NO fewer than five persons, including a toddler, were feared dead last night in Akure, the Ondo State capital, after a tanker laden with 33,000 litres of fuel fell, and started a fire that razed eight vehicles, two buildings and shops.

A yet-to-be identified man has been confirmed dead by Lagos State Government officials after jumping into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge.

Nigerians have taken to Twitter to mourn the death of Squadron Leader Bello Baba-Ari who died when his F-Ni fighter jet collided with another during the final drill for the air parade that was to be displayed on Monday, October 1, during the celebration of Nigeria’s 58th independence anniversary.

Adultery is no longer a crime, India’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail time unconstitutional and discriminatory against women.

The Nigerian Police on Wednesday paraded a suspect, Augustus Akpan, 43 years who threatened to kidnap, rape and kill wife, daughters of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar if he does not withdraw from Presidential Race .

The Police on Wednesday arraigned Iliyasu Lawal, 28, Nura Iliyasu, 29, and Idris Suleiman 28, in a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court FCT for allegedly trespassing the premises of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Adam Osman is making a new life for himself with the help of a French company, but his young face tenses when he describes what brought him here: the killing of his family, and torture.

After 34 days, a lone trekker against President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential ambition, Isa Munlaila, arrived Abuja, Tuesday, stressing that the country needs an experienced leader to pilot its affairs in 2019.

Hundreds of Liberians took to the streets of the capital Monrovia Monday to demonstrate over the disappearance of newly printed bills worth nearly $100 million.

A survey in Taraba State revealed that nine of the 16 local government areas are at risk of flooding.

California restaurants will soon stop providing plastic straws unless customers explicitly ask for them, under a new law signed on Thursday by the state’s environment-friendly governor.

A father threatened to throw his child from the third-storey window of a refugee home in Germany to stop his family’s deportation, police said on Wednesday.

A United States, US-based Nigerian group has protested strongly against the threat to kill the lone Christian captive in the hands of Islamic militant group, Boko Haram, ’Leah Sharibu, asking the Federal Government to allow interested parties pay the ransom to secure her release.

ENUGU- Following the death of the traditional ruler of Ogbozinne-Akpugo community in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, HRH Igwe Stephen Nwatu after mob a mob action, the crisis escalated last Friday, following the abduction in the church premises of the Parish priest of Emmanuel Methodist Parish, Ogbozinne, Rev. Kenneth Azikiwe Okafor.

Akure—A notorious armed robber in Ondo state, Ahmed Idris, yesterday said he decided to repent and surrender to security operatives following pressure and prayers from his mother.