A chieftain of the National Democratic Coalition, Ayo Opadokun, has described former military ruler General Ibrahim Babangida’s recent admission of wrongfully annulling the June 12, 1993 election as pretentious, dubious, and lacking remorse. Reacting to Babangida’s 420-page autobiography, Journey ...

  Why I’m not married, yet to have kids – Ruggedman Veteran Nigerian rapper Michael Stephens, popularly known as Ruggedman, has revealed why he does not have children. Speaking on a recent episode of TVC’s Your View Pidgin, the 51-year-old ...

  The reinstated Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Olalekan Onafeko, has threatened a contempt suit against the acting Clerk of the House, Ottun Babatunde. The development followed the drama that occurred at the Assembly complex on Wednesday ...

  The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has said that the recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali from the Economic Community of West African States has significantly increased the security burden on Nigeria’s military. ...

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Wednesday said it seized 87 truckloads of banned, expired and substandard medicinal products, including USAID and UNFPA-donated antiretroviral drugs, male and female condoms, among others. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. ...

  The Nigeria Immigration Service said, on Wednesday, that it arrested 378 illegal immigrants involved in fraudulent activities across Ogun State. According to a statement on Wednesday, the suspects were apprehended at their hideouts during a joint operation by officers ...

  A former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, on Wednesday, urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to grant him time to negotiate an out-of-court settlement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged N1.96bn fraud. ...

  The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, sought a bailout for the ruling party over N8.9bn election debts. Ganduje revealed that the party’s accounts had been garnisheed following the huge debt resulting from ...

  Popular singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, came under fire after he publicly accused the Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mohammed Abba, of failing to uphold the rule of law as preparations for the local government elections in the ...

  Singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has never been a stranger to controversies. His latest spat with the law began after authorities sealed his uncompleted building and hotel over alleged illegal development without an approval permit.  He then ...

  Showbiz promoter and CEO of 03 Media, Alex Ozone, has been very instrumental in the promotion of afrobeats music. While the spotlight often shines on chart-topping stars, Ozone has been part of the relentless force driving the genre’s ascent, ...

  Wunmi Aloba, the widow of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has alleged that her father-in-law, Joseph Aloba, has taken the side of Naira Marley, one of the friends of her late husband accused of bullying ...

  A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man has reportedly committed suicide in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The PUNCH investigations revealed that the incident happened on Monday morning at the L.Adisa area in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state. Our ...

  Moise Kean has been discharged from hospital and is in no danger after collapsing on the pitch following a clash of heads during Fiorentina’s defeat at Verona, the Serie A club said on Monday. The 24-year-old Italian international striker ...

  A fatal crash around Ayetoro on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday claimed nine lives and injured three. The accident which reportedly occurred at about 5:30 am involved a Toyota bus with number plate UYY165ZY and a truck with registration ...

  Ugandan police said Monday they were investigating the death of Nigerian footballer Abubakar Lawal who fell from a shopping mall balcony in Kampala. The 29-year-old striker played for local premiership club Vipers. He fell from the third floor of ...

  Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and one of the most recognisable voices of the 1970s, died Monday at age 88. Flack’s publicist announced her death without citing a cause. The ...

  The Police Command in Lagos State has detained a suspect accused of stabbing an Uber driver and dispossessing him of his car. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday in Lagos. Hundeyin said ...

  The Lagos State Police Command has detained a 23-year-old man for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to journalists on Monday in Lagos. He stated that the suspect committed the ...

  A 26-year-old woman has been confirmed dead in a collision between a truck and a commercial motorcycle on Badagry Expressway. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident on Monday in Lagos. The accident occurred ...

  Rivers State Governor,  Siminalayi Fubara, has said that integrating Ogoni people in all the processes geared towards remediating their land to bring lasting respite to years of environmental degradation they had suffered. The governor said this will truly make ...

  The European Union on Monday eased sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport, and banking sectors in a bid to help the country’s reconstruction after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s new leaders have been clamouring for the West to ease ...

  The factional Chairman of the New Nigerian Peoples Party in Kano State, Senator Mas’ud El-Jibril Doguwa, has described the suspension of the Senator representing Kano South, Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila, and three members of the House of Representatives as inconsequential ...

  The Government of Edo State has congratulated Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on his inauguration as the newly elected governor of Ondo State. Governor Monday Okpebholo, who was represented by his deputy, Dennis Idahosa, at the event , described the inauguration ...

  The newly sworn-in Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has expressed deep sorrow that his predecessor, the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, was not alive to witness his swearing-in ceremony. Speaking during his inaugural speech after being sworn in as ...