Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Troops raid Benue shrine, arrest spiritual counselor of wanted criminal

The Army said it had arrested a native doctor, Tordue Gber (Tiv Swem), who allegedly acted as spiritual counselor to the wanted armed criminal...

Nigeria mistakenly deports American, 2 Nigerians to Cameroon

Lawyer to Cameroonian separatists claimed on Tuesday that Nigeria could have made some errors in deporting two naturalised Nigerians and an American to Cameroon...

Man arrested for punching gambling machine out of frustration

Authorities say a man arrested at a northern Iowa casino told a deputy that he’d punched a gambling machine out of frustration. Court records say...

Court dismisses Patience Jonathan’s rights violation suit

A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a N2billion rights enforcement suit filed by former First Lady, Patience Jonathan against the Economic...

Teenager kills himself during WhatsApp chat with girlfriend

A teenager shot himself dead during a WhatsApp video call with his girlfriend - because both sets of parents were trying to end the...

World’s oldest man dies aged 113

The world’s oldest man has died in the small Spanish village where he spent most of his 113 years. Francisco Núñez Olivera, born in December...

Man allegedly steals 8 month old baby from shop in Lagos

A 27-year-old man, Emeka Cyril, who allegedly stole an eight-month-old baby from a shop, was on Monday remanded in prison on the orders of...

Deji Tinubu buried in Lagos

The late Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Commerce and Industry, Deji Tinubu, was buried on Tuesday at the Vaults and Gardens,...

Foreigners arrested in Cambodia over sex style position game charged with pornography

Five Britons held in Cambodia over images of a Twister-style 'sex position game' have been provisionally charged with making porn, it has emerged. The men...

Apostle Suleman told me to make false confession -Stephanie Otobo says in new video

A few days after Apostle Johnson Suleman released a video of Miss Stephanie Otobo apologising to him and saying she was hired by unnamed...

Forget social media noise,Buhari is unbeatable-El-Rufai

President Muhammadu Buhari remains electorally unbeatable with his attachment to the people unwavering, despite recriminations by the elite class on social and conventional media,...

Adamawa villages bombed by Air Force – Amnesty

Nigeria’s Air Force killed at least 35 people in attacks on villages in the northeastern state of Adamawa in December, Amnesty International claimed in...

Dad who helped daughter’s ex-husband rape and murder her is found dead

The father suspected of involvement in his beauty therapist daughter's "honour killing " has died. Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford in West Yorkshire, was allegedly raped and strangled by...

I left 11 victims in Lagos kidnappers’ den – Survivor

A kidnap victim, Mohammed, says he is worried about the safety of 11 captives at a kidnappers’ den in the Ikorodu area of the...

Nigeria deports Ayuk Tabe, 46 Cameroonian separatists

Sisuku Julius Ayuk Tabe: arrested in Nigeria and deported to Cameroon A key Cameroonian separatist leader, Julius Ayuk Tabe and 46 others, some of whom...

New York bar bans customers who say ‘literally’

A  bar famous for selling five shots “of anything” for $10, has decided to take a bold stand against the word “literally,” of all...

Woman jailed for selling her baby for plane ticket

A Russian court on Monday jailed a woman for four years after she sold her newborn son for 166 euros ($205) to buy a...

Mourinho Writes 94-year-old Man U fan

Jose Mourinho took time out to write a letter to an ill 94-year-old Manchester United supporter. Lifelong supporter Fredrick Schofield is recovering after suffering a...

My wife curses me with her private part, Pastor cries out

A Pentecostal Pastor, Bernard Towoju has urged an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Abosede, for allegedly using her...

20 die in ghastly accident along Kaduna-Abuja expressway

No fewer than 20 people died in a ghastly motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja expressed way on Sunday night. The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads...