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Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has joined some All Progressives Congress (APC) bigwigs for the wedding of President Buhari’s son. Buhari’s only son is getting married to a daughter of Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero, Emir of Bichi. The town ...

Nasarawa State has recorded at least 800 cholera cases across 13 local government areas. The Director of Public Healthcare in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Alhassan-Adamu, disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust on Thursday in Lafia, ...

Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation on Thursday said no money is missing from the Federation account. This was contained in a clarification note released by the AuGF’s press unit. “The Auditor-General for the Federation (AuGF), Mr Aghughu Adolphus ...

  A woman born with two uteruses says having sex is “like doing the lottery”. Reiley Davis discovered she had uterus didelphys, also known as a double uterus, aged 16 during a smear test. The condition is an irregularity that ...

  The oldest chimpanzee in Europe has died aged 49 years old, it has been announced. Judy the chimp was born in 1972 and died at the park in Bussolengo in the Veneto region in northern Italy last Wednesday. She ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja today for the wedding of his only son Yusuf to Zahra Nasir Bayero, the daughter of Emir of Bichi. Aso Rock will be on shutdown for the wedding as the President yesterday despatched his ...

Osaze Osemwingie-Ero, a former Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, has cried out regarding the plight of over 300 Nigerian youths ‘illegally’ detained in Italian prisons for contrived charges on mafia-related offences. At a meeting with ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday evening refused to grant an ex-parte application seeking to restrain the Nigeria Police and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari. ...

The Federal Government has said Twitter has agreed to seven out of the 10 demands put forward to lift Twitter suspension. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this during an interview with newsmen in Washington. The minister ...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has on Thursday said that God is set to give Nigeria a new beginning. This is as he said that it is in the nature of God to create new beginnings and Nigeria is on ...

After taking over the capital of Afghanistan, the Taliban has now unveiled their special force which is well equipped with modern gears.   The unit is reportedly named after the Battle of Badr that is written about in the Qur’an, ...

  A woman has been jailed after launching a hate campaign against herself, causing police to waste hundreds of hours after they thought she was targeted by someone else. She sent herself abusive texts and graffitied her own house as ...

  The Police Service Commission has setup a fresh probe panel to look into the case of Abba Kyari. Hushpuppi and five gang members were arrested for allegedly being involved in fraud and laundering money meant to finance a school ...

Embattled national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, met former President Olusegun Obasanjo behind closed doors on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Messrs Obasanjo and Secondus claim their discussions centred around “nation-building.” “One thing that Secondus told me ...

Two underaged herders have been arrested by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, for flouting the government’s directive on open grazing in the state. The six-year-old herders were arrested for harassing a septuagenarian in Kajola area ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released former Abia State Governor, Senator Theodore Orji. The Senator was reportedly on his way to London when he was picked up by EFCC operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on ...

The Nigerian Navy has apprehended four stowaways caught onboard MT RIVER SHINER vessel at the Lagos anchorage. The BEECROFT patrol team made the arrest during a routine harbour patrol. Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT Commander, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, made the ...

Two Nigerian women have been arrested in Bengaluru, a city in India, for their continued stay after the expiration of their visas. African women arrested by police during a raid against African nationals who stayed in the city after their ...

A former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Orji, who is a sitting Senator was arrested on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while trying to ...

Talibans have said there won’t be secrecy anymore and the world will soon see all their leaders. They made this known during a press conference yesterday. The leaders also interacted with journalists who were present. “Slowly, gradually, the world will ...

The Lagos government has ordered street beggars and traders to leave the state. A Special Task Force has been established. The authorities say criminals hide under such acts to attack motorists and residents. Commissioners for Youth and Social Development, Olusegun ...

The police command in Yola, says it has mounted surveillance to uphold existing public order and ensure that the expected visit of President Muhammadu Buhari, to Yola, on Friday, is hitch-free. A statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, ...

  Cultists have been on a rampage at Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Daily Post gathered that the clash led to the death of one student on Thursday morning at the ...

Mohammed Fawehinmi, the first son of the late human rights lawyer Chief Gani Fawehinmi, died from COVID-19 related complications, the family has clarified. The 52-year-old passed on in Lagos. The family gave the clarification at a briefing in Lagos today, ...

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a nationwide lockdown after the country confirmed one coronavirus case — the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in the community since February.   Ardern told a press conference Tuesday authorities were assuming ...