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A fake professor of statistics has been arrested in Abuja after his ploy to obtain a licence for the establishment of a university was foiled by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
The suspect, Ambi P. N claimed to have obtained...
Nollywood actor Desmond Elliot has joined the league of personalities from the world of entertainment declaring their ambition to contest for political offices come 2015.
Comedian Julius Agwu, actress Kate Henshaw, hip-hop artiste 9ice and a host of...
The Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja has declared its resolve to challenge the suspension of four doctors in its employ by the Medical and Dental Council following the death of a pregnant woman in the hospital.
It would be...
A 37-year-old man who was charged with homosexuality, was remanded in custody on Wednesday in Minna, the Niger State capital.
The suspect identified as Yakubu Danladi appeared before a Magistrate Court having been accused of sleeping with a 14- year-old...
The Federal Government may have concluded arrangements to ban sale and widespread consumption of hides and skins(Ponmo)which is a delicacy to most Nigerians.
This indication emerged on Tuesday when the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina...
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, were yesterday extremely distressed as a female student who had primary contact with an Ebola victim in Port Harcourt fell seriously sick.
Reports have it that the undergraduate was on admission at the university’s...
A gang of fraudsters who are notorious for fleecing unsuspecting Nigerians out of their hard-earned money using Akwa-Ibom governor's name, Godswill Akpabio have been caught.
Reports have it that the three-man gang goes from one hotel to another in search...
Lagos State Commissioner for Transport, Comrade Kayode Opeifa recently cast himself as a principled person who has the training and experience necessary to lead the centre of excellence and Nigeria's commercial capital.
“I am eminently qualified to be Nigeria's president,...
A lesbian couple in their nineties have finally tied the knot after 72 years together.
Daily Mail reports that Vivian Boyack and Alice 'Nonie' Dubes married on Saturday at First Christian Church in Davenport.
Miss Boyack, 91, and Miss Dubes, 90,...
Lieutenant Colonel Adeboye Obasanjo, son of former president Olusegun Obasanjo was yesterday shot in the leg by the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram at Michika in Adamawa State.
An army engineer at the 3rd Division in Jos, Plateau State, Lieutenant...
A female undergraduate has died in a ghastly car crash days after she congratulated her friends on her facebook page for witnessing the new month.
Mariam Anne Garba (pictured), was in Gombe State University studying English, and early hours of...
If you’re prone to an afternoon energy slump, don’t reach for the biscuit tin – try thinking about your other half instead.
Psychologists have found pausing to think about our partner can give us a boost by increasing levels of...
The gospel according to a pastor's son who was arrested for raping a 12-year-old in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, molesting a minor sexually is not a sin.
27-year-old Adeyemi Dairo (pictured), a resident of Alafara area was last month...
For being contributing factors to the death of patients, five medical doctors have been suspended by the Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal.
The doctors were guilty of negligence, which somehow led to the death of two patients in their...
An exhausted husband begged a judge to grant him a divorce based on the fact he could no longer keep up with his wife's 'excessive and insatiable' desire for sex.
The man told the family court in Mumbai, India...
A grandmother from hell has been arraigned in court in Niger State for killing his 9-year-old grandson and turning his remains into a local delicacy eating by her and two others who are believed to be in the...
A 72-year-old Dutch woman has lost €200,000 (about N40.6 million) to a 31-year-old 'Yahoo Boy' in an internet love scam.
The victim, identified simply as Jeanet De Jonge, said she fell victim to the scam after she met Adio...
Sixteen members of a road-show group promoting a popular foam mattress brand (name withheld) have been held on remand in Kano after they were accused of indecent dressing.
Their arrest and subsequent trial was made known by...
A new mother is presently being detained alongside her newborn three babies in a hospital(name withheld) in Asaba, the Delta State Capital after failing to pay N723,100.00 (Seven hundred and twenty-three thousand one hundred naira) medical bill.
The mother,...
A Nigerian woman residing in the UK has given birth to a white baby.
Catherine Howarth, 32 (pictured with her baby), was at first, a little taken aback when she saw her son Jonah for the first time.
With his...
