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There was a protest at Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, after a Poly student identified as Adekunle reportedly drowned while trying to fetch water for domestic use, due to lack of water on the campus on Sunday.…

A top doctor in Germany is under arrest for killing a lover with cocaine while she performed oral sex on him. Dr. Andreas Niederbichler, 42, is believed to have sprinkled cocaine on his penis before oral sex was performed on him by his…

Odera Chuks, a 20-year-old 300 Level Political Science student of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) also known as ANSU, was reportedly killed around 7pm on Monday, in what sources claimed was an intra-cult clash.…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday confirmed eight new cases of Lassa fever and three deaths in six states, within one week. According to the latest update by the NCDC, for Week 14 (April 02-08, 2018), “eight new…

A middle-aged man, identified only as Muyibi, has collapsed and died in a commercial cab in the Ojota area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro reports that the victim boarded the cab after withdrawing money from a United Bank for Africa branch…

Some suspected child traffickers have absconded with a six-month-old baby after allegedly strangling her mother, Helen Ehianu, at Obior community, in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. According to reports reaching …

A 52-year-old woman and her 27-year-old son have been found dead at their home in northern Germany after apparently being mauled by their Staffordshire terrier, police said Wednesday. The pair were discovered at their flat in Hanover…

38-year-old Kema Salum of Kirkstall Avenue, has been remanded in custody to appear at Highbury Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 2 April, following his arrest for murdering his Tanzanian wife in Haringey, UK on Saturday 31 March.…

Five Cameroonian soldiers have been killed in an attack on a military post in the far north of the country, sources told AFP on Tuesday. The five, one of whom was an officer, were killed on Monday night in the village of Sagme, close to…

Divine Ogidi and Favour Anyaoguin, who allegedly flogged a teenage apprentice fatally, were on Tuesday hauled before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The duo allegedly conspired and flogged a 17-year-old apprentice, Chidozie…

A 26-year-old father-of-two identified as Devyn Holmes, shot in the head as his friends messed around with a gun in a car during a Facebook Live video, authorities said. The incident occurred around 2.30am on Sunday…

An Easter Sunday tragedy which occurred in the swimming pool of a hotel in Ogun state, claimed the life of a final year student of Chemical Engineering at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State. It was gathered…

According to reports, Soldiers of Operation Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) have allegedly beaten a 27 years old man, Yusufa Haruna, to death at Mbamga in Sarduana local government area of the state. Father of the deceased, Mr Haruna Kurkal, told…

There was pandemonium in Onitsha, Anambra State yesterday after a lorry crushed a commercial motorcyclist, popularly known as Okada rider There was pandemonium in Onitsha, Anambra State yesterday after a lorry crushed a…

A sad incident occurred yesterday at a Chinese restaurant in Adeniran Ogunsanya street, Surulere, Lagos, as it was gathered that a drunk man died after mistakenly drinking an insecticide at the restaurant. The…