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The UK Government has said it is surprised by the federal government’s stance, that it would consider disrespectful to Nigeria’s sovereignty, for any outside authority to sit in judgment over the conduct of its citizens and apply punitive measures such ...

  A new study found having broad hips or large hips could help someone to live longer. The researchers looked into data for more than 2.5 million people.   But it found that every extra 4 inches (10cm) of waist ...

                                                                                           Tragedy struck on Thursday at Balogun Bus stop, in the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State, after a tanker conveying gas exploded.   While no fewer than 30 people were injured, 15 vehicles were reportedly gutted by the fire. The ...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson, a Republican who has steadfastly refused to require residents to wear masks, tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Wednesday.   Parson was tested after his wife, Teresa, tested positive earlier in the day. Teresa ...

                                                                      A middle-aged man from Ilembo in Katavi Region, western Tanzania killed himself early this week after his wife allegedly deserted him while he was ailing.   Edward Chakala committed suicide by hanging, his family claims. In a note that ...

                                          Panic gripped residents of Lagos and Ogun border communities this afternoon following an explosion and massive fire.   The explosion, which was heard as far as Harmony Estate and Obawole, Ogba, Iju in Lagos as well as Akute Ogun ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has released N50million for the state burial of the late retired Judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte.   The governor commiserated with the family of the late eminent jurist describing him as a ...

                                                    A beautician was left with a gaping hole in her chest after a nipple fell off during ‘botched’ surgery abroad.   Cherrise Massay went under the knife in Istanbal, Turkey, after friends recommended surgery at a clinic – which ...

                                                                           Suspended chairman of the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has denied allegations of receiving bribes.     The counter-statement came after the suspended EFCC chairman opened his defense to the allegations of ‘Alleged Abuse of Office and ...

                                                 A trainee accountant who feared her boyfriend did not love her enough accidentally died after hanging herself, an inquest heard.   Mother-of-one Ella Lomas, 24, was found by her boyfriend Bradley after they had a relationship “tiff” at a ...

                                A aunt has been arrested and mocked for allegedly cutting off her niece’s finger in Onitsha, Anambra State. Her little niece is said to ...

                                                      Kogi State Government has declared two-day mourning as a mark of respect for ...

                                    Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has stated he has not addressed media professionals after ...

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has married the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq. Multiple sources confirmed to Daily Trust last night that the wedding Fatiha took place on ...

                                                  Renowned Ifa Priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, has advocated the introduction of traditional religion into the ...

                                                  The 36 state governors are to hold an emergency meeting over the threat by the ...

                                                    The Eiffel Tower in Paris was evacuated for two hours on Wednesday after an ...

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in last Saturday Governorship election, Pastor Ize-Iyamu, has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to return to APC.   In a television broadcast on Wednesday night, Ize-Iyamu said, “We are going to talk to everybody. ...

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said he worked as a plumber about 30 years ago.   He made the revelation during the graduation of 6,252 students of the 18 skill acquisition centres in the state. ...

                                                                      The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command Thursday, ordered the immediate orderly room trial of an inspector caught in a widely circulated picture extorting a motorcyclist.   The Inspector, Joseph Dike attached to Aguda Division of the State was ...

Four former employees of Signatious Hotel, Warri, Delta State, who were reportedly stripped on the order of the chairman of the hotel and former Minister of State for Education, Mr Kenneth Gbagi, have demanded N1bn compensation and public apology from ...

  Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday said he has never received bribe all his life. Magu was testifying before the Justice Ayo Salami panel probing allegations of corruption against him. ...

                                                  The Federal Government has put up for sale a jet in the Presidential fleet, Hawker ...

                                                    A man was rescued by his pregnant wife after a ‘nine-foot bull shark’ latched ...

                                                Paris Saint-Germain winger Angel Di Maria received a four-match ban on Wednesday for spitting during this ...