A Leaked memo signed by Tunde Fowler, erstwhile chairman of  Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, showed he asked for his tenure to be renewed by President Buhari but it was denied.   In the letter with reference number FIRS/EC/CWOSGF/0476/19/006 and dated ...

Residents of Okofia, Otolo Nnewi in Anambra state have banished a man in his 60s for reportedly impregnating his daughter twice.   In photos shared on Facebook, the elderly man who is allegedly from Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area had palm fronds tied ...

Kechi Okwuchi took to Twitter on the 14th anniversary of the plane crash that nearly killed her, to remember the victims of the Sosoliso plane crash.   The now 30-year-old America’s Got Talent alumna, was one of the 110 people ...

A mother, 20, is accused of torturing her baby to death because he pulled a television set over, according to police.   Rhionna Nichols is accused of killing little Viston Stevenson and she will appear in court following the horrific death ...

  Nigerian Instagram celebrity and Suspected internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha has finally been freed from EFCC custody after fulfilling bail condition.   Recall that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos recently granted N100m bail to the Dubai-based ...

  Alabi Tolani, the 24-year-old lady set ablaze by her 19-year-old boyfriend, Orji Ifeanyichukwu, over alleged infidelity, has died. After our report about the incident on Sunday, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, released a statement and ...

  It’s that time of year again! From hostess gifts and Secret Santas to all the friends and family members in your holiday gift exchange, the most wonderful time of the year and quickly become the most stressful if you ...

Toke Makinwa has fired back at Yomi Black calling him an ungrateful fool and ass licker. Toke says she has supported Yomi with her resources — time, platform and cash in the past but this is all she gets from ...

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has laid to rest speculations that he will strip Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi of his position under the new Emirate rules as he appoints the Emir as Chairman State Emirate Council. Ganduje ...

The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing workshop will have a new home this year. Now in its 11th year, the workshop, which is organized by multiple award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will hold in Awka, Anambra State, from December 9 ...

Operatives of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad , SARS Katsina State Police Command have arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly masterminding the kidnap of his six-year-old step-sister in Makera Funtua Local Government Area of the state. The victim, Asiya Kazeem ...

Mrs. Rachael Adewumi, founder of TAKEM Empowerment Initiatives (TEIs), an NGO, has advised women against remaining full-time housewives. Adewumi, at an end-of-year party on Sunday in Abuja, urged women to get an employment or learn a trade. The  party was ...

Saudi Arabia will no longer require restaurants to have separate entrances segregated by sex, the government says. Previously, it was mandatory to have one entrance for families and women, and another for men on their own. The restrictions had already ...

Russia’s national team will be missing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) handed down a four year ban over doping. Russia will also not be able to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and other major ...

Many people where shocked when CDQ took to social media to ’embarrass’ his colleague — Mochedah, saying the songstress would have been the most sexiest artist that ever came out of Nigeria, but she lost the title due to too ...

Former prisoner John Anthony Crilly, who robbed Nigerian businessman Augustine Maduemezia in his Manchester home in 2005 has turned out to be one of the heroes, who subdued the London Bridge terrorist, Usman Khan. Crilly, armed with a fire extinguisher, ...

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has postponed the presentation of an Integrity Award to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo amidst protests over the tightening of space for freedom of expression in the country. Osinbajo was slated to ...

Carroll Spinney, the man behind Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for nearly 50 years, has died. He died at the age of 85 on Sunday. Spinney died in his home in Connecticut, and had been living ...

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele has just announced the death of her father, saying she tried, but God knows best. Though she didn’t disclose when and what killed him, the actress and mom of two simply wrote; ”Dad!!! May your soul ...

A South Korean court, on Monday, jailed three executives of Samsung Electronics for their role in a plot that included burying computers under factory floors at its biotech affiliate, in an investigation of alleged accounting fraud. Prosecutors began investigating the ...

Femi Falana, counsel to Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, on Monday, alleged that the Nigerian government offered the activist a “death warrant” deal while in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Falana disclosed that the Nigerian government ...

Twelve persons have died in an accident on Sunday as a truck container carrying over 103 people somersaulted at Sawmill village along Mokwa-Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger state. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr ...

A hungry artist has eaten the world’s most expensive banana and police had to intervene after his action caused a scene.   The banana duct-taped to the wall sold last week for $120,000 and was hailed as “a symbol of ...

  Nollywood filmmaker and actor, Abayomi Aderibigbe a.k.a Yomi Black has called out Toke Makinwa over her Instagram post in which she shaded Nigerians complimenting Cardi B over some acts she pulled off in Nigeria but slamming Nigerian celebrities for living same lifestyle. ...

Lagos State Government stated that it has sealed 24 pharmacies and patent medicine stores in various parts of the state for illegal operation and operating beyond scope of pharmaceutical practice.   Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this ...