The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected Nigerian “billionaire drug baron”. The suspect is Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu, Chairman of Mallinson Group. A statement this morning by NDLEA Media Director, Femi Babafemi said he is ...

A Japanese woman certified the world’s oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday. Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew ...

Estranged wife of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Olori Badirat Olaitan Adeyemi, has mourned the monarch, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who died Friday night, aged 83. In an Instagram post today, Olori Olaitan, shared an emotional tribute to the late monarch, ...

  Actress Uche Ogbodo has asked single ladies to be patient as there are still good men out there so they should work on being the best version of themselves and they will find them. She wrote; Ladies Be Patient ...

A coroner sitting in the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has barred journalists and the public from covering and witnessing the inquest. The case aims to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Sylvester ...

Residents of Gashu’a town, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State were, on Sunday, thrown into pandemonium following a loud explosion that rocked the town. Gashu’a is about 188 kilometers north of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital ...

An official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, identified as Ezekiel, has been accused of brutalising his sisters for having boyfriends. Ezekiel was said to have visited his siblings, Amarachi and Chidinma, at their house in the Kuje ...

Reno Omokri, a former media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has debunked reports that his former boss would soon declare to run for the 2023 presidential elections. Reports had earlier emerged that Jonathan, whose poster surfaced in some parts of ...

  There was a fire incident at the Makurdi branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria in Benue State. A portion of the bank went in flames in the early hours of Thursday. Eyewitnesses said that they noticed the fire ...

  A 30-years-old man, Ajibola Akindele was on Monday arrested by men of Ogun State Police command, for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 20-year-old girl (name withheld) inside a church. The Ogun State command Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola ...

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, on Thursday in Abuja, faulted the N100 million nomination forms by the All Progressives Congress for aspirants contesting the 2023 presidential election, saying any person who spends that money ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, believes the suspension of the strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), is dependent on the union. Ngige made the comment when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday maintained that the 2023 general election will hold despite the security challenges in the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja at a public presentation of the 2022-2026 strategic ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps, on Friday, said 84 persons were killed in 131 road traffic crashes nationwide during this year’s Easter celebration. Bisi Kazeem, FRSC spokesman, in a statement, said 857 persons were involved in those crashes involving 213 ...

Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has revealed why he is now a calm preacher and why he tries to stay on one spot to preach. He disclosed Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, ...

A joint team of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Department of State Services (DSS) have raided and sealed off Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja. A statement by the spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said the hotel ...

Drawn by rumours on social media, Ethiopian young men and old, many with their military records in hand, are queuing up at the Russian embassy with hopes of fighting for Russia in Ukraine. The queues formed early each morning outside ...

Boko Haram fighters have wreaked another havoc on Geidam, a Yobe town that was attacked in 2021. According to residents, the sect members sneaked into the town on Wednesday night without firing a single shot. They were said to have ...

    Actress Stephanie Okereke-Linus and her husband, Linus Idahosa are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary today. Stephanie shared lovely photos from their wedding on her Instagram page and wrote: ”…10 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗! #𝙾𝚞𝚛𝚆𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢.” ...

    Instagram comedian Gloria Olorunto- Maraji has delivered a baby boy. Announcing the arrival of her baby on her Instagram page, she revealed her respect for women for their verge to carry and deliver a baby has been heightened. ...

A yet-to-be-identified driver has crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Jamiu Issa, to death in the Lekki-Ajah area of the state. A statement by the spokesperson for the agency, Olumide Filade, confirmed the development to Punch ...

A top Ukrainian negotiator offered on Wednesday to negotiate with Russia “without any conditions” to allow for the evacuation of troops and civilians in besieged Mariupol. “Without any conditions. We’re ready to hold a ‘special round of negotiations’ right in ...

Manchester United have confirmed Erik ten Hag will become their manager following the conclusion of this season. The Ajax boss will leave his current position and become United’s fifth permanent manager since Sir Alex Ferugson left the club in 2013. ...

    A new portrait of The Queen with two of her beloved fell ponied has been released to mark her 96th birthday, as she quietly celebrates the landmark occasion in Sandringham. Taken in the grounds of Windsor Castle last ...

A woman accused of cheating on her husband has reportedly been publicly thrashed and forced to ‘marry’ her alleged loved in a horrifying act of mob brutality. The assault took placed in the Indian village of Madhya Krishnapur in the ...