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​ Two students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have died in a midnight fire at a Lagos hotel. Roli Odogwu, a 200-Level Mass Communication student, and Linda Elegeonye, a 300-Level Law student, died of burns, days after they were trapped in the hotel room where they were guests. Until ...

In the early hours of Friday panic gripped the people of Maiduguri, Borno state, as they woke up to the information that soldiers invaded a United�Nations building. The soldiers believe there were arms smuggled into the UN building by an official. This building has UN personnel living in it and ...

      In Rivers state, the Government has closed down schools that has been operating �without government approval in the state. More than 1000 schools are under lock and key by the Governor. Gov. Wike made it clear in Port Harcourt that schools who were shutdown have failed to ...

Nigerian bank, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), has dissociated itself from the N10k given to UNN’s Best Graduating Medical student. The bank through its official Twitter handle, further cleared the controversy the prize money has sparked. Here’s their tweet;

Pope Francis has conveyed his sympathy to families of victims of ‘Ozubulu Church Massacre’, which left 11 people dead and several more wounded. In an Aug. 7 telegram addressed to Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke of Nnewi, Pope Francis said he was �deeply saddened to learn of the loss of ...

The Nigerian police SARS, IRT and RRS, has arrested a popular independent oil marketer of Alaka petroleum Alhaji Abayomi Alaka . Following investigations of the recent killing of a family of five over the weekend. Watch the video of the arrest and parading below:

Fourteen-year-old Daniella wrung her hands nervously, looking down at the foot mat in the car in which she shared her story with PUNCH. The strange place became necessary because she was only willing to share her story away from the earshot of her step-father, 37-year-old Francis Okezie. Few days before, ...

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo today, 11th July departed the country to London to meet the ailing president Mohammadu Buhari . The Senior Assistant on Media and Publicity to the acting president, Laolu Akande disclosed this on his twitter handle. The acting president is expected to return to Abuja immediately ...

​ Several weeks after the media has been buzzing, a sudden blackout has descended on the case of Chukwuduneme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans , Nigeria’s infamous billionaire kidnapper, thus fuelling speculations that he’s escaped, or dead. Saturday Sun has however gathered that Evans is not dead as his family now fears ...

Enoch Adejare Adeboye, in a post on Facebook says he still irons his wife’s clothes � The 75 year old Osun born cleric added that as a true leader you must be always ready to serve. He wrote; ‘I still iron/press my wife’s clothes when I’m allowed to. If you ...

The suspect was caught in Ikorodu, Lagos as she tried to steal a little girl from her mother’s room. The child’s mother walked in on her chanting incantations on the child and she raised alarm. People gathered and helped her pin the woman down. The woman, who is in her ...

Wife to notorious billionaire kidnapper, Evans , Uchenna Onwuamadike has begged Nigerians to have mercy on her husband and family in a tell-all confession she made with Vanguard Nigeria. According to her, she never knew her husband was into crime. She claims he took part in their daily prayers and ...

One of notorious kidnapper Evans’ victims who paid $1.2million dollars to regain his freedom has narrated the horror he suffered at Evans’ hands. Chief James Uduji, Chairman of Cometstar cable Manufacturing Limited, was released by his abductors after 42 days. He had just returned to Nigeria from Canada where he ...

A shocking video which shows highly placed Nigerian pastor, Pastor Ashimolowo asking his members to pay $1000 or N1000 for every year each of them has lived on earth so they can receive blessings from what he calls ‘Seed of Glorious Expectation’ is currently making the rounds on social media. ...

More discoveries have been made on the ongoing investigation of kidnaps staged by Nigerian billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans. A senior Police officer disclosed that 162 phones lines have been recovered from suspect. The officer who pleaded anonymity said; �More discoveries have been made during investigation. ...

Billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudemeje George Onwuamadike also known as Evans, has blamed his arrest on his charm which he claimed failed him. Speaking with newsmen, kidnap kingpin said he was assured by a Chief priest in Anambra State that he would never be apprehended by law enforcement agents. Evans disclosed that ...

Suspected kidnap kingpin Chukwudemeje George Onwuamadike alias Evans is not finding it funny in police custody. He is weeping that he is being held among �common poor criminals”, The Nation learnt yesterday. The kingpin, who was arrested on Saturday at his 3, Fred Shoboyede Street, Magodo, Lagos home, is being ...

More facts surfaced  yesterday, about the circumstances that led to the location of the residence of the kidnap kingpin leading to his arrest, last Saturday. Sources attributed it to an informant residing in Magodo and intelligence reports that revealed identities of his three girlfriends. It was gathered that after the ...

The notorious kidnapper arrested at the weekend, Chukwudidumeme Onuamadike, alias Evans along with six members of his gang in Lagos, has named some of his victims. He told detectives that though he could not remember the number of people he kidnapped or the amount of money he collected as ransom, ...

​ OJB’s 3rd wife, Korede Okungbowa shared an emotional post on Facebook to mourn her late husband who died from complications from a kidney surgery a year ago  Korede who has two kids for OJB wrote: ‘It’s a year already but it seems like yesterday. People think is short but ...