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A Nigerian clergywoman identified as, Sarah Moakwu, has cautioned her church members against watching the ongoing BBNaija reality show. The show is currently one of the most watched programmes in Nigeria. The Abuja-based clergywoman, asked if Jesus would have watched ...

A teacher at the Federal Government College, Kwali in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has allegedly beaten one of her students, Yahaya Aliyu, to death. The teacher identified simply as Mrs Gibson was said to ...

    A Nigerian man has taken to social media to berate IPOB leaders for making decisions that adversely affect the Igbo people in their quest for secession. The man identified as, Uloka Chibuikem pointed out that most of the ...

  The United States said it would only recognise a Taliban government in Afghanistan if it respects the rights of women and shuns, denounces extremist movements such as Al-Qaeda. US Department spokesman, Ned Price, stated this on Monday after the ...

  A Nigerian man, Obimma Kelechi Anthony and his Thai girlfriend, Marisa Noipitak, have been arrested in Bangkok while shipping 490 grams of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) to Australia.   The Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) arrested the couple on Friday ...

The Nigerian Army has provided details of Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) members who surrendered this month. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Public Relations, in a statement on Monday, said scores of terrorists turned themselves in between ...

Olusegun Falola, one of the lawyers of Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Igboho, has disclosed why the agitator was chained by the Benin Republic security agents. Falola disclosed to that Igboho was chained to prevent him from ...

The Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday granted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, access to his family. Kanu met with his brother, Emmanuel Kanu who was in the company of his legal team at ...

A woman was on Monday, knock down by a car in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. The woman was hit by the car around Arura side, opposite WORLDIF event centre, 3KM from LAMECO roundabout in Osogbo at about 4:20 ...

A lady has shared a warning note she got from a gay man while on a coffee date with another man. According to the gist, the lady was on a date in the seat next to the man and was ...

  Jailed former South African President Jacob Zuma has undergone unspecified surgery and remains in hospital with more operations planned, prison authorities said.   Zuma, serving a 15-month sentence in Estcourt prison for contempt of court, was sent to a ...

The family of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has announced the burial activities of their late patriarch, Dr. Emmanuel Adesanya Abiodun, which will hold between September 6 and 9, 2021 in Iperu-Remo. The family, in a statement issued on ...

The Lagos State commissioner of police, Hakeem Odumosu has ordered a 24-hour stop-and-search operation and vehicular patrol in the Lekki-Ajah axis of the state. CP Odumosu’s order follows the report that armed robbers disguise as beggars to harm innocent citizens ...

A number of stowaways appear to have fallen to a horrific death from an aircraft evacuating Kabul. Footage showed countless people jumping aboard the outside of a US Air Force plane seemingly trying to take off from a runway in ...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has urged the Taliban, who seized Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, to preserve lives, property and security as stipulated by “Islamic principles.” The kingdom said on Monday it stands with the choices that the Afghan people make ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 into law. In statement issued by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari assented to the bill on Monday in his determination to fulfill his constitutional duty. The passage of the ...

Russia’s embassy in Kabul said on Monday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not all fit in, the ...

The United Apostolic Church of Christ (UACC) Worldwide has rejected same-sex marriage, saying it is un-African. UACC’s General Overseer, James Bayo-Owoyemi, described same-sex marriage as satanic and inhuman. He added saying any Western culture creeping into Africa should be subjected ...

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says it has arrested one Emmanuel Stephen for allegedly trafficking his 21-year-old girlfriend to Mali for prostitution. The agency’s Public Relations Officer, Vincent Adekoya, confirmed the arrest in a statement ...

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau, alarmed by the rapid spread of violence killing dozens of people, has held a closed-door meeting with security heads and religious leaders. The meeting followed the attack on commuters along Rukuba Road in Jos North ...

At least 28 people were killed and 79 injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon early on Sunday, the health ministry said. Military and security sources said that the army had seized a fuel storage tank hidden by ...

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has once again solicited for support from the United States and other countries in the fight against insurgency within the country’s border. In an opinion piece published on Financial Times, Mr Buhari recognised the expanding grip ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has nabbed Nigerian medical doctor, Patrick Nwaokwu, for his involvement in multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud. Mr Nwaokwu, 50, was arrested on July 9, barely 24 hours after the U.S. issued a warrant of arrest on ...

A member of the House of Representatives, representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Mr Adedayo Omolafe is dead. Omolafe, popularly called “Expensive” died in Akure, the capital city of Ondo state in early hours of Monday, ...

A prominent Afghan filmmaker recorded her dramatic flight from Kabul as Taliban forces moved in on Sunday — and begged for help on social media, saying the militants were “coming to kill us.” “The Taliban entered Kabul, unfortunately, and we ...