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An Algerian military officer and close ally of the former army chief has been sentenced to death over charges of "high treason", the French-language daily El Watan reported Sunday.
9 May
Pedestrians and residents of the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos State were yesterday, thrown into fear, following the killing of the chairman of the Ojodu-Berger Okada Riders Association
7 May
A powerful explosion due to a suspected gas leak ripped through a luxury hotel in central Havana, killing at least 22 people Friday, according to official tallies.
2 May
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday said that the death toll at the collapsed three-storey building in the Ebute Metta area has increased to 10.
27 Apr
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, yesterday, lamented that Nigeria alone contributed about 27 per cent of the global malaria deaths in 2021, making it the country with the highest
25 Apr
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that the death toll in Sunday’s illegal refinery explosion in Abaeze community Ohaji/Egbema Local Government of Imo had risen to 110.
21 Apr
The death toll from South Africa's worst floods in living memory was Thursday officially revised down to 435 after autopsies showed the figures included some who had been murdered
18 Mar
Justice Oyindamola Adesola Ogala of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a middle-aged man, Moses Haruna to death by hanging for the murder of one Oriyomi two years ago at Anthony Village in Lagos State. The judge sentenced him after finding him guilty of offence of murder brought against him by…
17 Mar
Chief Benson Eziamaka Onwuamaegbu, fondly called 'Man Ben', who died at the age of 60 years, would be buried on April 23 at his country home
13 Mar
The death toll from a cyclone that struck Mozambique this week climbed to 12 on Sunday after devastating wind and rain lashed the southern African country.
10 Mar
The village head (Baale) of Olowe Gbagura in Abeokuta North Local Council of Ogun State, Chief Akin Muheedeen, has been burnt to death by yet-to- be-identified persons.
8 Mar
Mr. Samuel Inyang, a father to one of the five suspected bullies (name withheld), allegedly involved in the death of Sylvester Oromoni Junior, yesterday, told Coroner Magistrate sitting
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arrested a former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Nsima Ekere, for alleged contract fraud to the tune of N47bn. An official of the agency confirmed the arrest to The Guardian. Ekere was picked up by officials of the Lagos office of the…
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Taylor Swift on Wednesday received an honorary degree from New York University. The singer received a Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, and delivered the commencement speech to the 2022 graduates at the Yankee Stadium. NYU awarded the Red singer the degree after Rolling Stone magazine writer Brittany Spanos gave a course on Swift's musical legacy. The…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its governorship and House of Representatives primary elections to Thursday, May 26.
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Disney+ has released the trailer for Marvel's She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. The new Marvel series stars as She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters, a lawyer specialising in superhuman-oriented legal cases. At The Walt Disney Company's 2022 Upfront presentation in New York on Tuesday, the show's executive producer Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios and chief creative officer of Marvel,…
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Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, has hinted that the show's second season maybe even more dramatic than its first. The creator speaking to Variety revealed that the second season of the famed Korean series would question whether humanity can conquer all as a united front. He said, "Humanity is going to be put to a test…