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Sade Adu’s transgender son has shared a heartfelt message to praise his mother for her support as he completes his transition from female to male.   Izaak Theo Adu, born Mickailia “Ila” Adu, has spent the past six months in recovery ...

Lauren Debenedetta, a 41-year old dance teacher has been found guilty on four counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a minor — her 15-year-old student. Debenedetta is reported to have engaged in an inappropriate relationship with the student that lasted ...

Over 200 US lawmakers mostly entirely Democrats are calling to start an impeachment inquiry and investigation into President Trump’s controversial phone call with Ukranian president, Volodymyr Zelensky where he discussed former Vice President Joe Biden.   On Tuesday, September 24th, Speaker ...

Edward Kallon, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, has expressed shock and sadness over the murder of an aid worker by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.   Kallon called for unconditional release of other humanitarian workers in insurgents’ captivity ...

Omoyele Sowore, embattled publisher of SaharaReporters, is yet to be released from the Department of State Services DSS detention despite fulfilling his bail condition yesterday September 25th.   His lawyer, Femi Falana, was at the DSS headquarters in Abuja to receive ...

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin has ordered the final forfeiture of a hotel and cars belonging to a Kwara civil servant to the federal government.   Also forfeited to the federal government are a ...

Following the backlash that ensued after a video which captured President Buhari’s outing at the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019 went viral on social media, the Presidency has explained why the Nigerian President read from a prepared speech while ...

A photo of 27-year-old man, Eniola Adenuga, who was arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping a co-worker, identified as Faith Jude, to death in the Lafenwa area of the Abeokuta South Local Government Area ...

President Buhari on Wednesday September 25th, disclosed that Nigeria lost an estimated US$157.5 billion to illicit financial flows between 2003 and 2012.   Quoting from the 2014 Global Financial Integrity Report in his address to the High-Level National Side-Event organised ...

A woman on Twitter has shared screenshots of the messages she received from a man who came to repair her AC in Abuja.   The AC repairer sent the woman a message shortly after the repairs to praise her for ...

Cardi B has come out to share her experience with sexual assault and the #MeToo movement.   Speaking with host Angie Martinez on Untold Stories of Hip Hop set to air Thursday, September 26, on WE TV, the rapper and mother of one recalled how ...

A Corporal in the Nigerian Army identified as Muzambilu Abdullahi has been arrested in possession of 169 blocks of Indian Hemp in Jigawa State.   Cpl Muzambilu Abdullahi and others, ran out of luck when their vehicle was involved in an ...

A transgender man who gave birth with the help of fertility treatment lost his legal fight to be registered as the child’s father in a UK High Court.   Born female, Freddy McConnell transitioned to become a man and was legally recognized ...

The land tussle at Isiozi Umuaka village in Imo state has taken a different turn as the coffins which were dug up were taken to the sitting room of the man that spearheaded the exhumation.   We reported earlier that the two ...

An elderly woman has admitted to killing her own grandson for fear that he will be left alone with no one to take care of him when she dies.   Lillian Parks, 87, told authorities that she gave her disabled ...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has written a petition to Google Nigeria, demanding a removal of a video shared on the YouTube channel of Roots TV.   The Vice President in the petition written on his behalf by Femi Atoyebi & Co, solicitors, described the ...

A popular book seller in Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Calabar Campus was found dead close to Hall 2 on Saturday morning, September, 21.   The deceased identified as Godwin and popularly known by many as “Mourinho”, sold stationeries ...

A man who was captured in a viral video beating his daughter (not son as reported) has been arrested and his identity revealed.   In a video that angered the world, the Arab father is seen slapping his little daughter ...

Hilary Clinton has reacted to the plan by US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.   The impeachment plans is in line with the current controversy surrounding the Ukraine Phone Call which ...

According to a law enthusiast, @chiefoloye, oral sex is a crime in Nigeria as stated by Section214 of the Criminal code. Section 214(1) of the Criminal Code Act provides that “any person who has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of ...

Offices of Mercy Corps in Borno and Yobe states have been shut down by the Nigerian army barely five days after the Borno office of the Action Against Hunger (AAH) was also shut down over allegations of providing aid to Boko ...

Khafi Kareem, the former housemate in the 2019 BBNaija show, has refuted claims that she has been sacked by the Metropolitan police UK where she served as an officer before auditioning to compete in the Big Brother 2019 edition.   The 29-year-old ...

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, October 1st, as a public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary.   The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah, announced this in a statement saying the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the ...

As Tweeted by the US President, just after releasing the transcript of his phone call with Ukraine’s president, Zelensky.  

Shehu Sani, the Immediate past senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate has lambasted Governor Nasir El-Rufai for enrolling his son in a public school, calling it a political stunt for 2023.   He further said the action is not ...