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‘If God saves me, I’ll never drink again’ – Survivor of Ondo herbal drink tragedy
By Dayo Johnson, AKURE A survivor has said he would never drink again if God saves him, just as the death toll from suspected consumption of adulterated herbal drinks in
Diphtheria: Abuja barber’s ‘surgery’ made child bleed to death
By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA Diphtheria has killed two patients in Abuja out of five laboratory-confirmed cases, prompting the Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA to move swiftly to calm public anxiety
One dies as two-storey building collapses in Lagos
By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — Tragedy struck in Lagos on Thursday when a two-storey building undergoing manual demolition partially collapsed in Aboru, Alimosho Local Government Area, leaving one person dead
Lagos offers Police officers free transport for 3 months
The Lagos State Government has offered police officers three months of free transportation on the state’s integrated public transportation system. The initiative, launched on Wednesday, recognises police officers’ sacrifices and
‘You’ve had enough; someone handsome raped you’ – Nigerian migrant Gift Oladele tells British girl
A teenager has recalled the terrifying moment she was dragged into the woods and raped by a Nigerian migrant, who dodged deportation because it would ‘breach his human rights’, DailyMail
Police bust child trafficking syndicate in Oyo, rescue 17 children
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — The Nigeria Police Force has uncovered an alleged child-stealing and human trafficking syndicate operating across Oyo, Ogun and Delta states, rescuing 17 children and arresting
Benue bans extra lessons, phone use, tightens rules in schools
By Peter Duru MAKURDI—THE Benue State Government has rolled out stricter rules for schools as pupils, students and other learners resume for the 2026/2027 academic session, banning compulsory extra lessons,
Gumi took my Moroccan wife from me, says Kaduna businessman
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo KADUNA — A Kaduna-based businessman, Nasir Musa Idris, has accused prominent Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, of taking custody of his Moroccan wife, Khadija Diab, after he
Video: ‘Can you visit former place of work?’ – IGP Disu returns to first station
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Tunji Disu, paid the first police station he worked at a visit, with a challenge to Nigerians on visiting former places of work. Decades after
Cultism spreading into robbery, kidnapping, oil bunkering; affects Ughelli, Agbor, Sapele, Warri night life
By Akpokona Omafuaire The passage of the Delta State Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Cultism (Amendment) Bill, 2025, by the Delta State House of Assembly was widely welcomed as a decisive step towards
