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Denmark star Eriksen stable after collapse on pitch during Euro 2020 match vs Finland

  Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is stable in hospital after collapsing during his country’s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland in Copenhagen. The Inter star went down during the opening half of the Group B match and required extensive medical attention ...

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Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey celebrates with Nigerians on Democracy Day

  Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey is celebrating with Nigerians today, as the country celebrates Democracy Day — a day that has turned into protests in most states of the country. At exactly 12am (Nigerian time), Jack tweeted a photo of ...

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Intense exercise increases risk of Motor Neurone disease- scientists

Regular and strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease in people who are genetically vulnerable, say scientists. The team at the University of Sheffield said nobody should stop exercising as a result of their study. But they hope ...

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FFK SLAMS Chris Okotie for calling late Prophet T.B Joshua a witch

‘ Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lashed out at the senior pastor of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie, over some cryptic comment he made over the death of Prophet T.B Joshua. You could recall, Okotie and Joshua ...

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Bandits attack: Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic suspends academic activities

The management of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria in Kaduna State on Thursday announced the indefinite suspension of academic activities following the attack on the institution by suspected bandits. Mallam Mahmud Kwarbai, Information and Protocol Officer of the Institution made this ...

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Mohamed Salah named Premier League Fans Player of the Year Award

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named the Premier League PFA Fans’ Player of the Year. This is despite Liverpool’s patchy campaign in the just concluded season. The Egyptian forward managed to bag an impressive 22 goals in 37 league ...

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Man Hangs Himself After Villagers Caught Him Sleeping With His Daughter In Imo

An average man whose identity cannot be ascertained, a native of Amaigbo in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State has committed suicide by hanging himself after he was caught having canal knowledge of his daughter. A source narrated to ...

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Baba Suwe speaks on NDLEA encounter again, says I still can’t walk

Nollywood actor, Baba Suwe has revealed that he is currently unwell at the moment and unable to walk, no thanks to the experience he said was meted out to him by the personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. ...

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”CBN to launch own digital currency by year end”

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is planning to launch its own digital currency by the of 2021, Rakiya Mohammed, the bank’s IT specialist said on Thursday in Lagos. Ms Mohammed’s disclosure follows the conclusion of the Bankers Committee meeting. ...

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Nigeria needs twitter, says Senate President

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has broken his silence on suspension of micro blogging and social network platform Twitter by the Federal Government. He said Nigeria and Twitter need each other. He called for amicable resolution of the feud with Twitter. ...

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Nigerian man kills wife, mother-in-law, commits suicide in US

A 34-year-old Nigerian man recently separated from his wife has attacked her parents’ home in Douglasville, Georgia, United States, killing her and his mother-in-law before taking his own life. Udoamaka Nwamu, of East Point, Fulton County, took a handgun to ...

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Corpse of a day old girl found in a well

The corpse of a baby girl, suspected to be a day old, has been recovered in a well at Tsalle Village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, was confirmed in a statement ...

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Buhari replaces NBC DG amid Twitter ban

The President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster, as the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement issued in ...

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Nigerian, Etute accused of killing man posing as woman on dating app

A now suspended Virginia Tech footballer, David Etute, has been charged with second-degree murder for the death of a man he met on dating app, Tinder. Etute, who has Nigerian roots, had allegedly beaten a transvestite s.e.x worker to death ...

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Ayade vows to deal ruthlessly with anyone who protests on June 12

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has vowed to deal ruthlessly with anyone or group planning procession or gathering under any guise on June 12 which is designated as Democracy Day. Ayade in a statement signed by Special Adviser, Media ...

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Davido’s ‘Jowo’ hits 30 million views on YouTube

  Davido’s jam Jowo has surpassed 30 million mark view on YouTube.   ‘Jowo’ is the 3rd single off Davido’s 2020 album ‘A better time’.   The song was a huge banger, with the video having ex BBNaija season 5, Nengi as ...

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Nigerian Government joins Koo after Twitter ban

  Barely a week after suspending the operations of American-owned microblogging site, Twitter, the Nigerian government has joined Koo, an Indian microblogging platform. Last week, Twitter had pulled down a tweet of President Muhammadu Buhari on the civil war. Three ...

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New York museum announces plans to send looted artefacts to Nigeria

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has announced it is sending three artefacts back to Nigeria. CNN reported that two of the works, a pair of 16th-century Benin Court brass plaques of a “Warrior Chief” and “Junior Court ...

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Spray naira notes and go to jail, CBN tells Nigerians

The Central Bank of Nigeria has condemned the rate at which Nigerians mutilate, deface, squeeze and even spray and sell the naira notes. The apex bank threatened that “abuse of the currency attracts a penalty of not less than six ...

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