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The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has dismissed two appeals by the Chairman of Global Fleet Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, challenging the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria’s seizure of his assets and freezing of his bank accounts over his alleged N69.4bn ...

Hillary Clinton has for the first time publicly read the victory speech she would have given had she won the presidential election against former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016. The former U.S. Secretary of State and first lady read ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has disclosed that God told him only people destined to die of COVID-19 will be killed by the disease. Adeboye said God revealed that to him ...

A mother told how she was forced to sell one of her newborn twins in order to get money to feed the other. The Afghan mum ave the baby to a childless couple in return for $104 which she hoped ...

  The permanent secretary of the state Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and Rural Development, has been suspended over the delay in payment of the November salary of local government workers. This is contained in a statement by the ...

Edo State government said it will shut down Idogbo Secondary School in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state following the destruction of property in the school by students during a riot. It said the students who beat their ...

  In a move signaling reciprocity of action, Nigeria’s government, yesterday reduced Emirates flight to the country, both Lagos and Abuja, from daily to once weekly which would be only on Thursdays. The action followed the decision of the government ...

Controversy over the ownership of Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Ogboko, Imo State between former Governor Rochas Okorocha and the state government was laid to rest yesterday, The operating certificate for the varsity was handed over to Imo State through Governor ...

A Nigerian Adedayo Ilori, resident in Queens New York, has been charged with $7.5M fraud against the United States government, an offence that carries a sentence of 10 years in prison. Ilori, 42, was jointly charged with an American Chris ...

In spite of its controversial stand on the coronavirus disease pandemic, the Kogi State Government said about 102,000 residents have received first dose of COVID-19 vaccines during initial rounds of vaccination in the state.   Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka ...

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and world’s richest man has asked his 65.8million followers on Twitter for their opinion on whether he should quit his job and become an influencer. “thinking of quitting my jobs & becoming an influencer full-time wdyt,” ...

Nearly 250 new cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were identified in the UK on Thursday – almost doubling yesterday’s daily total.   It brings the official count in the UK to 817 – though the true figure is ...

A Delta State local government worker, identified only as Nwosu, is on the run after allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl to death at Issele Uku community in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state. Pumch Metro gathered that ...

Chile has approved a landmark law allowing same-sex marriage in the historically Catholic country. The legislation, overwhelmingly approved by parliament on Tuesday, also enables gay couples to adopt children. The bill was supported by President Sebastián Piñera, who has to ...

If 2021 was tough for you, you’re not alone. Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates said the current year has been “the most unusual and difficult year” of his life. His divorce from Melinda French Gates, the loneliness of the ...

The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as the Amotekun Corps, on Thursday, said it impounded over 50 unregistered vehicles in the ongoing stop-and-search exercise across the state. The corps said it also impounded vehicles that had tinted glasses ...

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, said the state has suffered ‘too much’ from religious conflicts. El-Rufai made this statement during the foundation laying ceremony for the permanent site of the Kaduna Centre for the Study of Christian–Muslim Relations, ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed against the Federal Government for directing television and radio stations to delete their Twitter accounts. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and ...

A lady has narrated how a Nigerian lady got sacked at her working place for bleaching.   The lady who shared the story said, the lady in question didn;t bleach well as her knuckles were all left dark.   After ...

Lagos stae Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has cancelled the peace walk that was meant to herald the healing of the state. Sanwo-Olu had invited the youth, some celebrities, civil society organisations, the media and other groups to join him in the ...

Pope Francis has said that s3x outside of marriage is not the most serious sin.   The leader of the Catholic church said this during a press conference aboard his flight back to Italy from Greece on Monday when he ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with parents, relations and friends of the Ojodu Grammar School students who lost their lives in an accident on Tuesday, along the Isheri Road, Ojodu, in Lagos State.   His condolences were conveyed in a ...

Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola yesterday said the recent frequent jailbreaks across the country will not be a good reason for him to resign his position as minister. Aregbesola said this while addressing State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual Federal ...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has barred all flights from Nigeria effectively ending all hopes for those planning to attend the lesser hajj. Although the reason was not expressly stated, it said all non-citizens with history of travel to Nigeria ...

The Ojodu Local Council Development Association has revealed the identities of secondary school students killed by a truck in the Ojodu area of Lagos State on Tuesday. The students were going home after closing from school around 2 pm when ...