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Nigerian Youths Demand for Free Internet
Representatives of Nigerian youths, on Thursday, called on government at all levels to provide free and reliable Internet services in public places across the country. The demand was among the recomm…
Police Shot Dead Nursing Mother, Injured Her Husband Over Bribe
Motorcycle drivers on Thursday shut down the Ijegun Road in the Alimosho area of Lagos State, after a woman, Idongesit Ekpo, and her husband, Godwin, were shot by a team of policemen attached to the …
Saraki-Owned Company MD Declared Wanted by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday declared wanted the man managing Senate President Bukola Saraki’s property company, Mr. Kennedy Izuagbe, for alleged N3.6bn money launde…
Flood killed 15 in Uttah, U.S
Officials said on Wednesday that Flash floods killed at least 15 people near Utah’s border with Arizona when a large wall of water and debris triggered by heavy rain swept them away in their ca…
Soldiers Hold Burkina Faso President Hostage
Soldiers from Burkina Faso’s powerful presidential guard interrupted a cabinet meeting on Wednesday and detained the interim President Michel Kafando, the prime minister and two cabinet members…
Siasia Laments His Team's Defeat
Head Coach of the U-23 National Team, Samson Siasia has attributed the defeat of his team by Burkina Faso in the semi finals of the 11th All-Africa Games football tournament in Brazzaville to h…
The Ivory Towers and Mounting Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favours. It is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual…
Native Doctor Arrested over Death of Client
The Police in Lagos are currently investigating a native doctor, identified simply as Celestine, for allegedly burying a client who died while receiving treatment in his traditional clinic. It …
Wife Got Pregnant for Secret Lover, Dump Baby on the Street
A cheating wife dumped her newborn baby on a doorstep after keeping her entire pregnancy secret from her husband. The husband claimed he never knew a thing about the said pregnancy, though the two of…
Don Suspended Over Rape
The Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old 400-level student in his office has been suspended by the panel instituted by the sch…
Pastor, Imam Docked Over N9 Million Fraud
A 42-year-old pastor named Anjorin Adaniki, and an Islamic cleric, Maliu Aliu, have been sentenced to one year imprisonment each for diverting N9 million worth of fertilisers meant to be distributed …
Northern Group Demands Saraki's Resignation
The Northern Ethnic Nationalities Unity Congress (NENUC) yesterday called for the resignation of the Senate President Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki. The call came just as the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)…
Court Orders Saraki's Arrest
The police yesterday declared that they were awaiting orders to effect the arrest of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki. The Senate President was billed to be arraigned before the Code of Co…
Chelsea, Arsenal Square Up for Another Clash
Chelsea boss, Jose Mourinho has declared that one of his players, Willian is definitely ruled out of the London derby between Chelsea and Arsenal because of the muscular injury he picked up against M…
Man Caught His Wife with His Neighbour on Bed
If not for divine intervention, a middle aged man identified as Chukwuka, would have been sent to the grave beyond by an angry husband, Emmanuel Udoh, after being caught having sex with Udoh's wife o…
Boko Haram Members Become Bead Makers in Prison
Usman Balami once commanded hundreds of Boko Haram jihadists in attacks on police stations and banks. Now serving time at a prison complex in northern Nigeria, he says he is a changed man. “In …
Nigerian Pilgrims Arrested Saudi Arabia
The coordinator of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) in Mecca, Suleiman Usman, has disclosed that some Nigerian pilgrimage officials were arrested and taken to prison by the Saudi authorities for…
The Truth About 2nd Niger Bridge
As part of the routine debriefing by President Muhammadu Buhari since he resumed office, the leadership of various MDA’s have met with the President to appraise him of the goings on in the Fede…
Police Arrested Scores of MASSOB Members
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hassan Karma yesterday in Onitsha accused the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB of breeding criminals even as the comma…
Nigerian Jailed for Fraud in U.S
Alex Sualim, 44, of Toronto, Canada, a college-educated electrical engineer who hails from Nigeria, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton on Tuesday to 12.5 years in prison and o…