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The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Edo State command, Mrs. Bridget Esene, has narrated how the five gunmen that abducted her on way to church in Benin on Sunday sold her in the forest to ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday honoured former governor, Babatunde Fashola by naming the LagosHOMS, Iponri after him. The project is now known as ‘BRFHOMS, Iponri’. The governor commissioned the project on Wednesday, delivering additional 132 homes to the ...

Telecommunications companies have been licensed to register people who do not have National Identity Numbers so as to reduce the large crowds at the offices of the National Identity Management Commission, the NIMC has said. Director-General, NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, said ...

The reason for his visit is yet to be disclosed.   More photos of the respected king with the President below…  

          Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Cynthia Nwadiora simply known as Cee-C has shared her experience after battling the deadly COVID-19 disease. According to the brand influencer and lawyer, she contracted the virus and revealed that ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced the deployment of 200 officers of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun to Ibarapa and Oke Ogun zones. This is in the wake of the crisis in the area between local ...

Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has dissociated himself from several accounts on social media platforms, especially Facebook and Twitter, posting unverified information in his name. Igboho made this clarification while speaking to reporters. Many accounts bearing ...

Seven self-confessed ‘witches’ have come before a court in Adamawa State capital, Yola, for allegedly using demonic powers to afflict a three-year-old girl with an illness. The seven accused persons include a 60-year-old woman, one other woman still at large, ...

A US federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from implementing a 100-day pause on deportations. Judge Drew Tipton granted a 14-day temporary restraining order until the case could be further examined, following a request by Texas Attorney ...

The Ugandan troops have withdrawn from around the home of opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, ending his house arrest since a Jan. 14 election won by long-serving President Yoweri Museveni. With the vote behind him and fraud claims ...

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has called on the Federal Government to help in funding the National Sports Festival, scheduled to hold in the state. Obaseki said the state is ready to host the 20th edition of the sports ...

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologised on Wednesday after lawmakers from his ruling coalition visited night clubs despite his government’s call for people to avoid unnecessary outings to curb the spread of Covid-19. The news is another headache for Suga ...

A lady identified as Eno Patrick has alleged that Deborah Okezie, mother of Don Davies, the ”physically and s3xually molested” student of the Deeper Life HIgh School Uyo campus snatched her friends husband. The incidence which happened 15 years ago ...

A sexagenarian, Paul Okedare, and his wife, Funke, are in pain after a co-tenant, identified only as Tunde, allegedly brutalised them at their residence on Unity Street, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State.   Punch Metro gathered that Tunde, ...

Former Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose has slammed the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed over his security comment. The minister had said Nigeria’s security is far better now than it was in 2015. This statement has caused uproar on social ...

Odion Ighalo confirmed his Manchester United exit with an emotional farewell to fans.   The striker said his ‘dream comes to an end’ after his loan from Chinese side Shanghain Shenhua expired. Ighalo took to Instagram to show his appreciation ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,267 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 124,263. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. “1,267 new cases of ...

  Operatives of the Oyo State chapter of the Western Nigeria Security Network, more commonly known as Amotekun, have intercepted a truck loaded with gunmen suspected to be herdsmen heading to Igangan community in the recently troubled Ibarapa area of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Service Chiefs. On January 26, 2021 at 5:37pmPresident Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new service chiefs to replace the retiring ones, who had held the various military top offices since 2015.The President had, in a ...

“Omo Ghetto” ( The Saga), a movie by Actress Funke Akindele-Bello, popularly known as Jenifa has been declared Nollywood’s highest-grossing movie of all time. Reports have it that the 2020 comedy film has broken a four-year record formally held by ...

Sunday Igboho has reacted to the fire that gutted his old house in Ibadan early today, saying he was not going to blame anyone, until an investigation has been concluded. Igboho said he was not in a hurry to blame ...

A stony-faced picture of Melania Trump touching down in Florida after her husband was relinquished of his presidential duties has sparked rumours of divorce as Donald Trump’s niece claims he doesn’t understand “intimacy.” The appearance sparked rumours there may be ...

The Ondo State Security Network Agency, aka Operation Amotekun, has arrested a 46-year-old man, Shina Adaramola, for alleged theft in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspect, a bricklayer, during interrogation, claimed to have ...

An Oduduwa Republic agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, says some Yoruba leaders have warned President Muhammadu not to order his arrest. Igboho has been in the news recently following an ultimatum he gave to herdsmen in ...

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kayode has reacted to the burning of Yoruba son, Sunday Igbowo’s house.   One of Mr Igbowo’s houses was burnt down early hours of this morning around 3:00am. Condemning the act and reacting through his ...