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Three months after the brutal rape and murder of Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level student of the University of Benin, the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded six suspects in connection with the crime. One of the suspected killers, Collins Uligbe, from Agbor in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, disclosed while being paraded that her landlady, …

Sunday Shodipe, a suspected serial killer in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, says a herbalist mounted pressure on him to escape from police custody. The 19-year-old disclosed this on Wednesday when he was paraded by Nwachukwu Enwonwu, the state commissioner of police. Shodipe was arrested alongside two others in June in connection with a series of killings in Akinyele local government …

As Nigeria continues its fight against Coronavirus, 221 new cases of the deadly virus have been recorded on wednesday, 26th August with a total of 53, 021 confirmed cases. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official Twitter page. The centre which carried out a total daily test of 5,216 samples across the country …

Amazon CEO and World’s richest man, Jeff Bezos has become the first person to hit the $200 billion net worth. On Wednesday Jeff Bezos hit $204.6 billion nearly $90 billion more than the world’s second-richest person, Bill Gates, who’s currently worth $116.1 billion.  With Amazon stock edging up 2% as of Wednesday afternoon, Bezos’ net worth is up by $4.9 …

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has personally responded to being found guilty in a Greek court of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and repeated attempts of bribery. The 27-year-old was arrested in the early hours of Friday after an alleged incident on the island of Mykonos, with the defender appearing at a hearing the following day in the neighbouring island of …

It has been reported that an Access bank branch in Lagos was gutted by fire on Wednesday, August 26th, 2020. According to several reports the accident was caused by a fully loaded 33,000 litres diesel tanker inside the bank’s building at Adetokunbo Ademola, Victoria Island. The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, stated that the …

As Nigeria continues its fight against Coronavirus, 252 new cases of the deadly virus were recorded on Tuesday night, making the confirmed COVID-19 cases to be 52,800. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official Twitter handle. NCDC revealed that 39,964 patients have now been discharged with 1007 patients losing their lives to the …

Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode, recently blew hot on a rude journalist after a press briefing with some newsmen in Calabar, Cross River State. The former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, recently took a tour of some South South and South East states and as part of his activities, had media briefings with some of the journalists …

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu on Monday ordered that entry requirements be waved for applicants into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police. The police had on Monday kicked-off the screening of applicants for 10,000 slots nationwide. President Muhammadu Buhari, had declared that an additional 40, 000 policemen would be added to the NPF in phases of 10,000 over …

As Nigeria continues its fight against Coronavirus, 321 new confirmed cases of the deadly virus and 2 deaths were recorded on Monday’s night. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on August 24, 2020. According to the NCDC, 52548 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, 39257 cases have been discharged and 1004 deaths recorded in 36 states and …