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  The police in Ondo state have arrested a prophet identified as Festus James for allegedly raping an eight-month-old pregnant woman at Agbabu village via Ore, in Odigbo council area of Ondo state. Parading the suspect before newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, Funmi Odunlami, said the prophet ...

  Ogun State House of Assembly has ordered security agencies to arrest a Nollywood star, Goriola Hassan, for allegedly parading himself as the Oba-elect of Imobi in the Ijebu-East Local Government Area of the state. The Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, during plenary on Thursday ordered that Hassan should be arrested and ...

  The Nigerian Police Force has denied claim by the Wuse General Hospital that it was contacted after an identity card was found on the corpse of Tordue Salem, the late Vanguard reporter who was declared missing on October 13. Vanguard had published an interview with the Secretary of Wuse ...

  The Nigerian Government has reacted to its removal from a Religious Freedom Blacklist by the United States Government. In a statement on Thursday signed by Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, the Federal Government hailed the United States for removing Nigeria from the list calling the decision ‘fair and just’. ...

  The police have arrested Oduduwa University owner Ramon Adedoyin over the death of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University. The police have arrested Oduduwa University owner Ramon Adedoyin over the death of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University. Mr Adedoyin owns ...

  A storey building in Flour Mills Estate, Magbon in Badagry area of Lagos State, has collapsed, leaving many people trapped under the rubbles. Naija News reports that this was made know in a statement on Facebook signed by the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret ...

  The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, says the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has been interviewed over the recent invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili. Baba made this known when he received a delegation of Rivers’ elders and elected representatives led ...

  A 21-year-old final year student of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Jimoh Victor Eyitayo, has died after he was shot by armed robbers in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.   The robbers reportedly took his phone and other belongings. According to a source, “He was shot on the ...

  The Nigerian Navy (NN) has denied a video trending online concerning a student who was allegedly brutalised by an instructor in Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Abeokuta. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun, made the denial in a statement in Abuja. According to Dahun, the video was ...

  Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has appointed his son, Babajide Akeredolu, as the new Director General of the Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit, Governor’s Office (PPIMU). This was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, on Tuesday. Ojogo added that the ...