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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced.   He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address on state television. Magufuli had ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 187 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 161,261.   The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday.   “187 new ...

Players and officials of Ekiti United Football Club of Ado-Ekiti were on Tuesday involved in an auto crash. The club’s Media Officer, Quozeem Oladapo, made this known in a statement Tuesday night, describing the accident as “mild”. He noted that ...

A Japanese court has ruled that not allowing same-s.e.x marriage is unconstitutional, a landmark decision that could herald a new era for marriage equality in the country. It’s the first time that a court has ruled on the constitutionality of ...

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday, ordered that three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged arson. The three OPC members identified as Awodele Adedigba, 45; Dauda Kazeem ...

The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has said 4.5 million people in Lagos state are involved in illicit drugs. Speaking during a visit to the Lagos NDLEA command on Tuesday, Marwa said the state ...

A sacked ex-aide of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai a.k.a Dawisu has left Nigeria.Dawisu shared photos of him leaving the country writing; ”Japa….. Goodbye Naija! Alhamdulilah!” The photos has however generated a lot of reactions with many insinuating ...

A former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has been arrested by the officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. According to the commission, ...

US President Joe Biden said he believes President Vladimir Putin of Russia is a “killer” when asked by ABC News host George Stephanopoulos. Biden added that he will “pay” for interfering in the 2020 presidential election in an ABC News ...

Red Media Africa co-boss, Chude Jideonwo, used to interviewing people, exchanged places with actress Elvina Ibru, to reveal his shocking personal health struggles. Chude revealed in the interview that he has been struggling secretly with mental illness and Tourette’s Syndrome. ...

The US consulate in Lagos has announced that it has contacted all Visa applicants who were denied during the Trump administration. The consulate announced this in a tweet on its verified Twitter handle. It said it is prioritising the processing ...

A Sagbama High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced a 21-years-old man, Timiondu Jephtath, to 10 years imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl to death sometime in 2016 at Akede Community of Sagbama Local Government Area of the State. The ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday sealed two filling stations in Lagos for under-dispensing of petrol. Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos, confirmed the development after an inspection visit to eight filling stations located in Ikorodu ...

Many people were on Wednesday morning feared injured and properties looted after rival cult groups clashed at Ikosi in Ketu, Lagos. The clash was said to have started on Tuesday night on Ikosi Road, with the factions using guns, cutlasses ...

The paramount ruler of Iwo, Osun State, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi has said that only the council of traditional rulers in Yorubaland can decide if there will be Oduduwa nation or not. He said there are factors to consider before the ...

Violence erupted on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital after the state government reopened 10 schools shut last month over the use of hijab by Muslim female students.The violence started after Christian officials of Baptist School, Surulere disallowed the girls ...

Six Asian women were among eight people shot and killed at spas around the US city of Atlanta Tuesday, with a white man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said. The shootings came with many Asian-Americans ...

A 12-year-old boy has drowned in Ilorin, Kwara State.The boy is identified as Lekan Benjamin and the incident happened on Tuesday, March 16, drowned at Asa River in Ilorin while swimming with his friends. This was confirmed by the director ...

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, has disclosed his intention to adopt an abandoned baby rescued by the police in the state. In a statement released by the police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Tuesday, the baby boy was ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of World Trade Organisation, has applauded Nigeria’s Afrobeats stars, Burna Boy and Wizkid, for winning awards at the 2021 Grammy, saying such services should be encouraged for export in Nigeria. Ms. OKonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday in Abuja, ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari, has said his regime has discovered that criminals have infiltrated the mining industry in the country. Buhari said this on Tuesday while declaring open the 56th annual international conference and exhibition of the Nigerian Mining and ...

The Lagos State Police Command has rescued an abandoned day old baby boy at Oko Oba area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The baby was rescued on Monday 15th March, 2021 at about 10:30pm. A statement issued by Police Public Relations ...

A lecturer in the Department of Business Management at the Covenant University Ota, Dr. Stephen Ukenna, has been arrested for allegedly r3ping a teenage girl. The victim is a 17-old-year old student of the university. The 41-year-old lecturer was arrested ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 179 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 161,074. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. “On the 16th of ...

A car accident involving a Toyota Corolla private car has claimed three lives at Tashan Turmi along the ever busy Bauchi-Gombe road. The accident was said to have occurred on Saturday night when the vehicle plunged into a river at ...