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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate – the first black woman and Asian American in the role.   Once a rival for the top job, the California senator of Indian-Jamaican heritage had ...

A goat born with a pair of eyes in its mouth and no nose is being worshiped as a god in India.   Locals in Muzaffarpur, north east India have been crowding around the creature to worship it like a ...

Bird poop is said to be good luck, but a new study suggests it is worth much more.   A new report calculates that feces from seabirds, like Seagulls and pelicans, is worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Formally ...

When it comes to marriage, there’s a lot of things you should know about your partner before tying the knot.   Making sure you’re both on the same page about things could promise a happy and healthy future relationship. So ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has described as false a media report accusing him of illegally raising funds to build a police training school in Nasarawa State.   Denying the August 3, 2020 report published by SaharaReporters, the IG, ...

  The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Governing Council has named Prof. Theophilus Soyombo as Ag. Vice Chancellor to replace Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe who was removed on Wednesday over allegations of misconduct and others.   Soyombo’s appointment was announced in a ...

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has asked African youths to dislodge the older generation from leadership positions.   Obasanjo urged the youths to participate actively in the activities of political parties to take over the structure from them. Obasanjo said ...

Nigeria has recorded 453 covid-19 cases with no single death.   Total confirmed cases of the virus is now 47,743. Lagos retained the top of the daily leaderboard with 113 cases. The FCT came second with 72 cases and Plateau ...

Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has insisted that he remains the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).   This is coming after Ogundipe’s removal was announced during the meeting of the Governing Council of the institution which held at the National ...

The Police have arraigned the driver and owner of the vehicle that killed Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, in a crash at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna.   The duo were arraigned before a ...

An Upper Shari’a court in Kano, on Wednesday, sentenced a 70-year-old man to death by stoning.   The court, sitting at Kofar Kudu, issued the verdict after the suspect, Mati Audu of Falsa community, Tsanyawa local government of the state, ...

Former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been offered a fellowship programme at the Oxford University in the United Kingdom.   This followed the approval granted by the Management Committee of the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Sanusi, ...

Former aide to former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, Mr. Andrew Momodu, has pledged the sum of N5 million to support the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 19, 2020 ...

Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington has died at the age of 90. His death was confirmed by his wife, Arese Carrington In a statement.   “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to ...

The governor described the current fight against corruption by the federal government as a witch hunt and selective.   “People who have stolen chicken are languishing in jail while those who stole billions are walking about free.” On the youths, ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Tuesday arrested 32 “Yahoo boys” for alleged involvement in internet fraud.   The suspects were apprehended during a raid on their hideout in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Officers of the EFCC ...

The Niger State Police command has arrested four suspects for alleged robbery, kidnapping and fraud in different parts of the state.   ASP Wasiu Abiodun, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) made this known on Tuesday. ”On August 10, at ...

A 22-year-old woman has been convicted of beating two men to death, and “r3ping” one of her victims using a shovel handle.  Elena Povelyaikina, a keen boxer, was jailed for 13 years in the Omsk region of Russia over the ...

Authorities believe Army Staff Sgt. Jared Esquibel Harless and his wife were both responsible for murdering their four young children before killing themselves two months ago.  When authorities discovered the entire Harless family dead in the back of an SUV ...

His Royal Highness, the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi has lost his mom, Suebat Amope Akanbi.   The Chief Press Secretary to the Oluwo, Alli Ibraheem made this known in a signed statement. “I mourn the death of ...

A final year student of Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, Olusola Babatunde, says he was detained by the police for 82 days and nearly contracted Covid-19 at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Garki, Abuja.   Babatunde said he was detained for ...

The management of Air Peace Airlines is set to reabsorb some of the pilots it recently sacked following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic following the  intervention meeting between its management and the leadership of the National Association of Airline ...

Wikipedia has updated the list of failed states and Nigeria is now included as one of the countries on the list. Some countries listed as a failed state by Wikipedia includes; Syria, Somalia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Iraq, Yemen, Turkey, Democratic Republic ...

Council chairman for Onigbongbo in Lagos, Mr Babatunde Oke, is dead. He died early today from complications arising from Covid-19 complications.   According to a source, Oke died at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island, where he was moved to, when ...

To raise the bar in the fight against insurgency, more weapons and fighter aircraft are being imported, President Muhammadu Buhari told governors on Tuesday.   According to him, the military hardware are being imported from the United States, China and ...