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Ghanaian businessman Bernard Antwi Boasiako has pledged to bring stability back to Chelsea after confirming to Sportsmail that he is interested in bidding for the club. Claims emerged last week that the gold mine owner was exploring an offer to ...

  Fire has gutted the exhibit dump of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The facility is located at Iriebi in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. ...

Senator Patrick Osakwe, who represented Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State from 1999 to 2007 has been reported dead. A Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Delta State on Media, Ossai Ovie Success, who made this know on ...

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday assured Lagosians to go about their daily activities without fear, saying it has deployed “massive” patrol teams in every nook and cranny of the state to forestall the breakdown of law and order. ...

The National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State, has debunked claims of a planned protest by members of the transport union in various areas in the state. A widely circulated message had alerted members of the public to be ...

Russia announced sanctions Tuesday against Americans including President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In a statement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the restrictions which came amid waves of sanctions by the US and ...

The Force headquarters has debunked insinuations making the rounds that personnel of the Nigerian Police Force were planning to embark on strike over non-implementation of the new salary package approved for the police calling it fake and mischievous. A statement ...

A 21-year-old man has been charged with touching a woman’s buttocks in Nairobi CBD. Ramadhan Johnson, who has been charged at Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, is alleged to have committed the offence along Murang’a Road. “You are charged that ...

A Consultant Pathologist at the Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State, Dr Clement Vhriterhire, who carried out the initial autopsy on late Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), a pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, who died in controversial circumstances, on Monday, told a coroner ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Osondu Victor Igwilo and three others for a $100m fraud. EFCC in a statement said Igwilo has been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

A 14-year-old female nanny, Chiamaka, has been arrested for allegedly strangling her mistress’ son, one Jayden Osokolo. It was learnt that the girl was brought from Enugu by the victim’s mother to work as a housemaid and take care of ...

The police have arrested five members of a robbery gang reportedly based in Lagos State while terrorising Iperu/Sagamu/Ode-Remo areas of Ogun State. The suspects – Moruf Abidogun, Usman Adeyemi, Fisayo Aliu, Afees Adesina and Dauda Lekan – were arrested on ...

The Minister of Power Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu is holding an emergency meeting with all the stakeholders in the power sector to address the current low power generation which has caused epileptic power supply across the country. The minister warns ...

  The rift between Governor Godwin Obaseki and Governor Nyesom Wike has taken a new twist as the Rivers governor fires back at his Edo State counterpart. Addressing a crowd at an event on Monday in Rivers State, Governor Wike ...

  A 39-year-old woman has been killed after falling from the ninth floor of a block of flats in Russia while having sex, but her partner survived after landing on top of her. The woman was found dead at the ...

  China appears to be losing the battle to contain COVID-19, but it’s not yet ready to admit defeat. Facing the worst national outbreak since the first wave of the pandemic, authorities have introduced lockdown restrictions in cities across the ...

The national grid, on Monday, experienced its second collapse in 2022 resulting in blackout across the country. The states affected include Lagos, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, among others. Confirming the development in a text message to ...

Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two people while others were injured just as 18 camels were also killed in a ghastly accident involving a hummer bus and a flock ...

Bakers under the aegis of Premium BreadMakers Association of Nigeria are mulling a total shutdown of operations, following steady and fast increases in the price of diesel in the past few days. The association said the continued rise in the ...

There was drama in court today as Ramatu Yakubu Kyari, the wife of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, slumped shortly after a Federal High Court, Abuja, adjourned the bail application of her husband till March 28, ...

A man says he woke up to meet a baby abandoned in front of his house at Abule Egba, Lagos. The Twitter user raised the alarm discovering the baby was dumped with no adult in sight. According to Josh Euronaire, ...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a model leader who respects other people’s beliefs, saying he has not had any dispute with him since they took over power in 2015. Osinbajo said this when the ...

A 24-year-old Chukwuka Igbonekwu has reportedly died after drinking sniper at the weekend at Ambrose Okereke Street, behind Steve Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State. The Guardian learnt Igbonekwu, who was planning his traditional marriage and wedding for next month, ...

Two members of a notorious kidnap syndicate which has been on the wanted list of the police have been arrested in Ogun State. The suspects, Jato Abu Bello and Muhammad Suleiman, were apprehended by operatives of Ogun State Police Command ...

Former President Barack Obama announced Sunday afternoon: ‘I just tested positive for COVID’, but said Michelle is still clear of coronavirus. ‘I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,’ the former president tweeted in ...