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Ismaila Isa Funtua, elder statesman and politician, has been laid to rest in Abuja. Funtua, who was President Muhammadu Buhari’s in-law and ally, died in Abuja on Monday. He was buried at the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja after the funeral prayers ...

A Lagos-based lawyer, Lawrence Nnoli, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos, with an application seeking to compel the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to appoint more Supreme Court Justices without further delay. The Nigerian constitution provides for ...

A Nigerian woman has reportedly died a day after her wedding. A Facebook user shared the sad news on social media. See it below….

Jeff Bezos added $13 billion to his net worth on Monday, the largest single-day jump for an individual since the Bloomberg Billionaires Index was created in 2012. Amazon.com Inc. shares surged 7.9%, the most since December 2018 on rising optimism ...

As COVID-19 cases surge in Madagascar, public hospitals said they have reached their full capacity and may not be able to accept more patients. According to a report on Bloomberg, these hospitals will only accept patients with the most severe ...

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has given the minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio 48-hours to name the National Assembly members involved in the contracts awarded by Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The House of Reps committee probing the financial ...

Over the years, there has been a consistent increase in the number of students seeking tertiary education in Nigeria. Over 1.5 million young people in Nigeria sit for the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and slightly above the ...

The police in Adamawa State have arrested one Obiora Patrick, 39, for defiling his nine-year-old step-daughter. Patrick reportedly confessed to have s.e.xually abused the minor at his apartment on 46 Hospital Road in Yola, the state capital. Spokesperson for the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump again called Coronavirus (COVID-19), the ”invincible China virus”. Earlier, he had defended the name-calling, stating reason to be because the virus originated from China. Trump on his verified Twitter page, posted an image of himself wearing ...

A mosque has been forced to close after an Imam tested positive for coronavirus following a funeral with 250 mourners. Jamia Ghosia mosque in Blackburn, Lancashire, has been shut to worshipers while it undergoes a deep clean and leaders have ...

The Police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arraigned two men for serial vehicle burglary in Lekki and Victoria Island in Lagos. The two accused were Mukaila Atanda, 36, and Sunny Kamuli, 35. They specialised in burglarising vehicles, the ...

The Commandant of Ekiti State Security Network codenamed Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe (Rtd.), has said the corps will deploy supernatural and modern security techniques to combat banditry, kidnapping and other criminalities in the state. Komolafe disclosed this on Monday at ...

The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has said the ex-national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, is disappointed because Governor Godwin Obaseki refused to be used in his ...

Hajia Hassana Garuba, wife of the late former Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, has finally been freed by kidnappers. Her chauffeur was also released.. It was gathered that they were released from captivity late Monday night. Police had ...

An investigation has been launched after four confirmed cases of coronavirus have been linked to a food processing plant in Ebbw Vale. Public Health Wales said workers at the Zorba Delicacies Ltd food processing plant will receive widespread, rapid testing ...

A truck owner, identified as Fatai Salami, has committed suicide after his truck was seized by officials of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps for flouting Covid-19 laws in the state. Salami reportedly drank an insecticide, snipper, on ...

Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joi Nunieh, does not have the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, certificate, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio disclosed on Monday. The minister told the House of Representatives Committee ...

Five children from the same family have been killed following an horrific accident on a French motorway packed with holidaymakers. Another youngster and four adults were also horrifically burned when the people carrier they were all travelling in overturned and ...

Detectives in Makueni County, Kenya are investigating an incident in which a man allegedly committed suicide while at his lover’s single-room house in Wote town. According to the deceased’s lover, she retired to bed early leaving her 32-year-old boyfriend watching ...

Pirates have kidnapped seven Russian sailors from the crew of a ship in the Gulf of Guinea, the Russian Embassy in Nigeria said on Monday. The seven Russians were among 13 crew members pirates abducted from the Curacao Trader 210 ...

Newspaper patron and influential media leader, Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua is dead. He died in Abuja while undergoing a routine medical check-up. He reportedly suffered a massive heart attack during the medical check-up. He is also said to be a ...

An internal conflict within Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s old cartel left a family of four dead, including a member of the organization, when assassins opened fire in the northern Mexico state of Sonora. The deadly incident took place Sunday morning ...

An Ohio Air Force veteran has used biodegradable paint to transform his entire yard into a Trump 2020 banner ahead of the November election – earning praise from the President himself. J.R. Majewski, of Port Clinton, used around 120 gallons ...

COVID-19 Task Force in Ekiti, on Monday, arrested not less than 60 people who violated regulation on the compulsory use of face mask. The offenders were taken to a Special Court, where they were convicted for contravening Coronavirus Disease Regulations ...

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 562 new cases of Coronavirus, with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, overtaking Lagos in Monday’s caseload. This is the second time Lagos is playing second fiddle in coronavirus infections within two ...