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Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, have foiled a plan by some individuals to host a same-sex wedding. They have therefore arrested 76 suspects in connection with the development. The state Public Relations Officer, Buhari Sa’ad, disclosed this while parading the suspects before journalists at the command’s headquarters in Gombe on behalf of the …

Son of late founder of Fountain of Life Church, Jimmy Odukoya, has been named the Senior Pastor of the church following the demise of his father, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya. Jimmy who is a popular Nollywood actor, was named his father’s successor during the church service on Sunday. The resident pastor of the church, Rotimi Okpaise, who made the announcement while …

A truck on Sunday crushed two people, including a military officer, to death in Jebba, Moro local government area of Kwara State. The sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Frederick Ogidan, confirmed the accident to journalists in Ilorin. He said a DAF truck and four people were involved in the accident. READ ALSO: Nine …

The Benue State government on Thursday warned the people of the state about the consumption of dead animals. The advice followed reports on the growing cases of anthrax disease in the country. The Director of Livestock Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Edward Amali, who made the call in Makurdi, said the government had discovered that some butchers …

A 31-year-old motorcyclist, Yakubu Lucky, was swept away by flood at Dogongada in Lokogoma District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday. The Head of Public Affairs for the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Nkechi Isa, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, said the victim was swept away by flood after a heavy downpour …

Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested the principal and vice principal of a secondary school over the death of one of the students in the state. The deceased, Marwanu Nuhu Sambo, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 student of Al-Azhar School in Zaria, was reportedly beaten by the two officials and the prefects for missing classes on Friday. He died …

An 84-year-old man identified as Gabriel Ahuwa, has been arrested by the police in Edo State, south-south Nigeria, for allegedly killing his 75-year-old wife denying him s3x. The octogenarian, according to the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Chidi Nwabuzor, was arrested on Wednesday after family members reported the matter to the police. While addressing a news conference in …

Eighty-two fighters of the terrorists’ group, Boko Haram have been reportedly killed during an inter-ethnic clash in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, Daily Trust reports, quoting local and security sources living in Baga and areas along Lake Chad fringes. The clash, according to the report, was triggered by the killing of seven Boko Haram fighters from the Buduma …

A Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Oshodi on Friday, convicted 19 persons for indiscriminate waste dumping in contravention of the state’s environmental law. The presiding Magistrate, Ademola Adesanya who convicted the suspects out of a total of 24 accused brought before the court, said after careful consideration, 19 of them were guilty as charged. In convicting them, the Magistrate …

Governor Muhammed Bago of Niger State has raised an alarm over the latest insurge of bandits and other criminal elements into the state which he said has forced farmers and thousands of residents to flee from their homes and communities. Bago who lamented the nefarious activities of bandits, cattle rustlers and illegal miners among other criminalities in the state while …