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  US President Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born Enoh Titilayo Ebong to the post of Director, United States Trade and Development Agency. This was contained in a brief with names of nominees for different positions in the president’s cabinet sent ...

The Muslim Rights Concern have tackled the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his comments regarding the presence of Turkish terrorists in Nigeria. The group, in a statement signed by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Friday said the ...

An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi on Thursday ordered that the former board chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme, be remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) custody, until Friday. Justice Maryam Hassan ...

  A 22-year old Disc Jockey (DJ) Emeka Nwoye from Enugu State, has allegedly hung himself at Ayobo-Ipaja Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State. The deceased lived with his parents at No. 38, Olakunle Domingo Close, Off Popoola ...

Detectives have launched a manhunt for a suspect who r*ped his 90-year-old mother on October 20, 2021, in Mbooni-Makueni county, Kenya before going into hiding. It is reported that the octogenarian was found in her bedroom by her eldest son ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has demanded the immediate redeployment of the new Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole over abuse of power. NANS made the call during a press conference led by its Deputy Coordinator ...

Thirty-four suspects arrested by security agents during a clampdown on protesters marking the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protest at the Lekki Toll Gate on Wednesday have been arraigned in court. The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, ...

The Queen spent the night in hospital for tests after canceling official duties. Royal doctors sent the 95-year-old sovereign to be seen by specialists in London on Wednesday afternoon. Her Majesty was discharged — with Buckingham Palace saying she was ...

This is the incredible moment the ‘world’s biggest snake’ was lifted out of its rainforest home by a digger. The huge reptile, which is at least 10ft long, was still alive when it was pulled out of the thick foliage ...

The Taliban executed a young woman and uploaded sickening photos of her beheaded body on social media, it has been claimed. Mahjabin Hakimi, a highly-rated player with the Kabul Municipality Volleyball Club, was slaughtered by jihadists, her former coach says. ...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly beating a 22-year-old man, Tunji George, to death for allegedly stealing an iPhone 6. The victim was reportedly tortured to death by the men, identified as Felix Sunday, Shomuye ...

A 24-year-old lady, Joy Onoh, was on Wednesday murdered by some hoodlums in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The lady, a graduate of Mass Communication from the Benue State University awaiting call up from the National Youth Service Corps, was ...

Rebecca Amoah, a 35-year-old woman has allegedly committed suicide after her husband cheated on her at Kasoa Oldtimers in the Ghana Central Region. The incident was said to have taken place yesterday. According to a co-tenant only named Forgive, this ...

Nothing must be spared to ensure the conduct of the November 6 Anambra governorship poll in a peaceful atmosphere, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered Service chiefs. The President said the order was necessary because his administration would not sit back ...

The Zambia Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested 14 former and current government officials for corruption offenses. The ACC said in a statement on Thursday that the 14 people arrested included a former Southern Province permanent secretary, Sibanze Simuchoba. He said ...

Thirty out of the 102 abducted students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, have arrived at Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital following their release from captivity.   This was disclosed in a statement issued by Yahaya Sarki, the ...

Former Senator and politiican, Shehu Sani has narrated how terrorists yesterday attacked a train in Kaduna targeting the engine driver and the tank.   He says today he was inside one, and it took a miracle for them to escape. ...

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has pleaded not guilty to the seven count charge slammed on him by the Federal Government. He made the plea as his trial for treasonable felony began at the ...

Nnamdi Kanu brought to court amidst tight security.. The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra on Thursday arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja amidst tight security. He was brought to the Court on a black Sports Utility Vehicles ...

The President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan, says the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria. Erdogan said this on Wednesday at a joint press conference with President Muhammadu Buhari, on the ...

For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering an immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially key advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant. ...

Samson Folarin writes that the rift between the family of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, and a disciple of the late prophet is unabated over the running of the church The leadership ...

Ondo State Government has resolved to stop workers without evidence of COVID-19 vaccination from entering government offices with effect from November 1, 2021. The government, through the state’s Head of Service, Mr Niran Adeyemi, gave the directive at a meeting ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned Amos Olaniyan (a.k.a. Crime Alert) and his company, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited. Olaniyan was docked before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on a ...

Lovely photos of President Buhari and his wife Aisha..