The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged a dean in the University of Calabar, Prof. Francisca Ime Bassey, to court over her alleged involvement in a contract fraud of ₦20.6 million. Prof. Bassey, who is ...

Comedian AY with real names as Ayo Makun is 50 today, August 19, 2021. To celebrate his golden age, the comedian released new photos of himself, saying it’s been 50 years of hustles. Happy birthday to him! More photos below…. ...

The Federal government has approved N658 million for the deployment of sniffer dogs at the Lagos and Abuja international airports. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the sum during its weekly meeting on Wednesday presided over by the President himself. ...

The producer behind K-pop sensation BTS was the highest-paid employee in South Korea in the first half of this year, reports said on Wednesday, outranking some of the country’s richest business leaders. The trailblazing septet have reached global superstardom with ...

  Popular Nollywood actor and comedian, Charles Okocha has been hospitalized after he was diagnosed with Typhoid and Malaria. He has urged Nigerians to pray for his quick recovery. Taking to his social media page, Charles Okocha shared a video ...

  Osun state government has declared Friday a public holiday to allow residents to celebrate the annual “Isese Day”. In a statement on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Tajudeen Olaniyi Lawal noted that the festival would not be celebrated ...

The Taliban are slowly spreading their reign of terror across Afghanistan, despite promising to change the way of governance from their rule 20 years ago. Reports have been emerging from Kabul and other cities about Taliban fighters beating up women ...

Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of the Taliban, and now the undisputed victor of the Afghanistan war, is back in the country after 20 years.   In 2001, he was ousted from Afghanistan and the Taliban leadership on Tuesday claimed ...

  Nigerian singer Speed Darlington was earlier today arrested by the police for having a crusher in his car while on his way to the airport. He went live on Instagram during the incident. The singer who reiterated that there ...

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has released the corpse of a 34-year-old football enthusiast, Emmanuel Samuel, allegedly killed by a policeman in Abuja. The deceased, with his fiancée and friends, went to watch a football match on July 11 ...

  Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye ex-housemate, Kayvee, has broken the silence on his withdrawal from the show. In a statement on his verified Instagram page on Wednesday, Kayvee revealed that he has reconnected with his family and is ...

One of the housemates of the ongoing Big Brother Naija Season 6, BBNaija ‘Shine Ya Eyes’, Angel, has disclosed her preference for group s.e.x. Angel who revealed this to another housemate, Boma Akpore, stated that she likes being watched while ...

  Aggrieved youths in their hundreds on Wednesday morning, protested in front of the state secretariat, Agodi, over the alleged killing of a 17- year-old boy named Opeyemi by an Amotekun corp at Mokola area in Ibadan. The aggrieved youths ...

The Biden administration on Sunday froze Afghan government reserves held in U.S. bank accounts, blocking the Taliban from accessing billions of dollars held in U.S. institutions, according to two people familiar with the matter. The decision was made by Treasury ...

Big Brother Naija Season 6 housemate, Whitemoney, has said that Pere’s hatred towards him started from outside the house. Whitemoney, during his diary session on Wednesday, told Biggy that Pere seems to know him from outside the house. According to ...

  This is the moment a Russian woman threw her one-day-old baby daughter into a rubbish bin. The woman, who is yet to be identified, was filmed on CCTV chucking the plastic bag holding the newborn baby into a bin. ...

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command on Wednesday, arraigned Princess Carol Ngozi alongside her company, Carolina Luxury Homes, on a 30-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence. She was arraigned before Justice Hamza Muázu of the ...

Uganda is to take in 2,000 refugees who have fled Afghanistan after Taliban militants took power on Sunday. The deal was agreed following a request from the US government, Refugee Minister Esther Anyakun told the BBC. The first group of ...

Three people were killed and more than a dozen injured after Taliban militants opened fire during protests against the group in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, two witnesses told Reuters. A Taliban source said one person had been ...

Bisi Alimi is hoping one day, he will own a gay club in Lagos. He says his dream will be valid soon. Bisi said this on his insta-story, saying the club will be in Mushin, Lagos. It’s time for him ...

Two prominent members of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s family, Yeni and Seun Kuti, have responded to Baba Ani’s allegation against Femi Kuti, giving the lie to what they regard as an attempt to divide their family. They stopped short ...

The 45 soldiers of the Nigerian Army, who were court-martialed and jailed seven years ago for demanding adequate weaponry to aid the fight against insurgency, have been released. The soldiers were convicted and jailed at Ikoyi Correctional Centre and Kirikiri ...

  Lionel Messi seems to be settling in well and fast at Paris Saint Germain after the Argentine showed his new teammates what he will bring to the table.   The 34-year-old completed a two-year deal with the French League ...

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have attacked a bullion van in Ondo State. The bullion van belonging to a commercial bank was attacked at Emure-Ile junction, on Owo local government area of Ondo state. With details of the attack ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated how he had been managing diabetes for the past 35 years. Obasanjo lamented that many of his friends have died of diabetes because they were unable to manage the disease. The former president said ...