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A commercial driver, on Tuesday, bit off the finger of a taskforce member in Ebonyi State to escape arrest. The driver also swallowed the finger of the taskforce member identified as Iboko Kenneth. The incident occurred at the Onuebonyi Junction in the Abakaliki metropolis, when the Ministry of Capital City …

Amid rising insecurity in Nigeria, the country now risks an arms embargo following the indictment of the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, which states that at least nine persons …

Man Electrocuted While Trying To Save A Bird Trapped On A High Tension Wire (Photos, Video) A video shared online captured the moment a man was electrocuted while trying to save a bird trapped on a high tension wire, Newsextra24 reports. In the video, the man climbed on an electric …

A woman identified as Sekinat Adesanya, has been killed by suspected robbers in Ogun state. The incident happened around Moro community, close to Odokekere, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of the state at about 5:30 am on Saturday, November 13. According to Witness, the deceased was on her way …

The security guard at the service apartment where Usifo Ataga, Super TV CEO, was allegedly murdered, on Wednesday, maintained his earlier testimony that the defendant (Chidinma Ojukwu) had left a night before victim’s body was found. The security guard, Abubakar Mohammed, stated this while being cross examined before a Lagos …

A prominent supporter of the baseless QAnon conspiracy has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his involvement in the US Capitol riot. Jacob Anthony Chansley was among the Trump supporters who tried to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election on 6 January. He earlier pleaded guilty …

A member of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry has shed light on why there are errors in the leaked #EndSARS report. Temitope Majekodunmi, a youth representative on the panel, said the report in circulation had typographical errors but they were corrected before it was approved and submitted to …

The deceased, identified as one Yaw Owusu, is said to have engaged some locals in an argument after Ghana’s win over South Africa on Sunday. However, the decision to award the penalty sparked controversy, with some South Africans accusing the referee of cheating them. Reports suggest Yaw Owusu, who works …

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has denied claims that a diamond bra was found in ex-petroleum minister, Diezani Alison Madueke’s apartment, Newsextra24 reports. Rumors were rife last month that an auction of her forfeited properties was to take place and that part of …

Bandits on Sunday night carried out a punitive attack on Kwarin Mai Saje community in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State over the failure of the residents to pay a N3 million levy. During the attack, the bandits raped women and abducted six people after looting the village of …