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A 344-year-old tortoise popularly known as Alagba in the palace of the Soun of Ogbomoso in Oyo state has passed on. The sacred tortoise, which was acclaimed to be the oldest in Africa,…

A Pastor of the Mount Zion Church in the Oke-Aro area of Ondo State, Femi Olorunsoromidayo, has reportedly died while conducting a funeral service…

A South African returnee has been arrested by the police in Enugu State for alleged involvement in an armed robbery. The suspect, Kingsley Okonkwo, from Agbogugu, Awgu LGA, Enugu…

The speaker of the Nigeria's house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila was spotted wearing a very obvious bullet proof vest beneath his "Agbada" clothing at the Nigeria's 59th independence day celebration. The ridiculousness of this…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has condemned the killing of three suspected traffic robbers in Dutsen Alhaji area of Abuja on Monday.In a statement issued on Tuesday by…

Mathew Knowles, the father of pop singer Beyonce has revealed he has breast cancer. The 67-year-old made this known during an interview with Michael Strahan, which is set to…

A Muslim and Christian lesbian couple got married and the photos from their wedding were shared online. The Muslim woman wore a hijab for the ceremony. Both women were in a white dress as they posed surrounded by nature. The photos…

You already know Hush is the baale of Dubai. Melaye at the moment is in Dubai and well... they met. Captioning the photo he wrote; ''Patriotic Men''

The Nigeria Police authorities on Monday said the policeman that dressed inappropriately while on duty, Michael Olubode, has been facing internal disciplinary action.The police in a message on its verified Twitter…

A Florida man shot dead his wife of 33 years and attempted to commit suicide in front of their two grandchildren a week after he took to Facebook to accuse his wife of cheating. According to the Daily Mail, Eddie Harris allegedly shot…

Nigerian billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola, in a Forbes TV program, has dished on his darkest days and the challenging decisions he had to face during that rough period.…

A customary court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has dissolved a marriage after listening to the plea of a policewoman who accused her husband of planning to use her for…

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have rescued 19 pregnant young women and four children during  raids on four baby factories in the state.During the raids, two suspects, Happiness Ukwuoma and Sherifat Ipeya,…

There is a time for everything. Indeed, there is a time to plant and a time to sow, a time to be born and a time to die. This reality is one which the scions of the…

•Its wars, why they are fought •The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) is a fat cow for all to milk, hence violence, killings. It may seem irrelevant in social cycles, but it is very powerful in…

Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), on Saturday has bombed Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, saying his impact on…

George Barkhuizen, a South African businessman has been sentenced to life in jail in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for the murder of his wife, Odette who was killed in what was…

Four police officers attached to the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, have been arrested for allegedly extorting N5,000 from a woman in Ajah area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The…

Personnel of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested a chef, David Ugboko, who bolted with his employer’s gold and cameras worth N18…

POLICE evacuation of 300 people including children from an ‘Islamic Centre’ in Kaduna on Thursday took a bizarre turn on Friday with some parents of the affected children…

Two pastors who knew the disgraced Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo in Ilorin Kwara state have given some testimony about him, in the wake of the rape allegations by Busola Dakolo. The pastors…

Some Fulani herders lost 36 cows to a lightning in Ijare, an agrarian community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State recently. The incident was blamed on alleged desecration of the shrine of an ancient…

A businessman, Onyekachi Nwosu, has died while having sex with his lover, identified simply as Chima, in the Aguda area of Surulere, Lagos State.PUNCH Metro gathered that Nwosu and Chima visited the Alfredo Suites…

A 17-year-old girl has accused her father and older brother of raping and impregnating her.The victim (name withheld), dragged her father, one Ibrahim Yunusa of Dadin Kowa town in Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area…