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Yoruba rights activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has distanced himself from a trending statement that angry Yoruba youths would invade the palace of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo. Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, had in a viral video ...

A Lagos Federal High Court has ordered extension of the deadline to link national identification number (NIN) with SIM by two months. Justice Maureen Onyetenu ordered the extension while delivering a ruling in a suit filed by Monday Ubani, former ...

Former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha is 56 today. To mark his special day, just like many, he took to his Instagram page to share a massive throwback photo. He thanked God for a day like this and how his ...

E be like say Goldtiful does not understand what Bob meant when he called himself their ”mummy”. A crossdresser, Goldtiful has slammed Bobrisky saying he calls himself their ”mummy” but has refused to support any of them. He says Bobrisky ...

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Haliru Nababa as the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service. This was announced in a Tweet by the Nigeria Senate. “The Nomination of Haliru Nababa is CONFIRMED as Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional ...

Nigerian actor, Godwin Maduagu, has threatened he might take his own life months after his s3x tape was leaked online. Recall in January, the actor’s alleged gay s3x tape was shared online. And on Thursday, in a question and answer ...

Four Kenyan policemen will stand trial for the murder of a British aristocrat who died in police custody in 2012, a judge ruled this week. Alex Monson the 28-year-old son and heir to the 12th Baron Monson was found dead ...

Professor Banji Akintoye’s led Ilana Omo Oodua has berated the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, for rejecting the agitation for the creation of a Yoruba nation. Akeredolu had during the swearing-in of Princess Oladunni Odu as the new Secretary ...

There was drama at an Abuja Magistrate’s Court as the magistrate, Ibrahim Mohammed, ordered policemen to arrest and handcuff a lawyer, Eburu Barth, for challenging him on the summary of the case before the court. Mohammed of Magistrate Court 2, ...

The First Secretary of the United States of America Embassy in Nigeria, Madison Conoley, has said the male gender should also be considered as victims of s3xual harassment while finding a solution to the scourge.   He stated this on ...

A Nigerian man identified as Ifeanyi Mbah and his two children were killed in a fatal car accident in South Africa. His wife, Nomabandla Mbah, 33, was the only survivor in the accident. The accident  occurred in Port Elizabeth, Eastern ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 214 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 162,076.   The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday.   “214 new ...

The Niger Government has announced the outbreak of avian influenza (flu) in a cluster of poultry farms in the state. The Information Officer, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Mr Abubakar Kuta, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen ...

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state Tuesday evening demolished buildings belonging to three close allies of his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.   The victims include former Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Odubu, a member of the House of Representatives Prof. Julius ...

Former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode returned to Twitter on Tuesday, tweeting for the first time after almost two years of absence. The former Governor has been away from Twitter for one year and 10 months. The last time ...

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a drug trafficker, Sikiru Owolabi, and intercepted various hard drugs packaged for shipping to the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Australia, the Maldives and New Zealand in some courier firms ...

The first message ever fired off at Twitter sold on Monday for $2.9 million when its sender Jack Dorsey accepted the winning bid for the collectible as a “non fungible token” or NFT at an auction. “Jack accepted the offer ...

Three years and five weeks since her abduction in Dapchi, Yobe State, a United States-based group, US-Nigeria Law Group, has lamented the plight of the abandoned Dapchi “heroine Christian” schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, with a report she has given birth to ...

A 20-year-old woman has narrated to a Nairobi court how her boyfriend, whom she met on Facebook, allegedly threw her from the 12th floor of a building while they were drinking together on their first date. Eunice Wangari Wakimbi, who ...

A man simply identified as Gbenro has strangled his wife known as Wayesola, who was fast asleep, to death.   Their daughter, Fayoke, narrated how her father killed her mother. The incident was said to have happened at Salvation Army ...

The Federal Government has not authorised private importation of COVID-19 vaccines, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said. Enahire, who stated this during the Presidential Tasks Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, said: ”Private importation of COVID-19 ...

Ten people, including a police officer, have been killed after a gunman opened fire in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, shattering the calm for another US community.   A suspect is in custody, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said, ...

The Osun State Government has described the death of popular radio presenter of Unique FM Ilesa, Sunday Alakinde, as shocking and unbelievable. An auto accident, on Monday morning, claimed the life of, Alakinde and one other along Ilesa-Ife road, Osun ...

Parents of the 39 students kidnapped at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have given the Federal Government a 48-hour ultimatum, to rescue their sons and daughters that were kidnapped 12 days ...

Nigeria has received 300,000 additional doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, the government said on Monday. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 in ...