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Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president after the speaker of the parliament accepted a resignation letter sent by embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after he fled the country. Wickremesinghe on Friday asked legislators to ...

A woman, Opeyemi Ibikunle, has explained to the police in Ogun State, why she arranged for men in military uniform to kidnap a pastor in Abeokuta, the State capital. Daily Post learnt that the pastor, Mapai Samuel of ZOE Family ...

A dismissed teacher in Abuja, Igoche Daniel Adah charged with alleged s3xual molestation before an Abuja High Court is suspected to be among inmates who escaped from prison custody when some gunmen attacked the Kuje Correctional Centre last week. Adah ...

At least two persons have been hospitalized after gunmen attacked officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State. INEC Chairman, Information, Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed the development in a ...

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been honoured with the Zambia highest award of the Order of the Eagle by the President, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday, in Lusaka, the country’s capital. Two former Presidents, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia ...

  A Lagos State High Court in Ikoyi has ruled against Imagine Global Holding Company Ltd, Imagine Global Solutions Ltd, Bamise Samson Ajetunmobi and Elizabeth Anuoluwapo Ajetunmobi. On Thursday, Justice Taofiquat Oyekan-Abdullahi ordered them to pay nearly N19billion to the ...

  Actress Funke Akindele, who has put her acting career on hold for a more superior position has appeared on Channels Tv. While answering questions on why she joined politics, the actress said, she was tired of talking, and indeed ...

Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has won the Cross River North Senatorial Primary rerun Unopposed. He emerged candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Cross River North Senatorial District. He was elected at a primary election rerun ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has denied a memorandum making the rounds suggesting he asked President Muhammadu Buhari for permission to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The memorandum, dated June 24, 2022 with reference number SH/VP/605/2./0 and titled ‘Permission ...

Gatwick Airport is running out of water during the scorching heatwave, causing more chaos for the under-fire industry. A burst water main has resulted in low water pressure throughout the airport. It is reported only two toilets are working in ...

Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has tendered his resignation in a letter sent by email to parliamentary speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardenena, according to an announcement from the speaker’s office Thursday. Rajapaksa landed in Singapore on a flight from Maldives earlier ...

What happened to Akin Alabi and Shina Peller’s friendship? This is the question many in Ibadan political scene have been asking. The sudden closeness of Akin Alabi and Senator Teslim Folarin, Oyo APC’s Governorship candidate makes it more suspicious that ...

Police escorts attached to a VIP has allegedly killed two tricycle passengers. The rider was also wounded. The incident happened at Ugbolokposo in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, around 7:30pm on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. According to ...

A family member of 21-year-old student, Lois Azurfa John, who was abducted on the Kaduna-Abuja train, has asked for prayers. The 300-level student of the Kaduna State University and her cousin, Peace Aboi, 28, were among passengers kidnapped by terrorists ...

The ECOWAS Court has declared unlawful the suspension of Twitter by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and ordered the administration not to repeat it again. This development is coming on the heels of a suit by Socio-Economic Rights and ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian military officers to confront terrorists and wipe them off the face of the earth. Buhari said this in Kaduna State while celebrating the sacrifices and successes of the Nigerian military in defending Nigeria courageously, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Adetiran family, their friends and associates on the passage of an accomplished musicologist, Assistant Venerable Oluwole Isaac Adetiran, who passed on at 75. Buhari urged the family to take solace in the quality ...

A 27-year-old homeless man, David Oladokun, has been arrested for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a toddler (names withheld) in Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday. The incident occurred at about 12 noon at Olunde, Ajiyo-Ajoro areas along Olomi-Ayedun road. The ...

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 49-year-old man, Ademola Akinola, to death by hanging for shooting his elder brother to death and taking away his motorcycle. Ademola was arraigned in December 2020 for robbing and ...

Maverick entertainer and activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has asked Nigerians to fight for freedom and confront oppressors ahead of the 2023 election. Charly Boy said this via his Twitter page while querying the capability of current ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the African Action Congress (AAC) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) are yet to upload details of their governorship candidates on the electoral body’s nomination portal. While Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is the ...

  The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State Command, on Wednesday, said its operatives rescued a girl who was chained and locked up in a room for eight years by her mother. DSC Habeeb Badamasi, Spokesperson for ...

At least six persons were reported dead, while scores were injured as a result of heavy downpour in Kafin-Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The local Government Council Chairman, Muhammad Saminu disclosed this when he paid a sympathy visit ...

Mua’zu Danladi, a 25-year-old man, who is a relation of ex-Governor Ahmad Adamu Mua’zu, has been shot dead at Boto village of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Danladi was killed when gunmen invaded the residence of Muazu’s ...

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to Nigeria with their expired International Passports. Mr Aregbesola gave the directive on Wednesday, in Lagos, while responding to a ...