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Olympics: Banned Nigerian athletes hold protest in Tokyo

A group of Nigerian athletes – who were ruled ineligible to compete at the Olympics in Tokyo – have held a protest in the...

Motorists rescue man abducted while peeing

Motorists in Abuja have foiled an abduction attempt on a resident around Magicland Park before the city gate.The victim was said to have disembarked...

Man confesses to killing ‘sugar mummy’, raping her corpse

A 23-year-old bricklayer, Adebayo Kingsley, has confessed to killing his 46-year-old lover to have sexual intercourse with her.Adebayo Kingsley is said to have stormed...

Police declare man wanted for allegedly stealing 89 cows [Photos]

A man, who allegedly stole 89 cows in Akwa Ibom state, has been declared wanted by the police."Beware! Wanted for stealing 89 cows in...

Nigerian Army chief issues special order to troops

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has ordered officers and men to be professional in the discharge of their duties.Lt. Gen...

Bribe my angels – Pastor tells congregation [Video]

A pastor has caused quite a stir on social media after telling his church members to bribe his angels so that his grace can...

Man allegedly beats lover to death for using his charger without permission

An Abuja-based man, identified as Hasan Taiwo, has been arrested for allegedly beating his live-in lover to death in their home in Lugbe area.According...

Househelp, three others arrested in connection with banker’s murder

The Police Command in Yobe said it has arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of Hassan Abubakar, a staff of a commercial...

Private Business Jet in Lagos: Could Yevgeny Prigozhin be in Nigeria?

The private business jet P4-BAR aircraft Gulfstream G550, which was traveling from Benghazi, landed at the Lagos airport in Nigeria. The landing took place...

Footballer slumps and dies during match

A football player, identified as Jonah, has died after he slumped during a football match in Nasarawa State in Nigeria.Details of his death are still sketchy at...

Nigeria school kidnappers abduct man delivering ransom

Kidnappers in Nigeria have seized a man who was sent to deliver a ransom payment to secure the release of dozens of abducted school...

CCTV exposes woman who deliberately set supermarket on fire [Watch]

The cause of last week's fire which razed down a supermarket in Lagos has been made known from a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV).According to...

Missing young lady found dead in bizarre state inside a drainage

A lady, who was declared missing a week ago, has been found dead in a drainage connected to a nearby river.Her decomposing corpse was...

Police arrest 5 men for raping 20-year-old man

Police in Kano State have arrested five men for allegedly sodomising a 20-year-old man severally.Spokesperson of Kano police command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who...

Three suspected ritualists arrested with human parts inside calabash

Local residents of Rivers State, Nigeria have arrested three young men for possessing calabashes with human parts.The suspects, believed to be between the ages...

You are blatant failures – Bishop Oyedepo on why he sacked 40 pastors

Founder and Leader of Living Faith Church, Bishop Oyedepo, has responded to naysayers who criticised him for sacking 40 pastors.One of the pastors, who...

JSS 2 student stabs School Prefect [Photo]

Senior Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Education, Mr Castro Ezama has decried high level of moral decadence and increasing cultism in Secondary and...

Robbers allegedly drop letter to notify residents of an upcoming operation [Video]

Everyday in Abuja comes with its own drama, and that which was witnessed on Wednesday morning is an unusual letter in a building complex.Per...

Pastor dies as his uncompleted church building collapses

The pastor of Divine Light Prophetic Mission in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Pastor Daniel Obasi, has died after his two-storey building under construction...

Eid-ul-Adha: History remade as Catholic priest storms mosque for prayers

History was recorded in a Mosque in Ogun State, Nigeria when a Catholic Priest showed up for prayers, one of its kind.Marking this year's...

Woman dies 4 days after her wedding [Photos]

A 31-year-old woman, Ate Joy Veronica, who died four days after her wedding, has been buried in Benue state. Veronica and her husband, Irabor Samuel,...

Church sacks 40 pastors for not meeting targets for ‘tithes and offerings’

A man, who identified himself as a former pastor of a church in Nigeria, has claimed he and other pastors were sacked by the church for...

Nigerian pilot escapes as another military jet crashes

The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) on Monday confirmed the crash of an Alpha Jet aircraft in Zamfara.The aircraft was returning from air interdiction between the...

Mysterious sheep with five horns spotted in market [Video]

An unusual sheep specie is getting tons of attention from Lagos residents after it was spotted in a market.Bypassers have trooped to a wet...

Meet Nigeria’s first female military pilot [Photos]

The military is an occupation that has been dominated by men, however, many females have been venturing into it, giving their male folks a...

Man plays ‘football’ with bundles of cash at mother’s funeral [Video]

Nigerian businessman, Obi Cubana, has been trending over the weekend on social media after his friends presented 246 cows to him during his mother's...

Man sentenced to death for killing boss’ wife in revenge

A High Court sitting in Oyo State, Nigeria, has sentenced a man to death for killing his boss' wife in revenge.The 37-year-old Adeyemi Morenikeji...

Newly-married man dies while saving lady from drowning

A Nigerian man, Eluemunor Richard Okasia, exchanged his life for a drowning lady at a beach in Kaliningrad, Russia. The unfortunate incident is said to...

Amputee hawker buys house, owns pure water factory [Photo]

Mary Daniel, the sachet water hawker who went viral because she's an amputee, has acquired a 17.5 million Naira apartment in Lagos.The 27-year-old Kogi indigene...

Bizarre: Kidnapped 12-year-old boy found inside coffin

Security operatives in Kwara State have rescued a 12-year-old boy suspected to be a kidnapped victim. The boy was rescued by the joint border patrol...

Man gifted 246 cows for mother’s funeral

The backyard of Nigerian entrepreneur, Obi Cubana, has been turned into a cattle ranch ahead of his mother’s burial ceremony.This became so as Cubana...

TB Joshua’s successor: Synagogue Church sets records straight

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) is asking the general public to disregard reports making rounds on social media about an alleged 'succession...

No-stress scripture: Nigerian Christians embrace Pidgin Bible

At the Heavenly Citizen's Church in Lagos, the pastor and congregation have adopted a new tool to help them understand Christian scripture: the first...

Pastor arrested for conniving with choirmaster to allegedly rape church member

A Port Harcourt-based pastor, Tony Daniel, is in a police cage for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman.The pastor of Jesus Alive Word Refiners International...

Pastor arrested for allegedly diverting church funds for his PhD

Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, arraigned a pastor for allegedly diverting church funds for his private gain.Pastor Omosebi Fred Adeola was...

Man dies two days after wedding, wife in serious condition

A Nigerian man, Jamilu Abdulhamid, has died in a motor accident two days after his wedding in Kano State. It was gathered that Mr Abdulhamid and...

Buhari to get US$11.6M for monitoring of WhatsApp, phone calls

The Nigerian Senate has approved N4.8 billion (equivalent to US$11.6 million) to be allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for the monitoring of...

I can’t be friends with every pastor – Oyedepo on TB Joshua’s funeral snub

Bishop David Oyedepo, the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, also known as, Winners Chapel, has said he couldn't be friends with every...

Photos of late T.B. Joshua’s Mausoleum

Popular Nigerian Televangelist, Prophet T.B. Joshua, was laid to rest in his church premises on Friday, July 9. Here are photos of his Mausoleum:

Man slumps and dies after reading DNA results

Anger has trailed the death of a man who slumped allegedly after reading the result of a DNA test conducted on his son.According to...