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  An inspirational entrepreneur renowned for her passionate commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion has been named University of the West of Scotland’s Chancellor-elect. The university made this known via a statement on its website. Yekemi Otaru, a tireless passionate ...

Mrs Sylvia Ataga, the mother of the slain Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, has shared fond memories of her son who was laid to rest on Friday at Ebony Vaults in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Sylvia said her heart ...

A Kano State High Court has sentenced Paul Owne, the mastermind of the kidnapping and sale of some children in Kano, to 104 years imprisonment. The court, which was presided over by Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, handed down the sentencing on ...

  The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced in October 2021. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, disclosed this to one of our correspondents in ...

  In a bid to press for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the proscribed group has declared every Monday as a sit-at-home day in the Southeast.   IPOB’s declaration is expected to ...

The Nigerian Army said last night that troops of 202 Battalion took into custody, eight Boko Haram insurgents and their families, comprising 10 adult females and 22 children, who surrendered to troops at Ruwaza Village in Bama Local Government Area ...

Two people are reportedly missing after their vehicle was washed away by flood caused by heavy downpour in Malka village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Nation gathered the flood, which lasted for several hours from Thursday ...

  Kano State Hisbah Board has confirmed the arrest of one Yahaya Zakari, a chemist, who uses a secluded house aside from his shop to have affair with women. The suspect, who is a resident of Sabuwar Gandu in Kano ...

The slain Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, has been buried at Ebony Vaults, Ikoyi, Lagos. He was buried around 12.30pm in a low-key ceremony attended by his family members, including his wife, and friends. Journalists were restricted from ...

A former member of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Haladu Bagu, has been abducted. It was gathered that Bagu was kidnapped on Wednesday night on his way from Kano to Jigawa. Mansur Ahmed, media aide to the former Governor ...

A Ghanaian man identified as Kwadwo Samuel has alleged that he had s.e.x with thirty women without using protection. Kwadwo is currently incarcerated for hitting his wife with a stone after she confronted him about his s.e.xually indiscriminate ways. The ...

Officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI have met with the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba to demand the arrest and extradition of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari to the United States. A top source told ...

Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a popular nightclub owner identified as Tari Ajanami in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. Just last week, 80-year-old Madam Betinah Benson, mother to the serving Secretary to Bayelsa State government, Rt. Hon. Konbowei ...

  The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of a final year student of University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Ajani Samuel, over internet-related offences, including romance scam. Ajani, 25, was among the ...

In a powerful philanthropic pairing, Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott have teamed up to direct $40 million to advancing the power and influence of American women over the next decade. The donation is being awarded to winners of the ...

  An alleged mentally unstable man has been beaten to a pulp by residents of Mowe in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State for allegedly being in possession of a huge sum of money and three phones. ...

  A mum was left paralysed after falling out the bed while trying to wake her husband for sex. Sophie Rodgers, 44, said she was “bunny hopping” around her husband Guy Rodgers, 53, but “misjudged” a jump. The former supervisor ...

Kaduna State Government on Thursday said it has filed further charges against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky under the Treason and Treasonable Offences Act before a Federal High Court. This is coming less ...

Read Below;   ALLEGED INDICTMENT OF DCP ABBA KYARI: INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE ORDERS A REVIEW OF THE INFORMATION Sequel to the receipt of allegation and indictment processes from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against one of the personnel of ...

In a bid to shade Abba Kyari whose name just came up in US court documents accused of collecting money from international fraudster Hushpuppi, Deji Adeyanju has again brought up the case of Obi Cubana. Recall Cubana recently buried his ...

The Kano State Government has debunked rumours on its purported plan to ban women, regardless of their faith, from driving in the state. Muhammed Garba, the state’s information commissioner, gave the rebuttal in a statement on Thursday, in Kano. Mr ...

Buhari Oloto, the popular Lagos socialite and monarch, has passed away at the age of 80. Oloto’s death was confirmed by Hakeem Bamgbola, the vice-chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos central. It was learnt the monarch died ...

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has challenged Nigeria’s deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari to submit himself to the jurisdiction of the District Court in the United States if he is not guilty of allegations against him. Mr Kyari had denied ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded a forensic investigation into reports that the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has linked head of IGP Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, to international fraudster, Abbas Ramon, popularly known ...

U.S. Congress has put on hold a proposal to sell almost $1 billion of weapons to Nigeria over human rights abuses by the Buhari government. Reuters, which reported the Obama era-like arms embargo, relied on three sources, said to be ...