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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called on the Nigerian government to immediately halt flights to and from the UK now in view of outbreak of new strain of COVID-19 in their land.   A fast-spreading variant of COVID-19 in ...

Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to reports that she fled Nigeria to Dubai due to security issues in the Presidential Villa.   Mrs Buhari disclosed that she travelled out of the country for medical checkup. The First ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday discharged Abdullahi Babalele, a son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, of a two-count charge of laundering $140,000. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke threw out the charge file by the Economic and Financial ...

The Olofin of Ado-Odo, Oba Lateef Adeniran, has finally returned to his kingdom after seven years in exile. There was jubilation among residents of the ancient town as the traditional ruler rode into Ado-Odo in a convoy led by security ...

The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Barrister Bawa Wuse and the Clerk of the House Mohammed Kagara have gone into self-isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus. The lawmakers and principal staff, it was learnt have gone ...

A Police sergeant in Rivers State has allegedly killed a staff of Onne-based Intels over demand for ‘bail money’. The trigger-happy cop was said to be attached to Elelewon Police Divisional headquarters at Obio-Akpor LGA of Rivers State. His victim ...

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Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspects for allegedly gang-raping a 19-year-old girl and filming her n*de. The suspects — Damilare Oyeniyi, 30, and Emmanuel Okori, 20 — reportedly committed the crime on December 12, 2020 ...

Operatives of the Police’s Rapid Response Squad RRS, have arrested two suspected Awawa cult members in Oke-koto, Agege.   The arrest came hours after foiling a traffic robbery around Otedola Bridge on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. The suspects, 22-year-old mechanic Rasak Babatunde ...

Residents of Aerodrome GRA in Ibadan have protested the erection of a gas plant within the estate due to incidences of gas explosions in the country.   The residents under the umbrella of Aerodrome GRA Homeowners and Residents (AGRA) appealed ...

Senator Dino Melaye (SDM) has broken the silence on his wedding invitation card that recently surfaced online. Dino, who is a divorcee, noted that his purported wedding to the lady identified as Susu is not true. He added that he ...

Davido, through his manager, Asa Asika, refuted claims that he snubbed Cynthia Morgan.   Davido’s response became necessary after Cynthia Morgan turned Madrina accused him of ignoring her calls and messages despite asking her to reach out to him earlier ...

Nigeria reported six new COVID-19 related deaths on Saturday, taking the death toll to 1,218. The NCDC also reported 920 new cases of COVID-19, more than the 850 posted on Friday and far from the existing record of 1,145 cases. ...

The fourth Qatar World Cup arena is officially ready for games as the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium was unveiled on Friday, two years ahead of Qatar’s 2022 final.   The Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium became the fourth fully operational FIFA ...

Forty-two-year-old Anthony Uwaoma tells Sunday Nwakanma how an acid attack by his ex-lover’s friend 24 years ago left him blind.   He also spoke about how he would not love to beg but work towards becoming a successful industrialist. Read… ...

The son of the owner of the world’s largest hedge fund died Thursday after he crashed his car into a Verizon store in Greenwich, Conn., authorities have just revealed.   Devon Dalio, 42, was the son of Raymond Dalio, 71, ...

A tanker laden with 44,000 litres of diesel was gutted by fire on Otedola Bridge along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway on Saturday evening, thereby causing panic among commuters plying the route. The incident reportedly happened around 6pm, causing massive gridlock on the ...

Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa has been kidnapped in Benin-city. Security sources disclosed that Okungbowa was kidnapped at gunpoint on Saturday evening and whisked to an unknown destination, while the hoodlums are yet to reach members of the ...

Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has presented cheques totalling N180.8 million to 48 business owners whose shops were looted during the October EndSARS protest in Ilorin, the state capital. The cheques in varying amounts are non-refundable grants. The government had ...

The Acting Eje of Ankpa, Ankpa Local Government Area, Kogi State, Alhaji Shaibu Usman, was on Friday kidnapped by gunmen. Alhaji Usman was abducted while entering the mosque around 5.30 am. In its reaction on Friday, the Kogi State Police ...

The Obamas had a guest during the early days of the pandemic: daughter Malia’s boyfriend, Rory Farquharson. Like most families across the United States, the Obamas quarantined as the coronavirus pandemic began to rage in mid-March. In comments made on ...

Lucky Philemon, a 27-year-old Nigerian who joined the protest against police brutality and extrajudicial killings, has lost his left leg to the October 20 Lekki toll gate shooting incident. Ezekiel Bamgbala, the counsel to the victim, said this Friday at ...

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has apologised for saying only 10 students were abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Shehu had told the BBC Hausa Service that only 10 boys ...

A Texas hospital is under fire after eagle-eyed viewers claimed the Covid vaccine healthcare workers received on TV appeared to be fake. Camera crews were invited to the University Medical Center of El Paso to capture five of its front-line ...

Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets in the solar system, will appear side by side in the sky Monday night for the first time in almost 800 years. The titanic planets “will appear just a tenth of a degree ...