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Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has appealed to unemployed youths in the country to be patient with the government of the President Muhammadu Buhari. Commenting on the rising unemployment index of young Nigerians in the last six ...

They are both in London. The President is said to have visited the APC national leader, and a former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu at home. In photos shared, Tinubu is seen using a walking stick to aid ...

  The Kebbi Epidemic Rapid Response Team on Thursday gave the information. It said 146 people have died following cholera outbreak in the state this year alone. The leader of the team and Permanent Secretary, Kebbi Ministry of Health, Dr ...

  Residents of Kinyach in Baringo North sub-county, Kenya are still reeling in shock after a man was caught engaging in a s.e.xual act with a cow. Jackson Kakugo, who is in his early 20s, is said to have entered ...

Abducted Niger State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, has regained his freedom. It is said Muhammed was taken away from his residence, around 11pm on Sunday. The kidnappers had established contact with his family, demanding N500 million in ransom ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted bail to the 22-year-old man, Joshua Adeyinka Kayode, who allegedly used a fake investment scheme to defraud 170 people of N10.7billion. Justice Nicholas Oweibo granted him bail in the sum of N2 ...

There is crisis in the Osun State chapter of the South-West’s security network, popularly known as Amotekun, over the mismanagement of over N29million given to the outfit, according to SaharaReporters. Already, the local hunters in the state had pulled out ...

A Final Year student of the Tai Solarin University of Education Ijagun, Ogun State, Oshokoya Deborah Ayomikun, who recently completed her final year exams, has allegedly committed suicide. It was gathered that Ayomikun, who was a student of Adult Education, ...

The Nigeria High Commission in London has shutdown its operation for 10 days after two of its officials tested positive for Covid-19. One of the officials, it was learnt returned positive after the test was administered on him when he ...

Rebecca Enonchong, a Cameroonian tech entrepreneur, has been arrested and brought before a court in Douala, in Cameroon’s Littoral Region, according to her lawyer and another close associate. Enonchong has been in government custody since her arrest on Tuesday, social ...

The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of new rates for vehicle number plates and driving licence across the country. According to the Joint Tax Board, Nigerians will now pay N18,750 for standard private and commercial number plates against the ...

The Federal Government has announced the reopening of Eko Bridge, which had been under repairs, to traffic on Friday, Aug. 13. In a statement on Thursday night, Mr Olukayode Popoola, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos said the 10-week ...

A suspected hacker, Femi Salau, has been arrested by the police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State for allegedly hacking into the system of a first generation bank to defraud it of about N1.868bn. Two Bureau De Change operators, who ...

The Ogun State Police command has said Alhaji Mushafau Bakare, Chief Imam of Atiba community in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State who was found dead in his car was not murdered. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State police spokesman, said the cleric ...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three armed bandits; Adamu Shehu, Tukur Mohammed and Ibrahim Suleiman while they were on an attack mission in Katsina State. The agency recovered three AK 47 rifles among other ...

Corps members on Thursday replaced the striking doctors in the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. NAN reports that the National Association of Resident Doctors directed its members across the country to embark on a total ...

A Yola chief magistrate court has sentenced Ali Yakubu Numan, a businessman, to two and a half years in prison for calling Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, Adamawa governor, “father of all thieves”. The businessman, who described Fintiri as “a thief and ...

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has urged youths in the country against social vices. The student organisation said this in a statement by its President, Mallam Miftahudeen Thanni, on Thursday, to commemorate the 1443AH Islamic ...

Sheikh Mushafau Bakare, Chief Imam of Atiba community in Ijebu-Ode was found dead in his car after he was reportedly abducted. According to reports, the imam was allegedly kidnapped by unknown assailants on Wednesday at his residence in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun ...

A new photo has showed how Pastor Moses Adeeyo and his new wife – Tina ”are ignoring” the world to enjoy their marital bliss. The couple got married over the weekend and a day after, Tina’s husband, Bright Ben called ...

The Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has released a Youtuber, Israel Balogun, who was earlier detained over allegations of criminal defamation and cyberstalking levelled against him by the General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has declared social media big boy, Opa6ix and three others wanted for computer related fraud. The commission today released the photos of the suspects as well as relevant details. Those declared wanted include ...

Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry formally apologized Thursday for the manhandling of a Nigerian diplomat by its immigration officials. It also announced it had launched a formal investigation of the incident. Nigeria earlier this week recalled its ambassador to Indonesia and summoned ...

China on Thursday sentenced Gu Guoming, a former senior banker at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to life in jail after being found guilty of bribery, state media said on Thursday. China’s top anti-graft body has put high-profile ...

Wahala! Angel has told Jackie B that Michael’s pen!s is small. This happened when Jackie disclosed if all housemates were brought together, she would choose Michael over any other man in the house. Jackie B who admitted that she likes ...