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At least five people are dead and 20 others are still missing following a tragic boating accident in Waeei South Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria. The incident occurred on Monday evening, February 24, when speedboats carrying passengers returning from a burial collided and capsized. According to eyewitnesses, “many of …

As the world prepares to celebrate Valentine’s Day on Thursday February 14, voices are being raised in Nigeria calling for a ban on this festival of Hearts and Beautiful Colors. Indeed, Bishop Charles Ighele, Superintendent General of the Holy Spirit Mission in Lagos, has called for a ban on Valentine’s …

The Nigerian Army has neutralized 27 terrorists in operations against terrorist organizations Boko Haram and Daech in the country’s northeast. The Army said on Saturday that it had carried out operations against terrorists in Borno State between January 30 and February 7. During these operations, 27 terrorists were neutralized and …

A 30-year-old barber sentenced to nine years imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Nigeria. Justice Rahman Oshodi handed down the jail term after the convict pleaded guilty to the amended two counts of indecent treatment of a child and …

Nigeria’s main trade union, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has rejected the government-approved 50% increase in telecoms tariffs and announced a nationwide protest on February 4. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently approved the first tariff adjustment in over a decade, citing inflation and naira depreciation. However, the increase remains …

A teenager and two other men have died in the collapse of a building in Northern Vulture Estate, Nigeria, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said no fewer than six people were seriously injured. A young boy, about 15 years old, …

At least 98 people have died following the explosion of a tanker truck in north-central Nigeria, according to reports. The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the Suleja area of Niger state after individuals attempted to transfer gasoline from a crashed oil tanker into another truck using …

The Ogun State Police Command is searching for a man and his girlfriend for allegedly stabbing a Chinese national to death in Nigeria. ” A 33-year-old expatriate and manager of Fujiada Electronics Technology Company Ltd., was allegedly killed in his office around noon on Sunday,” reports said. “The company’s workers …

No fewer than 18 people were killed in coordinated attacks across several communities in the Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. The killings occurred in Umukabia, Eziawa, Ihitte Nasa, Umuhu, Amaoku, and Amaebe. Victims were left with deep machete wounds, sparking fear and outrage among locals. The tragedy …

At least six soldiers were killed and schools and military vehicles set on fire in an attack on the Nigerian army by a suspected Boko Haram terrorist group, according to reports. The attack took place over the weekend in the local government area of Damboa, in the northeastern state of …