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The top court in the US has ruled that employers who fire workers for being gay or transgender are breaking the country’s civil rights laws. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court said federal law, which prohibits discrimination based on ...

Many countries were forced to go on lockdown in a bid to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. The lockdown left many with ample time on their hands and for 26-year-old Zhou, it may have been too much time. The Chinese ...

Turning the hospital air conditioning up to full blast, Victoria Jackson sighed as the sweat poured from her skin. Not many 26-year-olds have to deal with the menopause – but hot flushes and night sweats are something she has got ...

The embattled Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday announced his resignation from the ruling All Progressives Congress, citing the party’s decision to disqualify him from participating in the June 22 governorship primary as his reason for leaving. He, however, ...

Has he also met his waterloo? This is getting interesting! The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a judgment delivered on Tuesday evening, ...

We pray she gets justice!

President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, National and Lagos State chapters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed shock and sadness over the death of Senator Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo. The late ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed shock that the Buhari administration in the first quarter of 2020, spent 99 percent of revenue to service debt. “No one should be deceived. This is a crisis!”, Atiku said in a statement ...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has formally resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor announced this on Tuesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. His resignation, as expected, came days after the ...

A 30-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested by police in India yesterday for allegedly killing his three-month-old daughter and then throwing her body from their second storey apartment in a highrise in Greater Noida, India. The man was identified as ...

Nigerian singer Naira Marley may face a charge of impersonating Works minister, Babatunde Fashola. Marley’s real name is Azeez Fashola. In a new dimension to his Covid-19 rule breaking concert in Abuja on Saturday, the owners of Executive Jets, the ...

Oh dear, but for the intervention of Lagos state policemen yesterday, the young man you see in this photos would have been a dead man. According to the officers who prevented him from diving into the ocean, the young man ...

The Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on the federal government to consider suspending the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp exercises for two years. In its report presented to President Muhammadu Buhari ...

The Lagos State Government has stopped the planned reopening of worship centers (mosques and churches ) on Friday, June 19 and Sunday, June 21. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the decision at a press briefing minutes ago. According to him, the ...

North Korea says it blew up its de-facto embassy with the South so “human scum” defectors and Seoul “pay dearly for their crimes”. In a dramatic escalation of tensions, Pyongyang destroyed the inter-Korea liaison office after threatening to retaliate if ...

A 24-year-old Kenyan woman identified as Purity Muthoki recently made the news after her estranged husband chopped off her hands. Muthoki who was married to Boniface Mutua described the marriage as an abusive one that was filled with unending agony. ...

China has reported its highest daily surge of new coronavirus cases since April after a food market in Beijing was closed due to a rise in local infections. The National Health Commission confirmed there were 57 new infections in the ...

The Federal Government Monday warned states considering reopening of schools to jettison such plan, says the current situation of Covid-19 did not in any way support such initiative. Speaking during a daily briefing in Abuja, Chairman of the Presidential Task ...

The drinks were flowing and guest of honour Samantha Kelly didn’t have to lift a finger. As soon as her glass was empty, it was whisked away and returned full. She was being thoroughly spoilt by her neighbours. Samantha, 39, ...

Imo State has recorded another death that resulted from Covid-19 complications. Although the woman’s details are unknown, the deceased was said to have been receiving treatment in the isolation centre after testing positive for the coronavirus disease a few days ...

The Oyo State Covid-19 Task Force announced on Monday that it has relaxed the curfew imposed on the state following the advent of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. The Task Force, which made the decision public after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting presided ...

A ‘Pedophile’ from Oregon is facing one of the longest jail sentences in American history for hundreds of rapes, sodomizations and sexual attacks against a six-year-old girl. David McCutcheon, 39, faces 2,750 years in jail if he is found guilty ...

AIT top presenter, Nkiruka Chinasa Udom is dead. Before her death, she was one of the top newscasters and a popular face of African Independent Television (AIT). According to a report she died on Sunday night at a private hospital ...

Donald Trump has said he won’t be watching any more United States football matches after US Soccer said it wouldn’t insist players stand for the national anthem. Protests have been rife in America following the death of George Floyd, an ...

Hon. Settle Olaide Popoola, the Caretaker Chairman of Oluyole, Ibadan in Oyo State has allegedly just commissioned a concrete pedestrian bridge in Ibadan. His well wishers shared the news online.