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A Nederlander, Wiebe Boer is celebrating becoming a farmer in Nigeria. Boer took to his LinkedIn page to celebrate this. He shared pictures of the large farm located in Kwall, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. Boer, born in ...

Yoruba leaders, including monarchs, have rallied support for Yoruba rights activists, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who has been arrested in Benin Republic. Some of the leaders, who spoke to Punch on the telephone on Tuesday morning, said ...

A 31-year-old Nigerian woman, Ate Joy Veronica is dead four days after her wedding. Veronica and her husband, Irabor Samuel had their traditional and court weddings on June 25 and 26 respectively. She was said to have fallen sick on June ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced the process to extradite Sunday Igboho from Benin Republic, Daily Post reports. The Yoruba agitator was apprehended in the neighboring country on Monday night. Nigeria is not expected to face resistance from the ...

The Police in Borno have announced the restriction of vehicular movement in Maiduguri, as part of security measures during the Eid prayer. A statement signed by the Spokesman of the Command, SP Edet Okon, said the measure was among others ...

Bola Tinubu, has called on Nigerians to remember President Muhammadu Buhari, the governors, and other leaders in their prayers as they confront the challenges facing the country. Mr Tinubu said this is his Eid-el- Kabir statement. “By so doing, together ...

The Second inland bridge constructed by former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, in the Owerri metropolis, has caved. This was confirmed yesterday in Owerri, when the Owerri Capital Development Authority, OCDA, blocked the entrance into the affected road to avert ...

  Simon Ekpa, one of the disciples of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has referred to the arrest of the Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, as a call for war, Daily Post reports. Recall ...

Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on July 3, died from a missile injury. This was revealed by the report of an autopsy conducted on the remains ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources says the pump price of petrol in Nigeria may rise up to as much as N1000 per litre when the petrol subsidy regime comes to an end without an alternative energy source. DPR Director, Sarki ...

  Lawmaker Shina Peller has donated rams to 500 families in his constituency — Iseyin in Oyo State. Shina who is also celebrating Eid with them was physically present to ensure fair distribution. More photos…  

  President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Muslims over their Eid El-Adha festival, adding that flood and insecurity caused the increase in rams, cows, and other food prices. In his message marking the Muslim occasion, the President restated the determination of ...

  A Casablanca court sentenced prominent Moroccan journalist and activist Omar Radi to six years in prison on Monday after finding him guilty of espionage and s3xual assault. His colleague, Imad Stitou, was convicted of “participation in r3pe” and sentenced ...

Eight persons including two aide workers and a relation of Governor Samuel Ortom were, Sunday, reportedly killed during a raid on Nzorov and Uvir council wards of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen. Vanguard gathered that ...

  The Yoruba nation Freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Ugboho has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Reports have it that he was nabbed by security forces in Benin Republic at an airport in Cotonou on Monday ...

Lagos have ended over more vehicles and bulletproof vests to police. The vehicles and bulletproof vests are meant for the Police Rapid Response Squad in the state.    

  A Chinese vet has died after contracting a rare infectious disease from primates, known as the Monkey B virus. The 53-year-old victim, based in Beijing, was the first documented human case of the illness in China. According to the ...

Prince Charles and wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, dumped their face masks for a cathedral visit on Britain’s post-COVID-restrictions ‘Freedom Day’. The U.K. Government has removed the majority of coronavirus rules in England, as the nation attempts a return ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointment of Prof Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi as Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council(NECO). He replaces Prof Godswill Obioma who passed away on May 31, 2021. According to a statement by Head, Information and Public ...

Despite warnings to participants to “avoid unnecessary forms of physical contact” at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, organisers are expected to hand out 160,000 branded condoms. Thousands of athletes will stay at the Olympic Village during the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Games, ...

At least 31 people were killed when torrential rain swept through India’s financial capital late on Sunday, triggering landslides that crushed cars and houses while leaving neighborhoods devastated. Twenty-one people died in the Mumbai suburb of Chembur, in India’s western state ...

Thirteen police officers have been killed after bandits ambushed mobile operatives who were responding to distress calls in communities within and around Kurar Mota village in Bungudu LGA of Zamfara State. Confirming the attack which took place on Sunday, spokesperson of ...

Two vaccination centres have been ransacked in France amid protests over the government’s introduction of tougher coronavirus rules. One site in south-east France was vandalised and flooded with fire hoses on Friday night, authorities said. A day later, another clinic ...

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been released from hospital four days after being admitted with serious intestine problems. Mr Bolsonaro, 66, had been suffering persistent hiccups for 10 days. There have been concerns about the far-right leader’s health since ...

No fewer than 40 pastors of Bishop David Oyedepo’s church, the Living Faith Church Worldwide have reportedly been sacked for not generating enough revenue in their branches. This was revealed by one of the pastors, Peter Godwin, who was said ...