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  Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has warned Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, that nobody wants him at the federal level ahead of the 2023 general election. Ayodele advised the All Progressives ...

The Imo State Police Command on Thursday paraded a couple, Mr and Mrs Onyekachi Alozie, for allegedly kidnaping and killing a 75-year-old man, Chief Precious Okoli. The state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, who spoke to newsmen at the command ...

  If you have a sore throat, runny nose and a headache there is a good chance it will be Covid, warn UK researchers. The Zoe Covid study team has been tracking the pandemic using feedback from the general public, ...

The power of Gen Z appears to have put TikTok on top of the internet, with the social media app overtaking Google as the most popular website of 2021. Google.com, which includes all its services from Maps, Translate, Photos, Flights, ...

Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a 55-year old man, Tunde Olayiwola, who was allegedly caught with a fresh human head meant for money ritual in Ondo, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. ...

The annual crossover services held by religious organisations across the country is under threat as the Boss Mustapha led Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 declared that indoor religious gatherings should be limited to 50 per cent with full compliance to ...

As many friends and families consider whether to celebrate Christmas together, World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a dire warning on Wednesday that “anyone who ignores COVID-19 is…perpetuating it”. WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean region, Ahmed Al-Mandhari, in his ...

The family of late Sylvester Oromoni, Jnr, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos State, who was allegedly murdered, has faulted the bail granted to the suspects by a Magistrate’s court in Yaba. On Tuesday, the Magistrate court granted bail ...

Four police personnel have been detained for allegedly extorting money from a commuter in Abuja. The officers, who were on traffic duty along Area 11, were seen in a viral video clip collecting money from the commuter, whose identity could ...

The Federal Government has introduced a suite of digital tokens to replace the aging National Identification Number slip and polycarbonate card. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said this at stakeholders workshop on the NIN Tokenization Solution ...

Boko Haram fighters have hit Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, ahead of the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari. The insurgents were said to have attacked three communities at Ngomari airport general area in Maiduguri. The attackers appeared to have targetted ...

Olori Silekunola Naomi, the wife of the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has announced her divorce from the monarch. The queen took to her Instagram handle this morning to make the announcement. “I shall no longer be referred to as ...

Abia State government has ordered the arrest and prosecution of any masquerade that harasses residents or visitors during Christmas. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chris Ezem, in a statement, warned that any masquerade caught blocking roads and extorting motorists ...

  Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested four suspected internet fraudsters over the murder of a 20-year old man, Alexander Uzoma. The command’s spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said suspects were arrested following the report lodged at Adigbe divisional ...

An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been crushed to death by a truck at Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Road in Ogun. Mr. Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, confirmed the incident to NAN in Abeokuta on Wednesday. He said ...

  Alleged closure of antenatal care services at the Edo State Government-owned Central Hospital, Benin City, on Wednesday sparked protest by some pregnant women who went there for medical check up. The protesters claimed that they were scheduled to attend ...

  Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 53-year-old block bricklayer, Michael Adebayo, who allegedly had canal knowledge of 14-year-old daughter of his friend. The offence was alleged to have been committed at ...

A newborn baby girl has been found alive in a forest with worms and insects crawling all over her. She had been there for two days and was abandoned with grazes and bruises on her face insects on her skin ...

  An Amazon delivery driver put herself in front of a ravaging Pitbull in order to save a customer’s daughter. The muscular pit bull was captured on the customer’s doorbell camera at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, when it ...

  Russian President, Vladimir Putin has warned he is willing to take ‘military measures’ in response to Western action in Ukraine. Giving the warning during a meeting at the defense ministry on Tuesday, December 20, Putin said Russia will ‘react ...

  Lagos state recorded 1552 COVID cases yesterday, as positive figures also spiked across the country. It was the first time Nigeria was experiencing a ballooning of its daily cases in new infections. The NCDC also announced four deaths that ...

  Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022, has been declared as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on ...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a 2022 budget of N17.126 trillion against the N16.391 trillion sum presented by the president. The Senate is also expected to pass the appropriation bill on Tuesday. While the major capital, recurrent, debt ...

The National Youth Service Corps, on Tuesday, broke its silence on a corps member, who made a marriage proposal to a female soldier, saying the Nigerian Army would not allow any violation of military traditions. The NYSC was reacting to ...

OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely has stepped down as chief executive and will be immediately succeeded by Amrapali “Ami” Gan, the company said on Tuesday. Gan was most recently the chief marketing and communications officer for OnlyFans and will now “assume ...