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Oh dear! Nigerians on social media have called for the arrest of Lagos lawmaker, Mojisola Alli-Macauley for allegedly using CA-COVID palliatives as her birthday souvenir. It all started when the lawmaker called Nigerian youths drug addicts, saying they go on ...

Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was ordered back to prison Thursday as the country’s Supreme Court upheld a 17-year jail term for bribery and embezzlement offences.   The conservative Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, had ...

Lagos lawmaker, Desmond Elliot has been forced to apologise for calling Nigerian youths CHILDREN. The lawmaker was dragged front and back ad across every Nigerian market today after the video of him calling the youths CHILDREN was leaked online today. ...

Suspected hoodlums under the guise of EndSARS protesters in Ebonyi have murdered a Police Inspector, Mr Egu Omini and cut off his manhood.   The hoodlums also snatched his AK-47 rifle after attacking a police station in Abakaliki, the state ...

Hours after he escaped from Oko Correctional Centre in Edo state, with other prisoners, a yet to be disclosed Prisoner, has reportedly killed his neighbor who testified against him in court.   About 1,993 prisoners escaped from two correctional facilities ...

Saudi Arabia will open the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims from other countries from Nov. 1, Saudi media reported on Thursday. The news comes as the kingdom relaxes measures it had taken to check the spread of the coronavirus. ...

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani, on Thursday, disclosed that no fewer than 800,000 babies die of poor breastfeeding yearly across the globe.   Oyebanji stated that poor breastfeeding was largely responsible for high infant mortality in ...

The Federal Government on Thursday announced a two-day total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State for a concrete work on some sections.   The Federal Controller of Works in the state, Mr Olukayode Popoola, in Lagos said ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps, on Thursday, confirmed the death of 21 people, including school children, in an auto crash at Mgbowo in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.   The Enugu Sector Commander, Mr Ogbonna Kalu, who confirmed ...

The Edo State Police Command has allegedly arrested an 11-year-old over his alleged involvement in the attack on a police station at Evbuotubu area of Benin City by hoodlums. Recall that hoodlums took advantage of the #EndSARS protest to attack ...

  President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has called on all Nigerians to do all they can to prevent the second waves of Covid-19 in the country. This statement comes after the recent declaration of a second national lockdown in France ...

Media personality, Toke Makinwa has tested positive for coronavirus.   She announced this today on her instagram page, less than a week to her birthday. According to Makinwa who turns 36 on November 3, she has been battling with the ...

  Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina has stated that the looting of warehouses and shops across the country was caused by #EndSARS protests and not poverty. He said this while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday October 29. ...

The Ministry of Fiance has issued a scam alert to Nigerians looking to benefit from the Federal Government assistance to businesses affected by Covid-19. Already there’s a link that has been shared on social media asking people to apply there. ...

  Mr. Philip Yila Yussuf is the Director, Development Finance Department, Central Bank of Nigeria. In this interview, he speaks on why the apex bank is vigorously championing the Anchor Borrower Initiative for farmers across the country and why the ...

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has rejected the report by Amnesty International on the Lekki shootings.   Adesina, who is the President’s most senior spokesman, said on Thursday that Amnesty could not have ...

Remote workers who need a change in scenery could well bag a bucket-list-worthy alternative to a home office.   That’s because the Cayman Islands have just launched a new scheme for “professionals and digital nomads”, allowing them to stay for ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has turned down the application to extradite the former Minister of Petroleum, Deizani Alison-Madueke from the United Kingdom.   Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu refused the application on the grounds that the evidence in support to ...

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has announced the relaxation of the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to curtail the looting of government and private property by hoodlums under disguise of #EndSARS protest.   The relaxation was announced in ...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has explained why the Trump administration is opposed to the selection of former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).   The United States said it ...

Hoodlums have invaded Kogi Central Medical Store, looted and vandalised medical equipment and consumables worth billions of Naira.   Dr Saka Audu, the State Commissioner for Health, disclosed this at a press conference on Wednesday after he led a team ...

  The Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy is planning to reducethe cost of data from N1,000 to N390 per gigabyte, says the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Communication Commission, Umar Danbatta. He said this on Saturday while addressing journalists ...

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday awarded scholarships to the children of policemen killed during the violence that trailed the EndSARS protest.   The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this during his visit to the Lagos Police Command Headquarters, ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said four COVID-19 related deaths and 147 new infections were recorded in the country from 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC made this known via its verified website on ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a second national lockdown for at least until the end of November.   Mr Macron said that under the new measures, starting on Friday, people would only be allowed to leave home for essential ...