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Eight children have been found dead in a Lexus SUV parked in front of the owner’s house at Adelayo Street, Agunaje, along Badagry Expressway in Lagos. The incident happened on Saturday. Adekunle Ajisebutu, the police spokesperson in Lagos, confirmed the incident. “The eight children were said to have mistakenly locked themselves in an abandoned car […]

The Federal Government on Sunday ruled out the possibility of restricting foreign travellers from visiting Nigeria despite travel bans on the country by Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. This is just as the government stated that most of the in-bound passengers that tested positive for COVID-19 were from the UK. The […]

The police in Lagos say they have begun an investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College in Lekki Lagos. The student died on Tuesday, after he was allegedly tortured and given a harmful substance by some senior students in the school, over his refusal to join a cult group. In a […]

The hike in the prices of cooking gas has forced many women into harmful alternatives such as using firewood and charcoal for cooking, the third greatest killer of women and children in Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization. The spike adds to the profound challenges women and children face in the country. Before the increase, a 6kg […]

The United Kingdom has added Nigeria to its red list category as it tightens travel restrictions in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron. “From 0400 on Monday 6 December, Nigeria will be added to the red list for entering England,” the UK government’s travel advisory on Nigeria said. This means […]

A 32 year-old housewife, Kehinde Abdul Wasiu, has set her husband’s mistress, one Tosin Olugbade, ablaze. Kehinde, a mother of three allegedly poured petrol on the 23-year-old mistress and subsequently set her ablaze, leading to her death. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, saying the suspect has […]

The Nigerian Navy has placed one of its personnel, OSCOMP Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, on one-month ‘extra duty’ for wearing police uniform in one of his skits and for ridiculing the Nigeria Police Force in the process. The popular Instagram comedian was arrested on November 15, 2021, but has been released from detention to […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says problems like poverty facing Nigeria will multiply if the country experiences breaks up. He said this while receiving a delegation of the Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. He said many of the security challenges in the country would be resolved in […]

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has finally given clearance to the Anambra State Government to start operations at its airport. This came weeks after the Airport was inaugurated by the state government but the NCAA did not approve flight operations, citing security concerns. Air Peace Airline which had planned to operate to the airport […]

The operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested one Pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba, 35, and others for kidnapping a Catholic priest, Fr Fidelis Ekemgba. Parading the suspects and others, the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, said that the suspects held the priest for over seven days and made him to pay a ransom […]

Emirates Airlines will resume its passenger operations between Dubai and Nigeria on 5th December 2021. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier made this known via a statement issued on Thursday. The resumption of services comes 10 months after the carrier suspended flights to Nigeria after a diplomatic row between the two countries over COVID-19 protocols. […]

Seven years after her fourth child was born and with a decision jointly made with her husband to stop childbearing, 37-year-old Muslimat AbdulWaheed has again been delivered of quadruplets. The couple who reside in Gwako, a suburb of Gwagwalada area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, said they could barely feed their family of six, […]

President Buhari has departed Abuja for Dubai where he is expected to attend the Expo 2020 in the United Arab Emirates. The Expo 2020 Dubai is aimed at creating an environment for Nigerians to join over 190 countries to forge true and meaningful partnerships. According to a statement by the president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina on […]