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A female suicide bomber this evening blew herself up after a failed attempt to attack a mosque in Kano. The state Police commissioner confirmed the incident but says the police is yet to ascertain if there were other casualties...

These are some of the 182 Boko Haram suspects released by Nigerian army today after investigations showed they had no link with the sect. 100 men, 24 women, 40 underage boys and 18 children made up the 182 released suspects. More photos below

At least 30 people lost their lives in a fatal accident along the Lokoja-Abuja expressway yesterday July 5th. According to reports, the luxury bus, which was coming from Lagos and heading to Abuja ran into a road block mounted by armed robbers. As the bus was trying to manoeuvre its way, a Trailer truck filled with cows rammed into it, killing several people on the spot. The heads of six of the victims were completely severed. Most of the people who died were sitting in the first seven rows of the bus The driver of the bus also died. Police were seen removing the bodies of the victims from the road earlier today...*Graphic pic from the scene below Photo credit: The Sun

Nigerian star footballer Emmanuel Emenike and Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor have reportedly converted to Islam..According to a report by Daily Post, Emenike  reportedly told his coach at Fenerbahce, Vitor Pereira, that he is now a Muslim. The Super Eagles striker was missing when the squad had breakfast on Saturday, prompting the manager to ask his whereabouts.According to Turkish daily Fanatik “I’m fasting,” Emenike reportedly told Pereira,  Pereira replied: “You’re not a Muslim,” insisting that Emenike is a Christian. In response, Emenike made itclear he was muslim saying.... “I became a Muslim, I am a Muslim. Meanwhile, Adebayor converted to Islam on Sunday, July 5, 2015, when he was spotted taking the Shahada (the Islamic creed declaring belief in the oneness of God and the acceptance of Muhammad as God’s prophet).The ceremony took place in Togo, Adebayor’s adoptive country.

Lagos Deputy governor Dr. Idiat Adebule hosted the lady whose husband absconded from home after he found out they were having their 3rd set of twins. She shared the pics on Facebook & wrote "Today, I hosted the mother (Mrs. Ruth Uche) who was abandoned by her husband after given birth to three sets of twins. This government will endeavor to assist those who are in desperate need to the best of our ability." See more photos below

Four besotted women duped out of almost £100,000 by a lonely hearts conman posing as a Marine commando will be paid back just a few hundred pounds each after a police auction of his luxury possessions. Nigerian immigrant Adewale Adewole, 31, posed as Royal Marine commando Timmy Francis on the dating website Match.com He falsely claimed to run an orphanage in Africa and was looking for romance under the motto: 'To live and love' and the online nickname 'Charismatic Brit'.  But after charming the unsuspecting women, he then claimed he needed money saying he had been mugged while attending to his 'orphanage'.The women all sent him cash and paid his hotel bills - only for him to transfer the money into the bank account of his wife who shared his home with their two children in Eccles, Greater Manchester. Police who caught up with father-of-three Adewole discovered he had used the women's cash to splash out on iPads, TVs and designer clothes ...

The gang of armed robbers that attacked two banks in Ikorodu two weeks ago have revealed that there was no woman in their group. This is contrary to reports which had earlier stated that the robbery incident was led by a lady with a tortoise on the neck and a big snake around her waist. The robbers, who were paraded at the Lagos state police command, Ikeja, Monday afternoon, told journalists, including Naij.com correspondent, that they had been contacted by a certain Warri-based kingpin popularly addressed ‘million’ for the operation. While narrating the incident, Agbojule Bright, 25, disclosed that ‘million’ called him for the operation and his role in the operation was to stand on the road and prevent policemen from disrupting their activities. The graduate of English studies and CRS from the College of Education, Benin said: “I was caught after My friend, Akpan (also a member of the syndicate) called me and led me to the policemen. “We used dynamite to op...

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA's official handle just shared photos of some women at an IDP camp learning how to knit. NEMA also shared photos of the Mobile medical clinic the camps have. Continue to see more photos.. .

Julius Agwu has been off the scene for a while and many were unaware he was ill.The ace comedian revealed to YES International Magazine  that he had to undergo a brain surgery in the USA..According to Yes International... On the genesis of his ill health, he said he can’t say specifically when and how it started. But all he could recollect was that at some point, he went on and on losing serious weight, which got many people wondering. Some concerned ones started proffering solutions, both medically and spiritually, while others resorted to murmuring and gossiping. It went on and on until sometime in May when he had a seizure at home and while his wife, Ibiere, whom he lavished with so much thanks all through our stay for her love, care, understanding and support, battled to halt that, he ran out of breath. Almost lifeless. And with the likely consequences starring her in the face, Ibiere got their maid and the security man to assist her in getting him into one of their c...

So sad! These are corpses of some of the victims of the twin bomb blast in Jos, Plateau yesterday night. Continue to see more photos   Photo credit: Babangida Ruma

Some residents of Borno  on Monday  cautioned the Federal Government against rushing into dialogue with the Boko Haram insurgents as a way of ending their violent campaign. Those who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Monday advised government to concentrate on military action against the insurgents. Shieikh Musa Usman, a Maiduguri based Islamic scholar, advised government to equip the military with the necessary weapons to face the insurgents rather than considering dialogue option. “We heard in the media that government was considering a dialogue option with the insurgents following the recent spate of attacks in the North east. Why should government dialogue with individuals who are only interested in killing and maiming innocent people? Is government saying that it cannot continue with the current anti insurgency war or what? Why must we be talking about dialogue when our neighbours are already dislodging the insurgents from their co...

A 21-year-old tiling apprentice, Kamilu Salaudeen, has gone missing after reportedly visiting some friends in the Mowe area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro  learnt that the victim lived with a relative in the Oniyanrin, Mile 12 area of Lagos State, while his parents were based in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Salaudeen was said to have left Mile 12 two months ago, saying he was going to see his friends in Mowe. A relative, Kabiru Yinusa, told our correspondent that he had since become unreachable, adding that he also left his phone behind.Yinusa said the family had gone to many police stations in Ogun State, but could not find him. His parents in Osogbo were also said to be unaware of his whereabouts.He said,  “On Wednesday, April 21, he left the house, saying he was going to see some friends in Mowe.When he did not return home the day after, we became troubled. “He had left his phone behind, so we could not reach him.We have gone to many of the police statio...

Seaman Paul Alex Amaseimogha who died while fighting the Boko Haram insurgents in the North has been buried by the Nigerian Navy. He was aged just 25. Late Seaman was among the young soldiers trained on counter terrorism in Belarus and deployed in Borno state. He was laid to rest in his hometown, Opume community in Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State recently. He was survived by his parents, twin brother, Silas and other family members. May his soul rest in peace, amen. More photos BELOW

A Malaysian court has ordered the detention of five Nigerian students in Malysia for their alleged involvement in a N125.2m (RM2.4 million) internet fraud in Selangor & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to local media reports, the 5 Nigerian students who are between the ages of 20 and 30 are undergraduates pursuing a degree in Information Technology in a leading University Kuala Lumpur. They were arrested on June 30, 2015.   A Malaysian police chief ACP Azmi Adam while speaking on their arrest said two women have been arrested for providing their bank accounts for the syndicates to use in doing their illicit business. He stated that five laptops, 20 hand phones, ATM cards, SIM cards and documents believed to have been used to con their victims were seized from the men. The men were arrested after one of their victims, a 62-year-old businessman alerted the police after receiving a suspicious email in March informing him that he was among 50 recipients s...

Two brave media activists have been executed by ISIS.The terror group released a graphic video of their interrogation and brutal execution in an attempt to deter other activists in the Syrian city.  The media activists are named as Bashar Abdul Atheem and Faisal Hasan Al Habib, local residents in Raqqa.. In the video, the two young men are accused of being 'informants' and were allegedly caught handing out anti-Shariah leaflets in ISIS's de-facto capital city, Raqqa. Following their arrest,  they are questioned about their activities.The masked interrogator goes through the activists crimes, taking time for them to explain how they used cars and motor bikes to travel around the city and carry out activist works. Both men were tied around their waist to a tree trunk.The video ends with the execution of the two activists by two ISIS militants dressed in full camouflage fatigues ..