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The Chief executive officer of Tonimas Oil and Gas, Chief Anthony Obiagboso Enukeme is dead. The billionaire who is also APGA board of trustee member passed on yesterday. Until his death, Tonimas was the Prime minister of his hometown Neni, ...

The Belgian city of Antwerp on Tuesday (June 9) confirmed removing a statue of colonial-era leader, King Leopold II. The move comes days after it was defaced by anti-racism protesters. Leopold is the subject of stern criticism over the role ...

Protesters in Bristol have toppled a statue of merchant and slave trader Edward Colston in the wake of Black Lives Matter movement. Footage shared on Twitter shows the crowd use ropes to pull down the statue after covering it with ...

Kaduna State has lifted the partial lockdown in the state and also reopened worship centres. Governor Nasir El-Rufai made this known during a televised broadcast in the state. He said, “From tomorrow, Wednesday, 10 June 2020, the Quarantine Order is ...

A 34-year-old mother of 13, Hauwa’u Sulaiman, has given birth to a set of quadruplets at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State. Sulaiman told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday that she is now blessed with 17 ...

No fewer than six people on Tuesday lost their lives while six others sustained varying degrees of injury in a fatal motor accident at Upper-Iweka, Onitsha Anambra state. The accident which involved a fully loaded trailer, two commercial buses and ...

Christ Embassy pastor Joe Egbu has expressed his dissatisfaction over anyone in authority, trying to stand against the church. The husband of popular gospel singer Sinach, took to his timeline to share a write up that reads: ”The worst thing ...

The world’s biggest super-yacht worth £515 million and measuring over 500ft long with 60 cabins and two helipads has arrived in the UK after a week-long voyage from Barcelona. Dilbar arrived and proved to be a spectacular sight as she ...

A truck loaded with 300 bags of Indian hemp with a total weight of 3,962kg valued at N60million has been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Benue State Command. The truck with registration number Delta ...

The former president of Chad, Hissène Habré, is due to return to prison in Senegal on Sunday after spending two months out of the facility, confined to his home, in order to protect him from coronavirus. Now in his late ...

The body of a 25-year-old man who drowned in River Kuja (River Gucha) at Ober Kabuoch village in Ndhiwa, Kenya three weeks ago has finally been retrieved. Saddam Ochieng Oloo’s body was retrieved on Monday morning, June 8, by villagers ...

A doctor in India has removed a two-foot charging lead from a man’s bladder which was stuck there after the patient inserted it into his p.e.n.i.s. Dr. Walliul Islam, the surgeon treating the man in Assam, northeastern India, said a ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has stopped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from conducting its Governorship election. According to the ruling, the court on Monday granted an order, restraining the APC and its national ...

A Kisii County Catholic Church catechist hanged himself under circumstances that baffled faithful and nonbelievers. The 63-year-old David Gisemba from Nyoero village in Kitutu Chache South took his life at his house. Family members said that he did not leave ...

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of heart failure, the government said on Tuesday. “The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi following ...

Tears have continued to flow at the residence of the Alkalis in Lafia, Nasarawa State, following the tragic demise of two members of the family, Destiny, 17, and Patience, 20. The latter graduated from the Nasarawa State Polytechnic and was ...

The parents of a little girl who was given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen moments after she was born – causing permanent brain damage – have broken their silence on the horrific bungle that ‘ruined their lives’. Amelia Khan was ...

A woman has been arrested in Mexico after she allegedly butchered a pregnant teenager and removed the baby from her womb. Playa del Carmen police found the burned remains of the 17-year-old girl – who had been seven months pregnant ...

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has ...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has officially welcomed the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, back to the Senate. Kalu arrived at the National Assembly complex at about 9 am on Tuesday morning. “I just ...

Suspected  kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala (aka Wadume) was arraigned on Monday before a Federal High Court in Abuja. He was arraigned with six others on an amended charge of 13 counts bordering on terrorism, kidnapping and related offences. The ...

A Bollywood actress has come under fire after posting messages of support for the Black Lives Matter movement despite promoting skin-whitening creams. Priyanka Chopra Jonas, 37, was called out by people after her husband Nick Jonas Tweeted a joint statement ...

A businesswoman, who identified herself simply as Martha, has demanded explanation from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control over her isolation at the Asokoro District Hospital, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, despite testing negative for the COVID-19. The 33-year-old demanded an ...

A hotel owner has been accused of discrimination after an online disclaimer said guests weighing over 20 stone should not book. Hotelier Angelika Hargesheimer reportedly advised guests hoping to stay at her Beachhotel Sahlenburg in the beachside town of Cuxhaven, ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced 315 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 12,801. Lagos State recorded the highest daily figure on Monday with 128 infections, However, ...