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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed regrets over the pipeline explosion that occurred in Osisioma Ngwa community of Abia State on Friday, October 12, 2018. Although he described the incident, which claimed more than 100 persons, as an “unnecessary loss of ...

Nigerians on twitter are urging the Federal Government to scrap the tax on sanitary pads in-order to make it more affordable for women and young girls. More comments below.    

A wife has cried out after her husband annulled their wedding without her knowledge then got married to another woman. Mrs Bibiana Linus Onyeulo said her husband, Mr Linus Uzodinma Chibuzo Onyeulo, who married her in the Catholic Church, annulled ...

President Buhari has condemned the latest communal violence in Kasuwan Magani in Kaduna State which claimed 55 lives.   Reacting to the violent clashes, President Buhari said the frequent resort to bloodshed by Nigerians over misunderstandings that can be resolved peacefully, ...

Yesterday, leader of the proscribed IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, resurfaced in Israel after a year of him going missing. As expected, many of his followers went in excitement on social media. Now, presidential aspirant under the National Interest Party (NIP), Eunice Atuejide, ...

Barely two days after becoming the first industrialised nation to legalise marijuana, Canadian stores are already running low on stock.   According to the Daily Mail, Canadians seeking out legal recreational marijuana on Thursday not only had to contend with ...

Senator Magnus Abe, the lawmaker representing Rivers East Senatorial District has denied rumours of him dumping the ruling All Progressives Congress for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.   Abe denied some online reports of his defection in a chat with ...

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After creating one goal and scoring another, Lionel Messi was replaced in the first half of Barcelona’s LaLiga game against Sevilla on saturday evening.   The Argentina superstar scored Barca’s second with a gorgeous 20-yard finish after a swift breakaway ...

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said the Federal Government has not rendered any financial assistance to alleviate the plight of those affected by flood. He also said the state had spent about N500 million on the upkeep of ...

I just watched a video of “Nnamdi Kanu in Israel”.  And truly, it was him. In the video, he stands before the Wailing Wall, “wailing”; a voice in the background spits platitudes as the “supreme leader” prays. He then terminates ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has again reiterated his respect for former President, Goodluck Jonathan, for accepting the outcome of the 2015 presidential election. Speaking on Thursday evening while hosting some entertainers from Kannywood, the North’s movie industry, to a dinner at ...

Few hours back, I strolled into one of the key offices under the office of the president of the federal republic of Nigeria with a singular matter for constructive dialogue with a friend who is a senior aide of President ...

Residents of Abuja were greeted to a shower of hailstones on Friday. The hail, which fell in some parts of the city, caused cracks on some windscreens. It also led to traffic gridlock, as motorists were forced to park and ...

While one remains genuinely non-committal, the other welcomes the stranded victims in its bowels, then sneeze them out at the slightest tickle, most times, out of a selfless attempt to remain non-aligned. That is the reality spun by the President ...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned Africa Independent Television (AIT) to be careful in its usage of “user-generated content from the social media” on Kakaaki Social, a recent introduction to the early-morning show that extracts social-media comments on current ...

Since late Thursday night, the media has been agog with news of the announcement of Naomi Silekunola Oluwaseyi as the new queen of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunmusi. Naomi, 25, is based in Akure, the Ondo State capital, ...

Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo restated the Federal Government’s commitment to addressing flooding in Bayelsa State. He described the flood situation in the state as a monumental disaster, after a visit to affected farmlands, houses and communities. Osinbajo, in the company of ...

World Wrestling Entertainment and National Wrestling Alliance have confirmed the death of former wrestler Dick Slater.   The American, whose cause of death is yet to be known died at the age of 67 earlier today after over two decades ...

A 60-year-old woman gave birth to her first child after being married for 36 years. Mr & Mrs Bose Joda had their bundle of joy after waiting for over three decades and they named the child Ore Ofe Oluwatodimu Joda.   The ...

The horrifying moment a herd of elephants charged at two hunters who killed one member of their herd was caught on video. Video footage shows two armed men trying to sneak up on the herd of elephants in Namibia. They are seen ...

The Kano ‎government has approved compulsory drug test for all political appointees, its civil servants and any student that is seeking admission into the tertiary institutions in the state.   The state commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this on ...

A British woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after her British husband was found stabbed to death on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi after a row. John William Jones, 62, was found on the floor of his house with ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna Zonal office has investigated a case of conspiracy and theft reported to the Commission by an exceptional father. The father (name witheld) in April 2017 became a whistleblower after his son (then ...

Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been thrown into mourning following the murder of the State Treasurer, Moses Adeoye on Wednesday night.   According to reports, Adeoye was shot dead in his house in Otun-Ekiti, headquarters of Moba ...