Ruth Semilore

A Jordanian man has returned to his home country after spending 38 years in Syrian jails, an official said on Tuesday, after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad ended an agonising wait for his family. The man, named Osama Bashir Hassan al-Bataynah, was found in Syria “unconscious and suffering from memory loss”, Jordanian Foreign Ministry […] More

A 300-level male student, studying law in an unnamed university in Kogi State, has allegedly impregnated the wife of his institution’s vice chancellor. According to the story shared on Facebook and the X page, the vice chancellor’s wife, who had been seeking the fruit of the womb for 18 years, is now expecting her first […] More

South Korea’s Ministry of Justice on Monday, December 9 said President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country less than a week after he plunged the country into chaos by briefly imposing martial law. Yoon sent special forces and helicopters to parliament on the night of December 3 before lawmakers forced him […] More

A newly wedded couple who were returning from the Ikoyi Marriage Registry alongside 16 other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries following a multi-vehicle collision on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State on Saturday. This was confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, on Saturday. Taofiq stated […] More

Tragedy struck late Thursday night as a fatal motor accident claimed the lives of five people in the General Gas Area of Akobo, Ibadan, Oyo State. The accident, which occurred between 11:00 p.m. and midnight, took place directly opposite the NNPCL Filling Station in the area. Reports indicate that the collision involved a commercial Nissan […] More

Gunmen killed a man identified as Bright Ezechukwu, less than 24 hours to his wedding in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to newsmen, Bright had gone to pick up his fiancée, Chinwendu, in Ihiala town, accompanied by his best man and the chief bridesmaid, on November 22, 2024, when the tragedy occurred. […] More

The Lagos residence of award-winning Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has been ravaged by a devastating fire. The inferno, which swept through the multi-million naira property, reduced valuable possessions to ashes, leaving the beloved actress heartbroken. Taking to her official Instagram page on Wednesday night, Aigbe expressed profound gratitude that no lives were lost, despite the […] More

The Federal Government has fired some civil servants with degrees from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. The directive affected federal workers who graduated from the institutions from 2017 to date. The Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, confirmed […] More

Women in Afghanistan will no longer be allowed to attend nursing and midwifery classes following an edict issued by the Taliban’s supreme leader, according to senior employees at institutions offering these courses. Health officials conveyed the directive during a meeting with institute directors in Kabul on Monday, December 2, a public health ministry official told […] More