Twin babies were discovered d3ad inside a hot car after a relative allegedly forgot to drop them off at a daycare centre in Norman, Oklahoma, around 3pm on Thursday, last week. The two-year-olds, Ariel and Avery were found inside a vehicle after police responded for a welfare check and they were both pronounced dead at…
Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen has dismissed rumors suggesting that he has resigned from his position. These rumors surfaced following Nigeria’s goalless draw against Rwanda during the 2025 AFCON qualifiers. Eguavoen clarified that his comments about meeting with the Nigerian Football Federation to evaluate the team’s performance were misinterpreted. He emphasized that he remains…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima visited Maiduguri on Tuesday to sympathise with the people of Borno over the Alau dam flood disaster that displaced thousands of people. Mr Kashim, who led a federal government delegation to the beleaguered city, was received by Governor Babagana Zulum, who took him to the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar…
WE ARE NOT INSENSITIVE TO INSECURITY, KIDNAPPING OF STUDENTS IN IMO STATE— FPRO Police Confirms Arrest of kidnappers in Obinze Axis, other areas. The Nigeria Police Force in its efforts to boost National Security and fortify the safety of every citizen, has conducted several operations across the country, tackling all forms of crime and…
Controversial Nigerian singer, Portable has blamed the late Afrobeats pioneer and activist, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, for his own death. Portable shaded Fela during his latest podcast with media personality, Quincy Jonze on the ‘Echoo Room’. In a now trending interview on social media, the singer insisted that Fela died early because he did not mind his…
The man who set fire to Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei last Sunday has also died from injuries he sustained in the attack on the Ugandan athlete. Cheptegei, 33, suffered multiple organ failure last week and tragically passed away in a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, days after she sustained 80% burns when ex-boyfriend Dickson Ndiema…
Tosin Dada, 34, previously of Knox Road, Wellingborough, and Solomon Ibukun Adebiyi, 39, previously of Stanley Street, Northampton, were both charged with three counts of rape each in connection with the offence on March 12, 2022. The 17-year-old victim was sexually assaulted inside an address on Abington Square in Northampton town centre. The duo claimed…
The Australian government has announced it will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16. The country’s prime minister disclosed this on Tuesday, September 10, vowing to get kids off their devices and ‘onto the footy fields’. Federal legislation to keep children off social media will be introduced…
The federal government, through the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, paid N405,874,995 to 70 public servants in May, June and July as furniture allowances, FIJ has found. All public office holders who received furniture allowances in May, June and July were directors, directors-general and permanent secretaries of federal ministries, departments and agencies. The…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has been released on bail around 11.25pm by the Department of State Security (DSS) a few minutes to the midnight ultimatum issued by the unionists. Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to the United…