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Police in Borno said nine persons were killed on Tuesday in Maiduguri in a vehicle explosion. Spokesman of the command, Mr Victor Isuku, said in a statement that the dead were all in the vehicle when it exploded. Isuku said ...

Kerosene explosion has killed two children and injured three others in Akwa Ibom State. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred in Ikono Ibom Clan in Uyo LGA. One Mr. Nsikak Michael, a tricycle operator and father-of-3, suffered severe burns ...

An awful accident occurred yesterday at Fiditi area in Oyo state. The fatal accident reportedly claimed nothing significantly less than four persons such as the driver who was on the way to Ibadan for a church program. In accordance with a witness, one ...

EFCC, on Thursday October 27, 2016, secured the conviction of one Mrs. Chika Amsy Charles, who was convicted by Justice D.V Agishir of the Federal High Court Enugu, and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment on each of the 30 count ...

Barely 2 weeks after a woman paid N500k to get her estranged husband killed in Lagos, the Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected hired-assassins and a female banker over failed attempt to assassinate her ex-husband identified as Tochukwu ...

Emmanuel Okechukwu, Ikechukwu Orji, and Chisom Azubuke, all employees at Peakins Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, Mobolaji Johnson, Lekki, as well as two Estate guards – Uchechukwu Ofoepeka and Goddy Ogobi were apprehended following a complaint by the firm’s boss, Isaac Ugwu. ...

According to PremiumTimes, Abati, who was spokesperson to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was arrested today by the EFCC. He is being questioned for allegedly receiving some money from former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Rasak Adekoya, 37, has been arrested for allegedly beating his son, Wariz Adekoya, 10, to death. He was apprehended by policemen at Ago-Iwoye after residents reported him for severely beating Wariz. He was said to have descended on the boy on ...

Authorities of the University of Lagos have expelled 125 students and rusticated 198 others for various offences, including examination malpractices during last academic session. . The lists of the affected students were published on the university’s website on Sunday. The ...

According to Starttells, Akintola Seun aka Big Wayne, died in a car crash along Ikoyi Road, few days ago. He was driving his White Mercedes CLS 63 AMG, with customized plate number “63” when the accident occurred.