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The Nimbo community, in Enugu State, has urged the FG for compensation of N17bn following herdsmen invasion of the community. Traditional ruler of the community, Chief John Akor, made the demand when he testified at the panel of inquiry into ...

Margaret Onya was allegedly set ablaze by Onya, at their home at No 35, JB street, Ekosodin quarters, off Ugbowo-Lagos Road, Benin, Edo State, on Saturday, after a disagreement over her father’s burial. Onya was alleged to have poured petrol ...

Woman allegedly stabs husband multiple times on their wedding anniversary, out of mere detestation

Emmanuel Nwachukwu, a 52-year-old father-of-four, stated this while being paraded by the police in Minna, Niger State, along with the second suspect, Chinedu Andrew, 22. The duo were accused of raping their 12-year-old Primary Six, neighbour. According to Nwachukwu, “I ...

Days after the passing of Stephen Keshi, another former Super Eagles coach dies.

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Archdiocese, Mathew Kukah, has called on Nigerians to avoid making the health of Nigeria’s public figures a subject of political discourse or speculations. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Kukah said:   “I do not think ...

A member of a kidnap gang has accused the former governor of Lagos State and current minister of Power, Tunde Fashola, of forcing him into crime. The suspects Paul Ibara, Ifeanyi Obi and Tunde Edu, were recently arrested by the ...

Dauda Ahmad, Abdullahi Mustapha, Zubairu Abubakar, Abdullahi Abubakar and Musa Abdullahi were arraigned this morning before a Chief Magistrate Court in Kano over last week’s killing of Bridget Agbahime on allegation of blaspheming the Prophet Mohammed ( PBUH ). . ...

In the early hours of May, 27, 2016, over infidelity issues, Jafaru Sougie allegedly slit the throat of his wife, Roseline, with a knife, while she was sleeping. He then swallowed some poison, to end his own life, but he ...

Nimre Moses, 15, was allegedly forcefully abducted from school in Abuja, by one Aminu, Plateaunewsonline reports. After the abduction, she was taken to Katsina state where she was converted to Islam and had her name changed to Nana Khadija. Her ...