Event: [Photos] Mass burial of Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram

A mass burial has been held for soldiers killed in the recent Boko Haram ambush in Yobe and Borno State. They were buried amidst tears in the presence of their senior colleagues and loved ones.

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Politics: You are the Jack Bauer of Nigerian politics - Dele Momodu tells Saraki

Dele Momodu shared this photo of Bukola Saraki on his IG page this evening and described him as the Jack Bauer of Nigerian politics. If you don't know who Jack Bauer is, see the meaning after the cut...

Crime: 25yrs old woman is charged with murdering a baby boy by setting him on fire

A six-month-old baby boy was kidnapped, set on fire and dumped near train tracks in Louisiana last week and a woman has been charged for his death.

Baby Levi Cole Ellerbe was kidnapped on July 17 after two people came to his mother Hanna Barker's trailer door just after 9pm and sprayed her in the face with what she believed was mace and took her son. Barker ran to get away after she was sprayed in the

Health: Congo officially declares the end of Ebola outbreak that claimed 133 lives in 10-weeks

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday officially declared the end of an outbreak of Ebola after a 10-week re-emergence of the disease which claimed 33 lives.  

“After an observation period of 42 days during which no new confirmed cases have been observed, and in conformity with international health regulations, I declare today, July 24 2018, that the epidemic of Ebola virus disease in  province in the Democratic Republic of

Politics: Fayose and his neck collar pictured with Dino Melaye and Bukola Saraki

Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose joined other PDP members this evening at the Abuja residence of Deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu who was unable to attend plenary

Entertainment: Kylie Jenner now takes over Kim Kardashian on Instagram Rich List

Reality star, Kylie Jenner has topped Instagram’s 2018 Rich List, overtaking her big sister Kim Kardashian to claim the number one spot.

The 20-year-old beauty mogul and mother of one also surpassed a number of other A-listers including singer Selena Gomez who claimed her place at the top of the list last year.

The list, compiled by Hopper HQ, was created through data collection including follower

Crime: I sold my employer's N10m Toyota Prado Land Cruiser for N50,000

Police in Lagos have arrested a houseboy, Mayowa Ogunmola, who sold his employer’s N10m Toyota Prado Land Cruiser for N50,000.

FSARS Operatives had launched a search for the suspect after his employer,  Femi Mayaki, a resident of Wiliam Care Street, Anthony Village, Lagos, on July 18, petitioned the Commissioner of Police Lagos State that Ogunmola made away with his Toyota Prado Land Cruiser Jeep containing personal documents.

CRIME: Two men and a woman arraigned in Imo State for currency counterfeiting

The Enugu zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday 11th May, 2018 arraigned the trio of Clementina Ndukwe, Anthony Njoku and Alexander Umunna before Justice Lewis Alagoa of the Federal High Court, Owerri, Imo State on six count charge bordering on Conspiracy and Currency Counterfeiting to the tune of N1, 147, 000 (One million, One Hundred and Forty Seven Thousand Naira) contrary to section 6(2) of the Counterfeit Currency (Special Provisions) Act, Cap C35, L.F.N. 2004 and punishable under section 5(1) (c) of the same Act.

A case of conspiracy and currency counterfeiting was reported to the Commission  on 12th April, 2018 by the Department of State Services, DSS Imo State command,  where it was

NEWS: Edo man who abandoned his wife after she delivered triplets, reunites with family

A 44-year-old commercial motorcycle operator who abandoned his wife after she gave birth to triplets, has returned home.

Recall that Paul Edobor abandoned his wife of 12 years, Ugoma after she delivered the girls in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State.

According to activist, Kola Edokpayi, Mr Edobor said he had to absconded temporarily because he had no means of taking care of his children. Read after the cut:

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CRIME: Lagos Task Force arrested a Bullion Van for driving one way

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force arraigned a bullion van driver for driving against traffic (One-way) before Chief Magistrate Amos Olajuwon of the Lagos State Mobile Court at Oshodi.

SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force disclosed that that the bullion van driver was arrested by the enforcement team of the Agency at Ogunusi Road, Omole bus-stop, Ojodu, Lagos.

He disclosed further that he was surprised that with the level of enlightenment campaign by

NEWS: National Assembly tightens security following Mace theft

Security was beefed up at the National Assembly complex after Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate by some hoodlums, who made away with the mace.  

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the deployment of heavily-armed security personnel at the complex, who were conducting serious search of vehicles entering the premises.  

Also, an additional checkpoint was mounted at the entrance of the Three Arms Zone, near the Federal Secretariat, with heavy presence of policemen monitoring movement around the area. The doors to Senate Wing lobby, which were hitherto often open were closed and

NEWS: [GRAPHICS] Two policemen killed as robbers attack First Bank in Ekiti State

Days after many people lost their lives and scores got injured in the Offa robbery incident, two mobile Police officers were killed In a fresh Bank Robbery In Ekiti State today.

According to reports, the two policemen were killed when a gang of armed robbers attacked a First Bank branch in Ifaki Ekiti this afternoon.

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NEWS: 45 Officers who arrested billionaire kidnapper, Evans get special promotion by Police Service Commision

Yesterday, the Police Service Commission (PSC) said that 45 officers who participated in the successful arrest of notorious kidnap kingpin, Evans, have been granted special promotion.

A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, a spokesperson for the PSC, said the promotions were ratified yesterday at a plenary presided over by Mike Okiro, chairman of the commission.

Thirteen of the officers were promoted in acting capacity because they weren’t eligible for substantive promotion, the PSC said. The promotions come a year after Evans was arrested in Lagos alongside over 20 suspected members of his gang. The police have been widely

NEWS: President Buhari's government is worst in education funding – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that the stifling of education funding under the Muhammadu Buhari government is preparing the country for a greater future doom.

It stated that the nonchalant attitude of the Buhari-led government to education appears to be the worst in the history of Nigeria with about 7 percent allocation to Education.

Chairman, University of Ibadan branch of ASUU, Dr. Deji Omole, who stated this on Monday in an interview with journalists, noted that the failure to vote enough money to public varsity education is already causing gradual crisis of confrontation between University administration and students in some parts of the country.

Omole said, “It will be difficult to have a citizen that will love the country in the future if the current trend of abandoning the poor while taking care of the rich continues. While each

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CRIME: Female Immigration Officer arrested in Lagos, sex victims rescued

The home of a senior female immigration officer was raided and hundreds of international passports were recovered. Young victims she reportedly kept for her sexual desires were also rescued from the home in Lagos.

Police operatives from the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Ikeja, Lagos, raided the home of Deputy Superintendent of Immigration, DSI, Mrs. Ehumibe Moji Dada Omoh at 15 Taiwo Street in Abaranje, Ikotun. 

Mrs. Omoh, an indigene of Auchi in Edo State, claimed to be attached to the Seme border office in Badagry area of Lagos. She allegedly defrauded many intending travelers of millions of Naira and frustrated many as a result of fake documents she procured for them,

CRIME: OAU lecturer in sex-for-marks scandal has been suspended indefinitely

Professor Richard Akindele, the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU lecturer who was recently caught in a recorded audio conversation asking one of his female students, Enitan, for sex in order to pass his course, has been suspended indefinitely. 

The audio conversation went viral last week.

A member of an investigative committee set up by the management of the school to look into the allegation, told Punch that the erring lecturer has appeared before the panel to state