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Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has threatened a N6 billion defamation suit against Media Trust limited, the publisher of Daily Trust newspapers and a columnist, Iliyasu Gadu, over an opinion article.   The controversial piece was a response to Mr ...

A senior civil servant, Mohammed Ndanusa has been arrested in Minna, Niger state after he was found to have smuggled his brother’s name in government’s payroll, since 2009.   Ndanusa, who was working for the Ministry of Health collected the ...

US police have shot dead another black man, who they said had a handgun but had dropped it during a violent altercation in Los Angeles, triggering fresh outrage as tensions soar over racism and police brutality.   The man, named ...

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina was on Tuesday sworn-in as the President of African Development Bank, AfDB for a second term of five years.   The AfDB President in a passionate speech unveiled his vision for for his next five years. Speaking ...

Police in Anambra State have arrested a woman, Mrs Nkechi Odinye, aged 55, who specializes in buying children suspected to have been stolen from across the country.   The woman was said to have been arrested on Monday by men ...

The Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Education has warned the public to disregard a resumption time table flying around the social media.   The time-table claims to be the 2020/2021 academic calendar, states that ...

His Royal Highness, Eze Israel Chibueze Agbo, the Ogaba Idu II of Izhia, in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, is dead.   The family in conjunction with the Eze-in-council of Izhia kingdom announced the death of the monarch ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the General Hospital in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.   The kidnappers who laid ambush on the CMD, Dr. Olufemi Adeogun also abducted a ...

There was confusion on Saturday at the Great Salvation Christian Centre, aka Father’s Church, on Ako Aro Road, in the Ifako-Ijaiye area of Lagos State, after a man, Iberemu Osadebe, disrupted an ongoing wedding in the church.   He claimed ...

U.S. Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden is a puppet figure, who, if elected in November, will ignite a “revolution” in the U.S., President Donald Trump said.   “Biden won’t calm things down,” Trump said. They will take over. They will ...

Gashu’a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate President, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan is in recent time grappling with perennial flooding as the rainy season intensifies.   For the residents of ...

The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration, ARD-FCTA, have declared an indefinite strike commencing on Tuesday, September 1.   The group in a statement signed by Roland Aigbovo and Mustapha Ibrahim, chairman and general secretary of the association, ...

Nollywood actor Bolanle Ninalowo has gotten a new appointment from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration.   He is now an Ambassador of the Lagos Waste Management Authority. He disclosed this on his Instagram page Monday. He wrote: “Signed & Sealed. New ...

The Federal Government on Monday said it would not tolerate any move by South African company, Multi­Choice, to lay off Nigerian workers in its employ under any guise.   This followed a meeting between the management of the National Broadcast­ing ...

Drivers of commercial buses, popularly called Danfo, along Iyana-Ipaja, Ikotun and environs in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, on Tuesday morning, withdrew their services to protest extortion and daily seizure of their buses by officials of Lagos State ...

In a surprise move, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved an increase in electricity tariff with effect from September 1, 2020 (today).   This comes three months after the tariff hike implementation slated for July 1 was halted by ...

  Photos making rounds on social media have shown the moment a teenage boy flaunted two ladies alleged to be his girlfriends. In the photo, the girls could be seen kissing taking turns to kiss the boy giving the insinuation ...

As at the morning of Tuesday, September 1, Kogi, Zamfara and Yobe States have no Covid-19 patient on admission.   This is however to the information on Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)’s website. Zamfara has had 78 confirmed cases. ...

No fewer than 14 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested in different part of Awka in Anambra State by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.   A statement from the EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office said the suspects ...

Dr Stella Immanuel, the controversial woman who took the world by storm in July when she claimed that Hydroxychloroquine is the potential cure for Coronavirus, has said it has been prophesied that President Donald Trump will win forthcoming US presidential ...

A male adult baby says he struggles to find a job as employers do not like him wearing nappies at work.   Damien Turner, 28, has been part of the adult baby diaper lover community (ABDL) for ten years and ...

  Militia attacks in DR Congo’s volatile east disrupted the start of school final exams on Monday with hundreds of students fleeing violence and some girls r.a.p.e.d by the attackers, officials said.   The school-leaving exams had already been postponed ...

Devout Shiite pilgrims were left covered in blood as they struck themselves with swords and chains during the mourning procession to mark the day of Ashura in the holy city of Najaf.  Ashura, on the 10th day of the mourning ...

A classic Aston Martin worth £1million has been stolen in broad daylight.   The silver 1965 DB5 Vantage saloon — similar to the one driven by James Bond in Goldfinger. The car, registration HJB 753C, has a unique front fog ...

A French woman is facing years in jail after being arrested for stripping n.a.ked for a stunt video on a holy bridge in India.   The 27-year-old could be sentenced for a maximum three-years behind bars after her antics provoked ...