DSS denies court case, plot to arrest INEC chairman

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied instituting a litigation against the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu.

FG advises undocumented Nigerians to leave Equatorial Guinea

Undocumented Nigerians in Equatorial Guinea have been advised by the federal government to leave the country.

Taliban says Prince Harry will face trial over killing of 25 in Afghanistan as revealed in the book #Spare

Taliban government has vowed that Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry will appear before the International Court over his confession of killing 25 Afghan soldiers. 

US announces nearly $2.8 billion in new military assistance to Ukraine

The United States has announced a new military assistance to Ukraine to aid in its conflict against Russia.

ASUU says Military government was more sympathetic to plight of lecturers

Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that past governments were more sympathetic to the plight of lecturers.

See VIDEO as Joe Biden mistakenly calls VP Kamala Harris "President Harris"

US President Joe Biden mistakenly called his Vice Kamala Harris, the President.

Update of Kebbi boat mishap: 14 bodies recovered, 6 still missing

A total of 14 bodies have been recovered while six are still missing in Tuesday’s boat mishap in the Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi.

China ‘under-representing’ severity of COVID outbreak, says WHO

China’s official data is under-representing the true impact of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has said, criticising its “very narrow” definition of COVID deaths.

EFCC secures 3785 convictions in 2022, highest since 2003

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured a total of 3,785 convictions in 2022.

DSS says it has arrested mastermind of Kogi bomb blast

The Department of State Services (DSS), said it has arrested the mastermind of the bomb blast that happened near the Palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene, Kogi State, during president Muhammadu  Buhari’s visit to the state in December 29.

10 farmers killed in Kebbi State boat accident

10 farmers on Tuesday, January 3, drowned after their boat capsized in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi State. 

'Russia planning new mobilization of civilians to turn tide of war' - Zelensky

Ukraine‘s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russia is planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive, even as Moscow faces some of its biggest internal criticism of the war over a Ukranian missile strike that killed scores of fresh conscripts on new year's eve.

Controversial Catholic priest Mbaka returns to Adoration Ministry eight months after suspension

The priest and spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, has returned from the monastery after eight months of suspension.

Popular herbalist dies in hotel allegedly after intercourse with pastor's wife

People are mourning a popular herbalist who died allegedly after intercourse with a pastor's wife at a hotel in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino hits back at critics after taking selfie at Pele’s wake-keep

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has responded to criticism he has received after he took a selfie next to Pele’s open coffin at a ceremony for the Brazilian football icon on Monday, January 2.

Russia says toll from Ukraine strike rises to 89

The toll from a Ukrainian New Year strike in Makiivka has risen to 89, Moscow said Wednesday, after Russians gathered to mourn the troops in a rare public display of anger and grief.

Tennis legend Navratilova diagnosed with two types of cancer

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova says she is hoping for a “favourable outcome” after being diagnosed with breast and throat cancer.

2023: Nobody can stop elections in South-East – Biafra group

The Youth wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said elections will be held in the South-East zone.

The group’s stand was made against an earlier statement by Finland-based Simon Ekpa.

POLICE BRUTALITY: All policemen in Ajah division (Lagos) transferred — PPRO

Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin has announced that all policemen attached to the Ajah police station in Lagos State have been transferred out of the division.

See VIDEOS as Ukraine kills ‘hundreds Of Russian troops’ with US-made rocket system while they were all gathered listening to Putin's new year speech

Hundreds of Russian mobilised troops were killed in a Ukrainian HIMARS strike on a barracks in Russian-occupied Makiivka in the eastern Donbas region, minutes before midnight on December 31.

Police release photo of officer who allegedly shot dead Gafaru Buraimoh in Ajah

The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has released the photo of Inspector Imeh Johnson, the officer who allegedly shot dead a civilian, Gafaru Buraimoh, in the Ajah area of Lagos state on December 6, 2022.

Countries impose travel restrictions on China as Covid-19 cases surge

With the pandemic spreading and increasing again, more countries are imposing restrictions on arrivals from China, where coronavirus cases have surged, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Italy are requiring travellers arriving from China to provide a negative COVID-19 test result before boarding flights.

TRAGIC!!! Assassins set CBN staff, wife ablaze in Ogun, kidnap son, maid

Assassins on Sunday murdered Kehinde Fatinoye, a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

ASUU: Nobody can promise there will be no strike in 2023 - Ex ASUU president

A former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi has revealed that a fresh strike by lecturers of public universities in the country cannot be ruled out in 2023.

63 villagers abducted by gunmen in Niger State

At least 63 people have been abducted from three communities in Pandogari District of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, just as Joint Security Taskforce in the state has rescued 13 kidnapped victims being held hostage by bandits.

RCCG GO Pastor Adeboye releases 2023 prophecies

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has prophesied that 2023 will be more peaceful.

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