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At least two people have died after a two-storey building collapsed in the Nomansland area of Sabon Gari, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria, according to reports. Many others were injured and were rescued in the ongoing rescue operation. The incident have occurred following several hours of a …

A 43-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to murder a man he found in his concubine’s house in Ondo, Nigeria. “The incident occurred when the suspect visited his lover’s home and met another man, who was also reportedly in a relationship with the same woman,” reports said. Angered …

The tragic death of a family of four has brought fear and apprehension in Nsukka Local Government Area in Nigeria. The incident, which occurred on Sunday, September 1, 2024, has plunged the entire community into deep mourning. The victims, including a woman, her daughter, mother and sister, died in their …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has announced the deaths of at least 185 people and the displacement of 208,000 people in 28 states as a result of flooding in Nigeria. “The heavy rains have so far destroyed 107,000 hectares of farmland, particularly in the northern states, which are among …

At least six people have died in flooding which has left at least 10,000 homeless across 11 communities in northern Nigeria. Officials in flood-prone Adamawa State are worried by the downpours that have caused latest flooding, because the rainy season is yet to peak. The rains cause rivers such as …

Nigerian authorities have announced that they have received the first batch of vaccine against the mpox virus that is wreaking havoc on the continent. The country began the process to secure the vaccines well before it was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this …

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former Stuttgart boss Bruno Labbadia as new men’s head coach ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. The 58-year-old German was interviewed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday after talks with Swede Janne Andersson and Frenchman Herve Renard collapsed. …

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has appointed new security and intelligence chiefs, a week after their predecessors abruptly resigned, local media reported. Mohammed Mohammed, who headed Nigeria’s mission to Libya, will lead the National Intelligence Agency. Adeola Ajayi will helm the Department of State Security. The previous agency chiefs, appointed by …

At least 13 farmers have been killed during an attack in north-central Nigeria by armed men, accoording to reports. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the killings that took place on Wednesday in the state of Niger. “The farmers were killed for providing information to intelligence agencies about the movements …

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has in a sermon revealed the secret of his anointing. The pastor, who also served as the second national president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, said his secret is “to worship God first, whenever he …