A former part-time lecturer with the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Lagos, Afeez Baruwa, has been sentenced to 21-year imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old admission seeker. Justice Josephine Oyefeso of…
Larry Tesler, the computer scientist who created cut, copy and paste, is dead
Lawrence “Larry” Tesler, the computer science icon credited for his innovation that allows you cut, copy, and paste texts, has died at the age of 74. He died on Monday, February…
Gov Uzodinma storms Aso Rock, demands N32bn refund from Buhari
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma on Thursday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja to demand refund of N32 billion which the state, during the past administrations, spent…
Nigerians react as China announces Chloroquine is effective in Covid-19 treatment
Preliminary clinical results in China show that anti-malaria drug, Chloroquine Phosphate which was banned in Nigeria 14 years ago, is quite effective in treating novel coronavirus pneumonia, Covid-19. Several other…
Videos: Violence in Ogun as SARS officers shoot Hausa traders while chasing Yahoo boy
Pandemonium broke out on Thursday in the Olomore axis of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force allegedly shot an…
FG: Buhari won’t resign over insecurity; We won’t go back on Social media regulation
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has told those requesting the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the rise in Insecurty in the country, to stop bothering about…
EU Threatens To Impose Visa Restrictions On Nigeria
The European Union may toe the line of its ally, the United States government as they threatened to impose restrictive visa implementation rules on Nigeria. The EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and…
Customs intercepts 1,393 bags of rice hidden in gas cylinders (Photos)
One thousand, three hundred and ninety-three (1,393) bags of rice concealed in gas cylinders have been intercepted in Ogun State by the officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Parading…
Man kidnaps ‘racist woman’ and forces her to watch movie about slavery
52-year-old Robert Lee Noye popularly known as “the black guy in town” has been arrested by the police in Cedar Rapids, Iowa after reportedly kidnapping a woman he accused of being a…
Nigeria’s oil reserves will run dry in 49 years – Says DPR
The Department of Petroleum Resources has said that the nation’s crude oil reserves of 37 billion barrels, two per cent of which is being produced annually, will be depleted in…
Owerri: Wife allegedly cuts off husband’s nose, tongue, teeth, then called his mother to come carry him
A doctor with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri is in critical condition after he was allegedly brutally attacked by his wife on Tuesday night after a quarrel. According to…
Africa free of Covid-19 as one suspected in Egypt tests negative
A patient who was placed under surveillance at a hospital in Egypt over suspicion of Covid-19 (coronavirus) has tested negative. The patient, said to be a foreigner, was reported as…
Man acquitted a month ago of raping a student, charged again for raping a 6-year-old
A 24-year-old man from Utah is standing trial for the rape of a 6-year-old girl barely a month after he was acquitted of rape a student. Samuel Heber Butler was…
APC accuses PDP, Wike of sponsoring attack at Justice Mary Odili’s residence
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday accused the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of been responsible for the last Tuesday protest at the Abuja residence of Justice Mary…
Youths Demolish mansions of alleged kidnapper over Murder of Monarch’s Wife in Imo
Not less than three houses belonging to a suspected leader of a kidnap gang, Okechukwu Uche, in Owaelu , Uratta in the Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State…
DSS arrest tanker drivers for going on strike in Kano
Operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, on Tuesday clamped down on members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers who went around to enforce the shutting down of filling stations…
Wheelbarrow Pusher Electrocuted in Enugu while Plucking Mango with an Iron Rod
A wheelbarrow pusher has died in Enugu state in the process of trying to refresh himself with some fresh fruits. The middle age man who was unconscious of his proximity…
Wife Of Anambra State Governor Visits Ailing Actor, Ernest Asuzu (photos)
The First Lady of Anambra state Ebelechukwu Obiano paid a visit to popular ailing actor, Ernest Asuzu at the hospital. The First Lady who visited the actor at a private…
Man Beats Wife Mercilessly After DNA Proves He’s Not Biological Father of Kids
A Nigerian man almost killed his wife after a DNA test he took showed that he is not he’s not the biological father of their kids. The man who is…
Five sisters allegedly beat their brother to death for demanding a share of dowry
Five sisters have been arrested and arraigned in court for beating their brother to death on Sunday February 16, after he demanded for a share of the dowry paid for…