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Gunshots heard as Hausa, Yoruba youths clash in Lagos

  What began as a minor clash between Hausa motorcyclists and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in the Iyana-Iba area of Ojo, Lagos,...

2020 Budget Performance: Senate commends ICPC

  The Senate Committee Chairman on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari, has commended the board and management of the Independent...

Govt to shut Ojota underpass

  Lagos State Government has said traffic will be diverted from the Ojota underpass to Demurin junction on the Ikorodu corridor, to allow reconstruction work on the...

Sunday Igboho escapes as gunmen attacks Soka residence in Oyo

  Some yet-to-identified people again attempted to attack Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho, a Yoruba Freedom fighter in his Soka residence, Ibadan.   The...

JAMB registers over 300,000 for UTME, 8,000 for DE

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has so far registered more than 300,000 candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination...

ESP survival fund: More payroll support payments, MSME grants to commence this week

  In furtherance of the Buhari administration’s support for small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic under its Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), payment...

OPM reopens farm for repentant militants, commercial sex workers

  The Omega Power Ministries (OPM) has reopened its farm located in Rivers for repentant militants going through reintegration process at the Church rehabilitation...

A complete list of all the winners at the 2021 Oscars

  Final winners at the 93rd Academy Awards: Best picture: “ Nomadland ”     Best actress: Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” Best actor: Anthony...

Mobile phone users turn to black market for SIM cards

  The ban on the sale and registration of new Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards has created a huge black market for the sale of pre-registered SIM cards with...

9 wedding guests feared killed in auto crash

  Nine persons travelling for a wedding ceremony at Ewato in Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State, weekend, lost their lives in an auto accident....

UFC 261: Usman earns $1.5m from Masvidal win

  Nigeria’s UFC welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, is set to earn a whooping $1.5m after his second round knockout win over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 at the...

Three cops face orderly room trial for losing rifles to gunmen

  The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three policemen, who were said to have lost their AK-47 rifles to gunmen in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the...

Outrage greets abduction of Christian worshippers in Kaduna

  Bandits again on Sunday struck in Kaduna State, killing one person and abducting four others when they attacked Haske Baptist Church in Mannai Tasha village in...

Three policemen arrested for extorting LASU student of N153,000 in Ogun

  Three policemen, who allegedly extorted the sum of N153,000 from a student of the Lagos State University, Hezekiah Oluwaponmile, at gunpoint have been arrested....

Accountant shot by robber dies following rejection by Lagos hospitals

  An accountant, Odiri Onosigho, has lost his life after being shot during a robbery operation at First Gate bus stop, Festac, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government...

Troops raid monarch’s palace, chief escapes

  TROOPS of Operation Whirl Stroke have reportedly uncovered arms and ammunition at the palaces of district heads of Cha (Mue Ter Cha), His Royal Highness, Chief...

BREAKING: Imo State House Of Assembly Is On Fire

  The Imo State House of Assembly complex in Owerri is currently burning.   Unknown gunmen have set fire on the Imo State House of Assembly on Sunday, April...

UPDATED: How gunmen killed eight security operatives in Rivers checkpoint attacks

  Gory details have emerged of how over 70 gunmen raided checkpoints along the busy Port Harcourt-Owerri Road, killing about eight security operatives. It was...

Man City beat Tottenham to win fourth successive Carabao Cup

    Manchester City have beaten Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 to win the fourth successive Carabao Cup. A Laporte header from a corner kick in the 82nd minute secured...

Kidnappers demand N15m ransom for Ekiti APC chieftain

  Abductors of an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Ekiti State, Mr Ebenezer Busuyi have demanded N15 million ransom for his release. Busuyi, who is also...