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General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry Pastor William Kumuyi has published a Yoruba Bible concordance called Bibeli Mimo Atoka. Joined by a team of Yorub a scholars, the project is said to have taken 15 years to complete. ...

A teenage girl has died after her uncle allegedly threw her from an 11th floor apartment in Iran. Fatemeh Ghozat, 16, was allegedly beaten and then murdered by her uncle Mojtaba Namdar after speaking out against his abuse on May ...

The Ondo State Police Command today arraigned a 24-year old farmer, Haruna Mohammed, for allegedly r3ping a 50-year old woman identified as Ibukun Akinlo. Haruna was arraigned at an Akure Magistrate Court on a one count charge of rape. He ...

Real Madrid forward Mariano Diaz has contracted COVID-19. This was discovered after the Real Madrid conducted COVID-19 test on the squad on Monday. However, the club confirmed that Diaz was in “perfect health” and would be self-isolating at home. The ...

Malaysia’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday. High court judge Mohamad Nazlan Mohamad Ghazali sentenced Najib to 12 years and a fine of 210 million ringgit ($49 ...

Donald Trump Jr has been banned from using Twitter for allegedly spreading lies about coronavirus. The President of the United States’ eldest son had his account suspended Wednesday, after the social media giant said he had been posting ‘misleading and ...

Prancing in front of a camera with its blond mane blowing in the wind, “007” is one of the thousands of goats being sold online as Muslims prepare for a key religious festival shaken this year by the coronavirus pandemic. ...

A Nigerian-born and trained physician, Dr Stella Emmanuel, is trending on social media after delivering an emotional COVID-19 speech in the United States on Monday. Speaking at a news conference in Washington, Emmanuel claimed that hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax were ...

Two Indonesian women have been publicly whipped nearly 100 times each for selling s.e.x workers’ services online, an official in the country’s conservative Aceh province said Tuesday. Aceh, at the tip of Sumatra, is the only region in Muslim-majority Indonesia ...

The Federal Government has declared Thursday and Friday 30 and 31 July, as public holiday to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration today in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, ministry of Interior, ...

Chinese citizens have allegedly lit firecrackers outside the US consulate in Chengdu to celebrate the closure of the diplomatic mission. Footage shows a man setting off braids of fireworks as they flare up with smoke in the front-end of the ...

India has banned 47 more Chinese apps just weeks after blocking the highly popular video-sharing platform TikTok and 58 others over national security and privacy concerns, an Indian information ministry official and media reports said Monday. Tensions between the world’s ...

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Chief Johnson Onuigbo, is dead. Onuigbo, popularly known as ‘Akinbod’, was said to have passed on Monday evening, in Umuahia, after a brief illness. However, the cause of his death ...

The new leadership of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and members of the Shura council have executed 3 top commanders including the once most powerful jihadist warlord in-charge of all terrorists activities and operations along the Tumbus ...

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved further appointments of 72 persons into statutory boards and commissions in the state. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, it was gathered that the appointment is in fulfilment of ...

A Nigerian woman will know her fate on 20 August in Dubai when judgment will be delivered after a trial for assault and robbery. The unidentified 23 year-old Nigerian was tried at the Dubai Court of First Instance on Monday. ...

Nigeria, on Monday, reported another 648 new cases of COVID-19, even as Lagos led with 180 new cases. The country also recorded two deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 860. From the report released on Monday by the ...

The United Nations (UN) says it has identified and suspended another staff member involved in a recent viral s.e.x video. The video, which went viral in June, showed a couple apparently having s.e.x in one of the official UN vehicles ...

Meek Mill revealed on Sunday that he and girlfriend Milan Harris have broken up, just a few days after Kanye West insinuated Meek and Kim Kardashian had an affair. The now-ex couple welcomed their first child together — a baby ...

A yet-to-be identified man was on Monday killed and three others injured after a gas cylinder exploded in Lagos. The incident occurred at 13C, Palmgroove Estate, Cappa Avenue, off Ikorodu road around 6pm. It was gathered the cylinder exploded while ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has expressed regrets over the death of a mother and her four children in Abuja on Saturday, after torrential rainfall in Gwagwalada area council that swept away some houses. He said, “It is unfortunate, ...

The Federal Government says it has so far spent N15.8 billion on hazard allowances in its teaching hospitals and medical centres across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, stated this in Abuja while addressing journalists ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has named train stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving Nigerians”, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said. Presidency aide, Tolu Ogunlesi, revealed this on Monday in a tweet. According to Ogunlesi, the ...

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Sunday evening, joined officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other security agencies in controlling the traffic on Abuja-Lokoja road which has held commuters on standstill for two days running. Governor Bello ...

Businessman and leader of the Yoruba community in Makurdi, Chief Isaac Akinkumi who was last Friday abducted by unknown armed men has been rescued by the Police. The Police also arrested five suspects and recovered a locally made pistol loaded ...