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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Senator Duoye Diri, has been sworn in as governor. His swearing-in comes a day after the Supreme Court sacked the former governor-elect of Bayelsa ...

  A young man, Kunle Alonge has died after he was allegedly hit by a bullion van in Akure, Ondo state. Twitter user @YemieFash revealed the bullion van sped off after knocking down the man. He was eventually taken to ...

A Judge in the Federal High court, Benin City, Justice M G Umar, has threatened to revoke the bail condition granted to Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dan Orbih and three others if they ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Diri Duoye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate as the validly elected Governor of Bayelsa State, following Thursday’s s Supreme Court judgement. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu who announced the decision of ...

Could this be true? A twitter user has shared photos of how a police van was allegedly used for a  commercial purpose in Lagos. Already it’s been a difficult situation for Lagosians since the okada/keke ban. Twitter user @caren_diala shared ...

There is palpable tension as all is set for the burial today of Eze Israel Kanu and his wife, Sally, the parents of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The burial will hold in Isiama Afaraukwu ...

A 15-year-old schoolgirl has been electrocuted in the bath after her charging mobile phone fell into the water. The teenager was taking a bath at her home in Marseille in France, when the tragedy happened on Sunday, it has been ...

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned food vendors and others against the use of paracetamol as tenderiser in cooking meat and beans, saying it can cause kidney and liver failure. Mrs Roseline Ajayi, ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalize gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin. He made clear he would not allow the traditional notion of mother and father to be subverted by what he ...

Having s.e.x with more than 10 partners over a lifetime can increase your chances of getting cancer, according to a shock new study. And women with a higher number of sexual partners are more likely to report a limiting, long-term ...

Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has filed a suit against Governor Seyi Makinde over the revocation of his landed property at Agodi Government Reservation Area (GRA), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Also sued alongside the governor is ...

Harry and Meghan are axing 15 staff and closing their Buckingham Palace office. It is the surest sign yet that the couple and their son Archie are unlikely ever to return to the UK to live. The Duke and Duchess ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have arrested two siblings and 13 others for alleged Internet-related fraud in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Acting Head of Media and Publicity for the EFCC, Tony Orilade, said in a statement on ...

A man on facebook name withheld recently posted the picture of his child and he’s really in pains and grief as he doubts if he’s the true father of the child he’s wife just recently gave birth to. According to ...

The death of a 76-year-old woman and wife of the traditional ruler of Ihitoha Uratta community, Owerri North council area of Imo State, Ugoeze Comfort Okoro in the custody of kidnappers has been confirmed by the family. The corpse of ...

A Federal High court in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Sule Shuaibu has admitted journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo to bail. Justice Shuaibu sat over the case for the first time after taking over from Justice ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has re-arraigned activist and convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, on a fresh two-count charge of treasonable felony. At the court on Thursday, Aminu Alilu, the prosecution counsel, asked that the previous seven-count charge, which ...

Nigeria’s presidency has opened up on the booing of President Muhammadu Buhari by residents of Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday. Buhari was in Maiduguri on Wednesday to sympathise with the people and government of Borno after Boko Haram terrorists killed ...

  The Supreme Court has sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon, and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate ...

  A man has recounted how he had to travel hours after being shortlisted for a government job interview only to find out he has been replaced. The man took to his social media page, Olumide McAnelka Adebayo, to share ...

    A British woman who went on a rampage during a flight and tried to open a door, forcing two fighter planes to be scrambled, was ordered Wednesday to cool her jets in the slammer for two years, according ...

  A mother has revealed the reason her baby’s school decided to cello-tape her legs to her shoes.   The mother who picked her daughter from school and found cello-tape holding her legs to her shoes was informed that the ...

  A Nigerian man named Uzor Obinna Marvelous, who got married in January this year, said it is “wrong and ungodly” for Christian couples to moan during sex.     He said men do not like it when women do ...

An Okada rider who refused to stop during a search has been intercepted with 4,653 rounds of bullets disguised in a bag of rice in Zamfara state.     4,653 rounds of bullets disguised in a bag of rice has ...

    A younger man popularly often known as Alfa and his accomplices have been arrested after one of them dug into a man’s grave to steal his head for money ritual functions. Samson, who received the title Alfa after ...