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Having an affair is good for your marriage, according to a new study A poll of 1,400 self-confessed love cheats found that 72% said their relationship with their hubby or wife had “improved dramatically” since they started an affair. A ...

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has stated that the administration of President Bola Tinubu took over a “dead economy” bequeathed by its predecessors Soludo made the remark during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday while analysing the ...

Gunmen invaded Zungeru in Niger State on Thursday and abducted the former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Wushishi LGA, Sule Muhammad It was gathered that the gunmen took Muhammad away after storming the town in the early ...

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Desmond Akawor, has resigned His resignation letter surfaced on Friday barely a few hours after President Bola Tinubu appointed him Federal Commissioner—representing Rivers State in the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is expected to visit Israel next week Musk plans to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, and tour Gaza border communities ravaged by the Hamas terror group’s devastating onslaught. Musk and Netanyahu held a live ...

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has warned Nigerians to look out for fake online stores ahead of the customary seasonal sales, known as Black Friday. Babatunde Irukera, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of FCCPC disclosed this in an ...

Speeding ambulance kills three in Abia A black-coloured Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) used for ambulance services has been involved in an accident in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, killing three persons. The accident which happened on Thursday, occurred in front of ...

Three Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers were killed in occupied Ukraine after a food delivery was spiked with arsenic and rat poison, reports say   A fourth security service operative is said to be in intensive care. The city’s ...

The Kogi State Government has ordered the freezing of all state and local government accounts with immediate effect. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Asiru Idris said no imprest or any form of payment should be made ...

Officers at the Police AIG zone 17 in Akure, Ondo state, today, November 23, invited Chef Dammy for questioning over petition allegedly filed against her by her pastor and also granted her administrative bail. The police said they received a petition against ...

The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged Nigerians travelling abroad to have proper documentation to avoid irregularities and unpleasant consequences Abike Dabiri-Erewa stated this when she visited some Nigerians in one of the shelters in Brampton, Canada. Dabiri-Erewa ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has warned members of the university community over s3xual harassment on campuses The ICPC said sexual harassment is a corrupt practice that attracts imprisonment terms of not less than seven years. The Secretary ...

Access Holdings chairman Bababode Osunkoya is dead The Chairman, Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc, Bababode Osunkoya, is dead. This is according to a statement filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Thursday night. It says Osunkoya died after a brief illness ...

Flash flooding in Somalia has killed 50 people and driven nearly 700,000 from their homes, a government official said, with heavy rains starting Tuesday expected to worsen the country’s plight. The Horn of Africa region is experiencing torrential rainfall and floods linked ...

Authorities in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, reported on Tuesday that 37 young people were k*lled in a stampede that occurred overnight during an army recruitment drive in a stadium. The Congolese army declared last week that it ...

Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Abba Moro, has emerged Senate Minority leader. Moro, a two term Senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was nominated by the opposition party in the red Chamber and was subsequently affirmed. He ...

Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday sentenced one Clement Ododomu to d3ath by hanging over the k*lling of Department of State Services, DSS, officers. The judge also sentenced one Tiwei Monday to 16 years in a ...

Father drags sons to court for ”stealing from him, assaulting their sister” A father living in Lagos, Ade Olowopopo has filed a lawsuit against his two sons, Kunle and Mayowa which alleged they assaulted their sister Bisi Olowopopo, and stole his belongings in ...

NAFDAC says there’s a fake injection in circulation The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has notified the public, particularly healthcare providers, to one batch of counterfeit Meronem 1g Injection being purchased in the country. The notification of ...

Adamawa Police headquarters reportedly under attack Gunmen have reportedly attacked the Adamawa State Police headquarters in the wee hours of Wednesday, sending residents of Yola into panic. The police headquarters is located at the heart of Jimeta community, in Yola ...

A yet-to-be identified official of Lagos State government has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen It was gathered that the incident occurred on Monday at the residence of the victim, popularly known as Jagaban at the Progressive Estate in Igbe-Oloja, Ikorodu. The victim, ...

At least 17 people have died after they were involved in a midnight crash They were killed in an auto crash on Tuesday at Takalafia village on Yawuri Expressway, in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State. Mr Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC Public Education ...

The Adamawa State Police Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, has warned that attack on his men would not be tolerated. Babatola said this hours after the Adamawa State Police Command headquarters came under gun attack. A resident had narrated how gunmen ...

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Osun State Chapter has embarked on an indefinite industrial action with immediate effect. The strike was declared on Wednesday by the chairman of JUSUN in the state, Oluwagbenga Olakunle Eludire. The strike is coming on ...

A woman and another Zimbabwean have allegedly been caught with a human head The human head is said to be that of her ex-boyfriend. They were caught carrying it in a suitcase earlier this month, and have now made an ...