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President Buhari has arriveed Sochi Russia ahead of the Russia-Africa Economic Forum starting today October 22nd.   President Buhari was received by the Mayor of Sochi, Anatoly Pakhomov, and other Russian Government Officials.   A statement released by the presidency says the ...

Femi Fani-Kayode has said that he will no longer answer to the name Yoruba or refer to the people of the South West as Yorubas.   According to him, the name Yoruba was derived from the Hausa Fulani word ”Yariba” which ...

Rashida Yahaya Bello, wife of Kogi state governor, staged a mini party in the state house last night to celebrate the emergence of her friend, Mercy Onoja’s husband as the new Deputy governor of the state.   Edward Onoja, the ...

Justin Trudeau has won a second term as Canada’s prime minister after the country’s federal election, but his narrow victory means he will lead a minority government that will be forced to depend on other parties to govern.   The ...

Reno Omokri is of the opinion that unlike other ethnic tribes, the Igbos are communal and would have rallied round to fulfill the terms and conditions of publisher and activist, Omoyele Sowore’s bail.   Recall that Sowore who is standing ...

The former Senator representing Kano Central and ex-Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was reportedly attacked during a visit to his hometown, Madobi where he opened a midwifery school.     Kwankwaso was attacked by thugs around Sharada Panshekara Sabon Titi bridge on ...

81 suspected kidnappers and robbers arrested by the Nigerian police have been paraded alongside the N10m ransom recovered from them.     The suspects arrested in Taraba, Kaduna and other parts of the country include a gang that abducted a Sokoto lawmaker ...

A Nigerian man, Chukwudi Oguamanam took to Facebook on Sunday, October 20, to announce the burial of his father and his only brother. Both father and son died eleven days apart and will be buried same day on November 1, ...

The Nigerian Customs Service has reacted to a traveler’s claim of being maltreated by its officers because of her tribe and gender.   In a statement released by Customs’ spokesperson Joseph Attah, the woman identified as Mrs. Udensi Adaeze Nwagboliwe who arrived ...

  The body of a yet to be identified woman washed ashore at a beach in Lekki, Lagos this morning. A LIB reader who was at the beach says the remains of the deceased person is still lying at the surface. ...

  A school in India has apologized after photos emerged of students wearing cardboard boxes on their heads during an exam to prevent cheating.   The Bhagat Pre-University College in Haveri, in India’s southwestern Karnataka state, implemented a trial run ...

A Jos-based Pastor and former Executive Secretary of Nigeria National Missions Movement, Gideon Para-Mallam has alleged that President Buhari is yet to reach out to Nathan Sharibu, father of Leah Sharibu who was kidnapped alongside 111 female students of Government Girls Science ...

  Kaduna State’s Commissioner for human services and social development, Hafsat Baba has disclosed that some of the released inmates of a religious rehabilitation center were in chains for 8 years.   She also revealed that it took the services of ...

  Swiss bank, Credit Suisse, has stated in its Global Wealth Report 2019 that the number of rich Chinese has surpassed the count of wealthy Americans for the first time as both countries keep churning out millionaires.   The Swiss ...

  An unidentified elderly woman is in critical condition at the Sapele Central Hospital, Delta state, after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver along Ogorode road by Lexi junction on Friday.   The woman was rushed to the hospital ...

  A video making rounds on social media, captured moment a pastor tore a bible which he subsequently fed church members with.   The unidentified Pastor’s action has been condemned by some social media users who said it does not ...

  UK police have released photos of seized £3million haul of heroin and £100,000 in cash which was recently found under the false floor of a van.   National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators, alongside the West Yorkshire Police, arrested Yusuf ...

A child fell from the second floor of a story building in India and survived after landing on a rickshaw (keke) that was passing by below.   The child, a 3-year-old boy, was playing with family members on the second ...

  In the first public acceptance of a rift between the British royal brothers, Prince Harry admitted that he and William are travelling on ‘different paths’.   In a candid interview, the Duke of Sussex acknowledged there had been deepening tensions ...

Adult film star, Cheryl Murphy who goes by the name “Bridget the Midget” due to her dwarfism is facing 15 years behind bars for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend in the leg with a butter knife during a fight.   Bridget, 39,  ...

A distraught Nigerian lady took to Facebook to celebrate her wedding anniversary while expressing sadness of waking up alone to celebrate her big day.   Chizoba Favour Chinedu who also mourned her late husband, recounted how her mother-in-law told her son ...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old woman, Monsurat Olusanya for burning her 4-year-old niece, Faith Ogundimu with a hot knife.   The woman who was arrested at her residence in Tiluwalase community of Owode Ijako, Sango reportedly burnt her ...

Some traders at the popular Otowodo market in Ughelli, Delta state are currently counting their losses after a fire outbreak at the market yesterday.   The cause of the fire is yet unknown.   The fire has since been put ...

Big Brother Naija 2019 ex-housemate, Cindy Okafor took to Instagram to show off a car gift she got from a friend.   Posing in her new car, Cindy said her friend that sent it over told her “she deserves the ...

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