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A 32-year-old man, Samuel Afuape, on Monday appeared before an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking into the house of Mr Akanni Fatai and stole valuable items worth N50,500. The accused of No 18, Oni St., Iyana Iyesi in Ota, Ogun, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing …

Schools in Oyo State have remained shut in spite of the state government’s directive to reopen on Monday (today), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent, who went round the Ibadan metropolis reports that both primary and secondary schools’ gates were not opened after four weeks of …

A 50-year old teacher, Musiliu Yusuf, on Monday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that his wife was impregnated by one of her lovers in their matrimonial home. The man also said his wife was in the habit of beating him on the slightest provocation, forcing him to pack …

No fewer than 10 persons were reportedly killed in clashes ‎between suspected Fulani herdsmen and farmers in two communities in Niger State. It was learnt that the ‎clashes happened at Bokuta village, Bosso Local Government Area and Tungan Malam village in the Paikoro LGA. While six were killed ‎in the …

The Police Command in Nasarawa State has deployed over 1,000 personnel to guard government facilities in the state, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lawal Shehu, has said. Shehu made the information known in Lafia on Monday when he addressed newsmen.   He said the deployment to the 13 local government …

Kerosene supply have reportedly dropped in recent weeks, causing the price of the product to shoot up to about N300 per litre in many parts of the country. There are also strong indications that despite the recent liberalization of the fuels market, many marketers had yet to start importing kerosene …

PRESIDENT Obama has vowed “justice will be done” over the Dallas shooting that has left five police officers dead and six injured as well as a civilian Speaking from the start of a NATO summit in Europe he said there had been a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law …

President Obama, reacting with the same horror as many Americans to a grisly video of a bloody, dying man in Minnesota who was shot by the police, begged the nation to confront the racial disparities in law enforcement while acknowledging the dangers that officers face. Protesters chanted “Hands up, don’t …

Stories like this surface from time to time, but later the family of the ‘human being’ involved will come out to deny and claim that she is mentally unstable and they’ve been looking for her, end of story. According to Fresh FM’s Head of News in Ibadan, this girl transformed …

Residents of Ekiti state on Friday, June 24, have taken to the streets of the state to protest against their governor, Ayodele Fayose. The governor, who has been in the news for the very wrong reasons in the past few days, is being asked to return the loots he embezzled …