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One hundred and fifty people have been confirmed dead after a three-day war between two communities in Cross River over land. The Director-General of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (CR-SEMA), Mr John Inaku, confirmed the development in an interview in Calabar on Tuesday. “Between June 27 and June …

Three persons were on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for alleged criminal conspiracy and kidnap of a nine-month-old baby. However, when the case came up for mention, the court declined to take the plea of the accused persons for want of jurisdiction. The Magistrate, Mrs …

The  Anambra State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday said it had arrested no fewer than 1000 persons suspected to be dealing in illicit drugs from January to June this year. The state Commander of the agency, Mr. Sule Momodu, said this in Awka, the state capital …

Delta State’s Police Command PRO, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, on Tuesday confirmed that 3 worshipers of a church located in the outskirt of Warri, died during a deliverance service. He went further to disclose that one of the deceased drowned, while two others died during a prayer session in the church at the …

The decomposing corpse of a 400 level student of the Osun State University Student, who went missing since nine days ago, Oluwafemi Shonibare, has been found inside a bush near one Alfa’s house. Students living near Jafaria Street told our correspondent, who visited the bush that the Alfa, who was …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opened an investigation into possible corrupt enrichment by Hassan Danbaba, a grandson of Sir Ahmadu Bello, a former Premier of Nigeria’s Northern Region who was also the Sardauna of Sokoto. Mr. Danbaba is accused of partaking in the illegal sharing of funds …

A Lagos-based comedian, Chinedu Paul, aka Think Twice, has been identified as one of the three persons mistaken for members of the Badoo cult and lynched on Saturday by angry residents in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos State. This is just as residents continued to buy weapons, especially cutlasses, in a desperate move to stop the Badoo members …

Justice Saliu Seidu of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has imposed a fine of N50,000 on the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience for withdrawing a suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mrs. Jonathan had in February 2017 instituted a suit against …

A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced one Collins Okorodudu to six weeks imprisonment for beating up a woman. The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, however, gave Okorodudu an option of N6, 000 fine, and also ordered him to pay N25, 000 compensation to the complainant, one Titus Mercy. …

What is wrong with ‘slay queens’ of these days.A Nigerian guy Arnold rescued a baby dumped in an uncompleted building in Benin city.He shared the news on Facebook and wrote…. ‘Some people are really wicked. I found dis baby in an uncompleted building dis morning, by winners road, sapele road, …