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  In a bid to boost start-up capital and place more resources at the disposal of aspiring young entrepreneurs in Nigeria, retail lender, Unity Bank Plc has increased the prize money for winners of its flagship Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, known ...

  The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has announced the tentative dates of March 11 and March 12, 2024, as the commencement dates for the annual Ramadan fast, pending the sighting of the moon after sunset on Sunday, March ...

Four yet-to-be-identified students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, in Moro local government area of the state, have been arrested by the police for allegedly beating a fellow student to death The students were arrested on Wednesday, the incident ...

Sweden has officially become the 32nd member of Nato after it completed its accession process in Washington The handover of documents took place at a ceremony two years after Sweden applied to join the military alliance following Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

Haiti’s main port, Caribbean Port Services, has halted its operations due to sabotage and looting amid escalating gang violence in Port-au-Prince Armed attacks target airport, police stations, and prisons, demanding the removal of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. A state of ...

An aide to the chairman of the Lagos State Park and Garages Management, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has died Benson was said to have died in an auto crash on Third Mainland Bridge last night. Confirming his ...

An 80-year-old man, Isiyaka Ayinde, has reportedly committed suicide in Lagos The incident reportedly happened at the Watch Tower in Araromi Imota area of the state. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. A ...

First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has said kidnappers are cowards who deserve capital punishment She also described them as evil and cruel. She said this while reacting to the news of 200 women who were kidnapped in Borno State, and over ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has hailed the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, for his philanthropy and dedication to the gospel Adeboye extols late Wigwe Adeboye said ...

A pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, has said that he would be leaving Nigeria for the United States to reunite with his family after the Federal Government discontinued ...

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, declared that it would withdraw the operating licences of power distribution companies that were intentionally not supplying electricity to consumers across the country, leading to widespread blackouts in Nigeria Power supply across the country has ...

LAWMA truck falls off bridge, kills tricycle rider Tragedy struck in the early hours on Wednesday, when an operational vehicle of Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, tumbled off Masha Bridge in Surulere Local Government Area, which left the yet to ...

Passengers today ran for their dear lives when a fire broke out at the terminal of the E-Arrival Finger of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos It was gathered that the fire outbreak led to a power outage at ...

A man has been arrested for plotting to kill his cousin and his wife Operatives attached to the State Intelligence Department, SID, of the Bauchi Police Command have arrested one Mustapha Tahiti, 35, a medical recorder with the Maternity clinic ...

One Michael Chidozie, alleged to be a pastor in one of the Pentecostal churches in Port Harcourt has been arrested and detained by the Police in Rivers State for allegedly beating his 32-year-old wife, Ufuoma Chidozie to death The victim ...

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced Wednesday that she is exiting the Republican presidential race and urged presumptive nominee Donald Trump to “earn” the support of voters who backed her “The time has now come to suspend my campaign. ...

The 14th Emir of Kano State, Mohammed Sanusi, has recounted how the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr Herbert Wigwe, came to his rescue after he was dethroned and had to leave the state Sanusi made this ...

Restaurant guests vomit BLOOD after being served DRY ICE as mouth freshener A horrifying incident unfolded at Laforestta Cafe in Gurugram, India, where a group of diners suffered severe health consequences after being served dry ice, mistaken for a sugar ...

The family of a Tennessee mother of five who died after she had an illegal Brazilian butt lift has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her doctor and the surgery center Erica Russell, 33, died on June 16, 2021, after Dr. ...

Terrifying moment lightning bolt strikes Air Canada plane just seconds after take-off A shocking video has emerged showing a huge lightning bolt hitting a Boeing 777 just after it took off. The Air Canada plane was flying from Vancouver to ...

A truck has killed a graduate of accountancy, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba   The victim, Ogechi Ezekiel, was knocked down by the truck on Tuesday while she was coming out of the polytechnic. The incident happened along Aba-Owerri Road in ...

  Senegal has set March 24 for the presidential election after the Constitutional Court deemed the proposed April 2 date unconstitutional   President Macky Sall‘s mandate ends on April 2; originally set for February 25, the election was postponed amid ...

The Association of Resident Doctors, (ARD) at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has commenced a three-day strike over alleged assault on one of their members by relatives of a patient in the hospital A statement by UCH ARD President, ...

Mass grave with 1000 skeletons found in Germany Archaeologists say they have discovered what may be the largest mass grave ever excavated in Europe at a site in southern Germany. Roughly 1,000 skeletons of plague victims have so far been ...

The Palace has broken his silence on Kate Middleton conspiracy theories as a palace spokesman says the Prince of Wales is focusing ‘on his work and not on social media’ It comes just two days after the Princess of Wales ...