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  President Muhammdu Buhari has revealed that he insisted his second wife must be an AA genotype after losing two of his children by his late wife, Safinatu, to sickle cell anemia. Buhari made this assertion while speaking at a ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, revealed how he came from a very poor background. Adeboye, who spoke during a sermon on Sunday themed ‘Perfect Gift’, aired live on his Facebook page, said ...

  The Chief Executive officer of Max Air, Bashir Mangal, is dead. Mangal died in the early hours of Friday, December 23, 2022. A statement by the media consultant to the airline said: “Inna lillahi wa inna Ilaihi rajiun, this ...

  The Taliban’s treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan may amount to “a crime against humanity”, G7 foreign ministers said on Thursday, demanding the ban on women attending university be reversed. “Taliban policies designed to erase women from public ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Benin arrested Irabor Kennedy Osasogie for alleged fraud following a petition by Antje, a German citizen. The victim complained to the commission that Osasogie, 21, defrauded her of €17,000. The petitioner ...

  In his latest onslaught against the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Governor Nyesom Wike has sealed off the Rivers State Atiku/Okowa campaign office. The office, located at the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, was sealed off for producing noisy political ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday bowed to pressure from many Nigerians and lawmakers as it announced an upward review of its cash withdrawal limits directive. Individuals can now withdraw N500,000 cash weekly and corporate entities can ...

  Motorists will pay toll on the Second Niger Bridge in due course, the Federal Government said on Wednesday. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) said the bridge, in the meantime, has been opened to ease movement during ...

  Troops of 82 Division in conjunction with the Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Police and Department of State Services, DSS have raided camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and its militant wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN ...

  Police in Nasarawa State has found a 9-year-old missing boy Hassan Mallam Tsalha, from Jigawa State. This was contained in a press statement issued to newsmen signed by the command DSP Ramhan Nansel. He explained that the Police on ...

  There has been an upsurge in suicide, especially among young people, in the last twelve months. On a frequent basis, suicide cases continue to flood social media space, with many instances under-reported. It is even more worrisome to know ...

  A female traveller, Lucy Jeremiah, who was abducted by a nine-man kidnap gang in Plateau State, has narrated how she fought the gunmen to escape from the bush where she was held captive. It was learnt that the kidnappers ...

  Nigerian doctor, Femi Olaleye’s wife who accused her husband of r3ping her niece, has told the court how he allegedly gave her sleeping pills in the night to sleep with her 16-year-old niece. On Monday, Aderemi Faleye delivered a ...

  The first bank notes featuring King Charles III have been unveiled by the Bank of England. The Bank said the King’s portrait will be the only change on existing designs of its £5, £10, £20 and £50 polymer plastic ...

  A Kenyan businessman facing fraud allegations shocked court attendees on Monday, December 19 after he attempted to display his manhood in court claiming that he was brutally assaulted by police officers from Central Police Station in Nairobi after his ...

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified Nigerians about counterfeit gen Covid-19 Antigen rapid test kits in circulation. The notification is contained in a NAFDAC public alert released to newsmen on Sunday in ...

  The Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has been sentenced to two years for breaching the Money Laundering Act. Okupe was convicted of the offence on Monday by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice ...

  The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested one Ikenna Ogbonna Ota, a native of Azuoto Okpoitumo community in Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state. Ota was arrested for stealing and presenting a stolen cow ...

  A 35-year-old auxiliary nurse, Jimoh Ganiyat, has been arrested by the police for allegedly injecting a 22-year-old graduate, Omosebi Tomiwa, in the nerve and thereby causing permanent disability to one of his legs. The suspect who had allegedly in ...

  A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reportedly stopped the Department of State Services from arresting the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over allegations bothering on “acts of financing terrorism, fraudulent activities and economic ...

  A businessman in Ugbe, Akoko Northeast local government area of Ondo State, Mr. Augustine Okoye, has been killed by his abductors after payment of ransom. It was learnt that Okoye was kidnapped with his wife along the Isua-Ise Akoko ...

  No fewer than 20 persons have been feared dead following an outbreak of cholera disease in Ekureku community in the Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State. Ekureku, made up 12 villages, shares boundary with some parts of ...

  The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the upper Sharia court in Kano for sentencing a cleric to death for committing blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Delivering judgment on Thursday, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, the presiding kadi(judge) ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has countered claims that its new policy limiting cash withdrawals is targeted at point-of-sales (PoS) agents in particular. Though the apex bank, on December 6, set the weekly withdrawal limit at N100,000 and ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its operatives have rescued seven Chinese nationals from captivity in Kaduna state. On June 29, the Chinese nationals were kidnapped at a mining site in Ajata, Aboki in Shiroro LGA of Niger state. During ...