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A Nigerian living in Malaysia, Simon Adavize Momoh, who was arrested for drink-driving has been ordered to be deported, though he paid the fine for the offence. Malaysian newspapers reported that Momoh, who is married to a Malaysian and has ...

Women should postpone pregnancy until the coronavirus pandemic has passed, health officials in Brazil have warned. The Secretary of Primary Health Care of the Brazilian health ministry, Raphael Camara has said that the variants of covid in Brazil is more ...

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church, has said he won’t take the COVID-19 vaccine. Oyedepo, who spoke during the church’s Covenant Hour of Prayer programme, said he is not a guinea pig, hence would not take the vaccine. ...

Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus has struck an ambassadorial deal with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA.   Badmus displayed photos of the deal on her Instagram page, saying she is proud to be a LAWMA ambassador According to her, ...

German government has announced that it would be launching a German-West African Center for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention in Ghana. German ambassador to Ghana, Christoph Retzlaff, made this announcement on Twitter. “Excellent news: Germany will support launch of a ...

Women of reproductive age are faced with the challenge of containing the three to seven days of blood flow during their monthly menstrual cycle. Though a lot of ladies have adopted menstrual pads or tampons for their monthly periods, menstrual ...

Armed men suspected to be killer herdsmen, have butchered a family of four and three other residents of Mbamondu community, Modern Market Council Ward in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue state. Daily Post gathered that the incident occurred at ...

The Queen wiped away tears and was forced to mourn alone away from her family in St George’s Chapel during Prince Philip’s Covid-hit Windsor Castle funeral today as she said an emotional final goodbye to her ‘strength and stay’ after ...

The Lagos State Police Command says its operatives have arrested a gang of armed robbers at Ojota area of the State. According to command’s spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi the operatives of D9 (Anti Robbery) Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, ...

Some Uber and Bolt e-cab drivers in Lagos on Saturday asked the e-hailing companies to immediately increase fares being charged by the operators, failing which they would go off the roads on Monday. The e-cab operators, under the aegis of ...

Russia has detained Ukraine’s consulate general Oleksandr Sosonyuk for “spying” According to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Oleksandr Sosonyuk received classified information from law enforcement agency databases. The spying claims come amid high tension between the two ex-Soviet countries with ...

A revenue collector in the Umuleri area of Anambra State, Ifeanyi Ezinwa, is being held by the police for the murder of his relative, Chukwuebuka Iloegbunam. Ezinwa reportedly strangled 19-year-old Iloegbunam for persistently demanding repayment of N100,000 he borrowed from ...

Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command attached to the 9th Mile Police Division have arrested one Mrs. Nnenna Egwuagu for allegedly murdering her stepson. Command’s spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, said the 29-yr-old suspect, who hails from Umulumgbe in Udi Local ...

The police have taken over Mapo Hall, Ibadan the venue of the rally organised by the Prof Banji Akintoye-led Ilana Odua to sensitise people about Yoruba self-determination. Akintoye, who is an 86-year-old Emeritus Professor of History, was scheduled to lead ...

The Plateau Police Command has confirmed the killing of six persons by gunmen in Wereng community, Riyom Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Ubah Ogaba, confirmed the incident in a statement on ...

Nigerians have reacted to the eulogy by Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, the wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in a viral video where she prayed for him to have more wives which led to an outburst of laughter ...

Abductors of the 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna have demanded N500 million ransom for the release of the students. Parents of the abducted students led by their spokesman, Friday Sani made this known while ...

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) will hold a nationwide protest on April 19. The workers who have been on strike since April 6, are demanding financial autonomy for the judiciary. In a circular on Friday, JUSUN Deputy Secretary, ...

Police officers attached to Sagamu Road Division, Ikorodu in Lagos, have arrested a wanted criminal, Rasheed Isiaka. Lagos Command Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the suspect was nabbed on April 15 at about 12:10am at Olowonisaye Street in Ikorodu. ...

A former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has written a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, demanding the prosecution of social media influencer, Japheth Omojuwa. The petition titled, ‘Petition Against Mr Japheth Omojuwa for Forgery, Fraudulent ...

Ten persons have so far died in Kano State from the poisoned powdered beverage, against three confirmed barely two weeks ago. Also, those hospitalised have reached 400 from the initial 243 declared by the state government. The Commissioner for Health, ...

India saw an unprecedented surge of 217,353 coronavirus cases on Friday as authorities imposed further restrictions to contain a severe second wave of infections. This is the second consecutive day that India has recorded more than 200,000 new cases. Fresh ...

An Ekiti monarch, Oba David Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemeso in Oye Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, has been kidnapped by gunmen, the police said. ASP Sunday Abutu, the spokesman for the police, confirmed the incident and described ...

An Abuja-based pastor, Rev Emeka Evans Unaegbu has died after gunmen stormed his church in Nyanya-Jikwoyi area of Abuja.   Emeka Evans, as he was popularly called, was reported to be conducting a lone vigil in his Goodnews Power Assembly ...

A prominent Norwegian coronavirus denier has died from Covid-19 after hosting two events at his property. Hans Kristian Gaarder tested positive for the virus after dying on April 6 in Gran, a municipality that lies some 40 miles north of ...