultists allegedly kill final year medical student, nine others during graduation party

A final year medical student of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, simply identified as Dr Einstein, alongside nine others were allegedly killed by cultists on...

Fayose to EFCC: Meet me in my office on September 20

Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has fired another letter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) suggesting a September 20 date for the...

Lecturer brutalizes houseboy over missing books

A Benue State lecturer reportedly brutalized her 6 years old houseboy for allegedly misplacing the exercise books she bought for him. ATeryila Orkuma ,a neighbor...

U.S to admit 310,000 refugees,Asylum seekers in 2019

The U.S. Government says it anticipates processing up to 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers in 2019. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the country...

Why I stabbed my husband- Policewoman

Folake Ogunbodede, the police sergeant who fled upon stabbing her husband, Inspector Taiwo Ogunbodede, after a disagreement on Saturday, at their residence in Ipaja,...

Billionaire kidnapper,Evans’ gang members jailed 82 years

Two gang members of the notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans,have been sentenced to 41 years in prison each for kidnapping and armed...

Boko Haram kills nurse, threatens to murder Leah Sharibu

Boko Haram has killed one of the health workers kidnapped from Kala-Balge, Borno State, Saifura Khorsa, a midwife with the International Committee of Red...