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A commercial Toyota Sienna bus lost balance, somersaulting into the bush on Tuesday 7th June killing 1 woman and leaving 4 injured close to Ihiala LGA headquarters along Onitsha-Owerri Road in Ihiala, Anambra State. Eyewitnesses ran towards the accident scene ...

According Newsroom, Blessing Adenike Adeoye, 19, was taken to traditional midwives known in Yoruba as “elewe omo” probably because her Igando, Lagos-based parents couldn’t afford the cost of taking her to a proper hospital. She was the first of her ...

Chinese man arrested for attempting to assassinate his Nigerian business associate. Sun Hun was arrested in Lagos Island yesterday, after police operatives nabbed one Chika Eze, whom he paid N1.4m to hire killers. Chika got two men whom he paid ...

Around 6:45am today, 2 suicide bombers were shot dead by the Civilian JTF in Maiduguri, Borno state. The male suicide bombers who strapped IEDs on the bodies stormed Kusari, near CBN Staff Quarters and heading to a mosque in the ...

Justice G.I ULOKO (Rtd), died today at a hospital in Nigeria, after a long battle with cancer which he eventually won, but had a side effect of heart failure. He was a chief judge of Plateau State, hailing from Utonkon, ...

The Public Procurement Act 20‎07 (amendment) bill 2016, has been passed into law. The bill which seeks to promote local content, makes it mandatory for government agencies to patronise made-in-Nigeria goods. It is one of the priority bills of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here are some of the military officers compulsorily retired for partisanship in the 2015 election. According to ‎Sani Usman, army spokesman, their retirement was based on service exigencies, after being investigated for being partisan during the 2015 general election. He ...