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A Twitter user has told of her boyfriend’s reaction after he caught her reading his text messages.   She tweeted: “i stole my boyfriends phone one night and as I was reading his texts I heard him say “when you’re ...

Yesterday, Nollywood actor cum politician, Desmond Elliot came under fire after he called for the ban of foreign movies in Nigeria to enable the growth of the Nigerian Movie Industry.   The 45-year-old representing Surulere constituency at the Lagos State house of assembly spoke ...

Donna, daughter of ex-presidential candidate, Donald Duke, graduated from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom today July 22nd. Duke and his wife Onari attended the graduation ceremony. Congrats to her! See more photos below  

Immediate past governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi and wife, Florence, were in a celebratory mood as one of their daughters, Ajijola, graduated from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. She bagged a Bachelor of Arts degree in ...

The burial service for late Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, held at the St. David’s Anglican Church Ijomu, in  Akure, the Ondo State capital yesterday Monday July 22nd.   In ...

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as the Shiites group has alleged that 11 of its members were killed in a clash with the police in Abuja on July 22nd. It also claimed that 30 others were injured ...

DR Congo’s Health Minister, Oly Ilunga Kalenga has resigned after the responsibility for managing the country’s Ebola outbreak was taken away from him by President Felix Tshisekedi.   Kalenga’s resignation letter was shared on Twitter in protest to the decision to remove the Ebola ...

  A Channels TV reporter, Precious Owolabi, who was hit by a stray bullet on Monday in Abuja during a violent clash between the members of Shiite and police has been confirmed dead by the station. The news was confirmed ...

  A young girl of eight years, Aisha Sani, who was abducted two weeks ago in Tudunwada quarters of Kano State by unidentified lady and later turned to be an ally to kidnappers has been found dead. Aisha, who was ...

  Major General Abdulmalik Bulama Biu, the General Officer Commanding the 7 Division, has said repentant Boko Haram fighters can become the president of Nigeria. He urged the militants to have a rethink and be patriotic Nigerians by laying down ...

  A staff of Cable News Network, CNN, Stephanie Busari, has called out controversial journalist Kemi Olunloyo, over her claims that she worked at the media house. Olunloyo, on Monday on her Twitter page disclosed that she worked at CNN ...

The stand-off between Iran and the US government has gotten yet another twist, as the Middle East nation has announced that it broke a CIA spying ring and arrested 17 suspects.   An intelligence official claimed that none of the 17 suspects ...

  Protest staged by members of the Shiites movement turned bloody after some members of the movement engaged the police in a fierce gun battle at the Central Business District in Abuja, the nation’s capital.   The police had asked ...

  Recall,  viral orange seller who broke the internet few days back, with his vocals while singing Tope Alabi’s song, he has been given scholarship by Rev. Mother Esther Ajayi. Reverend Mother Esther Ajayi, is the founder of the Love ...

Lawyer to the Dakolos, Mr Femi Falana, made the revelation during a telephone conversation with The PUNCH on Monday. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, told our correspondent that the IG had assured that justice would be done in the ...

Four Albanian migrants were caught taped inside large cardboard boxes in the back of a van after they paid 700 Euros each to be smuggled into the UK.   The men were traveling from Frankfurt to Derby, in Calais before it crossed the ...

Barely 48-hours after the manner in which a police invitation was served to Timi Dakolo and his wife, Busola led to another stint of outrage on social media, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered that petitions from Pastor ...

Three ladies traveling from Lagos State to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, were on Sunday reportedly abducted by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.   The abducted ladies were identified as Okuboere, Seifefa and Amara, and the incident reportedly occurred at about ...

  A Deputy Commissioner of police in charge of Operations at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, DCP Umar, was shot dead in the cross fire between police officers and protesting members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria aka Shi’ites ...

    Gernot Rohr may resign his role as the head coach of the Super Eagles in the next days. The German man managed Nigeria to a third-place finish in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, after they missed the last ...

Nigerians are attacking Desmond Elliott online after he called for a ban on foreign movies in Nigeria to enable the growth of the Nigerian Movie Industry.   According to Nollywood actor cum politician, the Federal Government should make it difficult for foreign ...

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, wrote an open letter to President Buhari yesterday, July 21, 2019, over the insecurity explosion in different parts of the country.   The Oyo monarch in his letter title “Yoruba Question in Nigeria Conundrum”, ...

A single father shared a crying selfie moments before he took his life after he was left with just £4.61 in his bank account.   Phillip Herron, 34, quit his job in a factory to look after his three children. ...

The police says it is not aware of any petition Busola Dakolo, wife of Timi Dakolo, filed in any of its command’s against COZA pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo.   Recall that on Saturday, Timi raised an alarm on social media after he spotted ...

  A 42 year old mother of four, Grace Ogochukwu Dagbo, was killed by suspected armed robbers in Ovwian, Delta state on Saturday July 20th. A niece of the deceased, Dr Ify Nwajei, yesterday shared the sad story on Twitter, alleging that the ...