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Bandits have abducted over 80 children in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to BBC Hausa, the children, between the ages of 12 and 17, were kidnapped on Friday morning.Parents of the victims said they were in the bush in the early hours when the assailants rounded them …

Dr. Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour,  a molecular geneticist and wife of Labour Party candidate in the March 18 Governorship election in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has gone on Twitter to call out the ruling APC.  She tweeted: “So much misinformation, propaganda, vitriol and wickedness from the APC” Dr. Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour, wife …

A 43-year-old man identified as Yusuf Hassan, was on April 4, arrested by men of the Ogun state Police Command for setting the apartment of his ex-lover, Busayo Falola, ablaze, which led to the entire building burning down.   The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at the Ago Iwoye …

Condolence Message Not Enough, Fish Out Killers of Benue People – Ortom Tells Buhari Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has expressly condemned the attack on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mgban community, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to do more than just send a condolence message over the attack. Penangle.com earlier …

A Houston mother was sentenced to life in prison for beating her infant daughter to death, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.  Tradezsha Trenay Bibbs, 29, was sentenced Monday, April 3, after being convicted of felony murder for the death of 4-month-old Brielle Robinson on April 16, 2016.  Bibbs …

A pastor, Dr. Owen Abraham, has allegedly absconded with 52 phones, money and other valuables of worshippers that attended a crusade he organised at Aponrin in Agbowo area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The said crusader, according to some of his victims, said he was led by God to come to …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to remove accounts not linked to the Bank Verification System (BVN) from the financial system.The objective is to clean up the sector and reduce the growing incidence of fraud. Blaise Ijebor, director Risk Management Department and Chief Risk Officer, CBN said this at …

Vaccines against cancer and heart disease could be ready by the end of the decade, according to Moderna’s chief executive.Dr Paul Burton, said the advancements made in the field of mRNA — the technology used to make his company’s flagship Covid shot — have ushered in a golden era of …

Nollywood actress Funke Akindele dropped a cryptic message after snubbing her ex-husband, JJC Skillz’s birthday, a few days ago.The actress stated that the present situation wouldn’t matter anymore and urged people to avoid stress over little things. The mother of two boys boldly made this statement on her Instagram page. She wrote, …

The World Bank says the naira, Nigeria’s legal tender, lost 10.2 percent of its value against the United States dollar in 2022. In the latest edition of its Africa’s Pulse report, the organisation said rising food and fuel prices as well as the depreciation of the exchange rate were the …