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The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the registration, verification and linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards to June 30. This is contained in a statement co-signed by Director, Public Affairs, Dr. ...

Not fewer than 30 people have been killed while the military formation in Ajiri, Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, was dislodged after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked the village, Daily Trust reports. It was learnt that the outlawed ...

Bloomberg has delisted Bill Gates, one of the world’s richest men, from its billionaire index, following the announcement of a divorce from Melinda Gates. On Monday, the co-chairs of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced their divorce after 27 ...

The Nigerian military has warned politicians and soldiers against any military coup in Nigeria. The Defence Headquarters in a statement by its spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, said it was reacting to a statement by a senior lawyer calling for the handing ...

Wives of criminals have shared the realities of what it’s like being married to someone who’s committed a crime and is serving time in prison.   Writing on the US-based anonymous sharing app Whisper, the women discussed infidelity, with one ...

A mum from the UK has died in hospital after undergoing cosmetic surgery to her buttocks. Ronilza Johnson, 46, was pronounced dead by medics on Saturday, following a botched job on her body by a now-closed clinic. She was taken ...

The Federal Government has reacted to a viral video showing about 500 Nigerians being humiliated in Ghana. Some Nigerians could be seen in the viral video pleading for help after they were arrested and kept at the border area. Speaking ...

Chief Robert Clarke (SAN), while reacting to the insecurity challenges in Nigeria has warned that Nigeria may not survive the next six months. “Many things are happening and I swear by my father’s grave if care is not taken Nigeria ...

  Bill Gates, the third-richest man in the world, announced on Monday that he and his wife Melinda “have made the decision” to end their marriage.   The American business magnate and co-founder of Microsoft said they “no longer believe” ...

The Police in Kwara have arrested a 24-year-old man, Kehinde John Moses, with a bag containing a freshly severed human head and hand. Moses was arrested along Ajase-Ipo road during stop and search duty. The Commissioner of Police in the ...

Five days after allegedly killing a 100-level student of the Imo State University, Divine Nwaneri, in front of the state Government House, soldiers have allegedly shot and killed a businessman, Noel Chigbu. The victim’s elder brother and spokesman for the ...

As the announcement of Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce after 27 years continues to gather mammoth reactions across the world, Nigerians have expressed mixed feelings too over the billionaire couple’s sudden break-up. Bill had tweeted that they were getting divorced ...

  The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has explained the delay in the final retrieval of the £4.2million Ibori loot from the United Kingdom (UK) was as a result of some logistic challenges ...

Facebook’s independent oversight board said it would issue its final ruling on whether to leave in place a ban on former US President Donald Trump, who was removed from the platform for inciting violence. A statement on Monday from the ...

Local hunters in Ogun state have continued to kill elephants as the 4th one in 2 years has just been brought down. However what seems like good news to the local hunters isn’t exactly good news to the Elephant Protection ...

  The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has called on those clamouring for secession to jettison such an idea. Speaking at the Special Ramadan Prayer Tafsir (Lecture) for Lagos State and Nigeria, held at the ...

The National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has called on aggrieved regions clamouring for secession to jettison the idea as the country is better together than separated. Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, made the call in ...

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has lend his voice to call that justice must be served to those behind the rape and murder of Miss Iniobong Umoren. Atiku in a statement on his Twitter page condoled with the family of Iniobong ...

  The body of a 300-level Law student of the Imo State University, Owerri, Kingsley Chiwueze, has been found five days after he went missing. Chiwueze was on Monday declared missing after efforts made to find him proved abortive. Punch ...

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to fix Nigeria’s security challenges. The monarch made this known at the 51st birthday celebration of Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams held on ...

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state has been set ablaze. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed the incident in a ...

Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed Hon. Adebayo Solomon Akeweje, the Commissioner in the Kogi State Pension Board. According to reports, he was shot dead on Saturday evening, May 1 along Yagba – Ilorin Road in Kogi State. Akeweje’s driver, who ...

Iniobong Umoren, the lady reported missing on Twitter, is dead. The news of her demise was announced by Twitter user @UmohUduak1, who had initiated the search for her missing friend on April 29. On Sunday morning, @umohuduak1 uploaded a video ...

Forty-two persons from the northern part of the country who arrived Ondo State with unknown mission have been returned to their states of origin. The suspected invaders, who were rescued from being lynched at Okitipupa by the Amotekun Corps, were ...

A staff of Access Bank PLC, Elizabeth Modupe Osunjuyigbe has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly diverting over N34 million. She was arrested by the EFCC on Friday, April 30, 2021. A statement issued ...