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ANOTHER ANAMBRA BUSINESS MOGUL SET TO UNVEIL NEW AIRLINES COMPANY

The CEO of The Dome Entertainment Limited Abuja, Dr Obiorah Okonkwo is said to be planning to launch a new airline outfit soon. The airline company, Jungle Journalist Media Limited gathered, is known as Private Airline Services Limited, operator of ...

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Oyedepo to establish 10,000 new churches in 2020

Dr David Oyedepo, President and Founder, Living Faith Church (LFC), has said his church has commenced efforts at planting additional 10,000 new churches across the country in 2020. Oyedepo disclosed this while addressing the church workers forum at the International ...

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Man charged with murder of two women in East London found dead in freezer

A man has been charged with two counts of murder after the lifeless bodies of two women were found in a freezer in east London. Zahid Younis is charged with murdering Mihrican Mustafa,38, and Henriett Szucs, 34, nine months after ...

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Sad! LASTMA officer commits suicide in Lagos

An officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree in Ikeja, Lagos. The deceased, whose name was given as Tope Akinde reportedly hanged himself few metres away from Adebola ...

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Five Abuja residents arrested over false claim of contracting coronavirus (photo)

Five Abuja residents have been arrested and paraded by the police in the Federal Capital Territory for invading the Wuse General Hospital with false claims of having contracted Coronavirus. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Anjuguri Manza, who paraded the ...

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Kaduna woman gives birth to co-joined twins (photos)

A woman in Kaduna has given birth to cojoined twins at Tudun Wada, Soba Local Government in the state. An aide to the Kaduna State Commissioner of Finance, Anas Soba, who visited the family on Thursday, January 30th, broke the ...

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Man arrested for allegedly stoning police officers

  A 30-year-old man, Ayanniyi Olaosebikan, has been remanded at Ile-Ife correctional centre for stoning police officers. According to the charge sheet, the offence committed by the defendant contravened sections 365(3) and 508 of the criminal code cap 34 vol ...

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Tokyo unveils Olympic ‘plaza’ made from donated wood

  Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers unveiled the “Village Plaza”, a key part of the Athletes’ Village that is being built from wood donated by municipalities across Japan. The facility will be a gathering place for athletes and their teams, as ...

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Pregnant woman dies of lassa fever in Enugu

A pregnant woman has died of Lassa fever at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Utuku-Ozalla, according to the Enugu state ministry of health. This makes it the second death recorded in the state, after the first, which was recorded ...

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Police arrest Patience Jonathan’s cousin for attempted murder

The Police in Bayelsa State have arrested Mr. Victor Oba, a cousin to a former first lady, Patience Jonathan, for attempting to kill his ex-lover, Seigha Atia. Oba, who is the Manager of the first lady’s hotel, Aridolf Hotels and ...

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Faces of visa fraudsters apprehended by EFCC (photo)

  The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 30, 2020, arraigned five suspected visa fraudsters before Justice Olubukola Banjoko on a seven-count charge, bordering on false pretence and obtaining by tricks to ...

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Trump slams visa ban on Nigeria, five other countries

President Donald Trump has implemented his threat to restrict the ability of immigrants to travel to the United States from Nigeria and five other countries. It visa ban will be effective from 22 February. According to reports from Washington D.C, ...

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Man. United sign Odion Ighalo on loan until end of season

Manchester United have signed former Watford striker Odion Ighalo from Shanghai Shenhua on loan until the end of the season. The deal to bring the 30-year-old Nigeria international to Old Trafford contains no option to buy. Ighalo, who is still ...

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Kobe Bryant’s darkest days after rape claim and how his wife supported him

It should have been one of the happiest times in Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa’s lives. After marrying in 2001, the couple welcomed their first daughter, Natalia, in January 2003. The birth of their eldest child healed a rift ...

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Heartbroken parents launch bid to turn stillborn baby’s ashes into jewellery

The parents of a stillborn baby have launched an online fundraiser to turn her ashes into special jewellery allowing them to honour and remember their daughter. Emily Harper and her partner Máté Szabo were left “totally heart-broken and devastated” when ...

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Chieftaincy Crisis: 3 Killed, Houses Razed In Kogi

At least three persons have been killed and several houses burnt in the ancient town of Ankpa in Kogi State over a lingering chieftaincy crisis. The tussle is on determining the rightful village head of Akwu community. It was learnt ...

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Nigerian embassy in China still lists Jonathan as president five years out of office

  Despite Nigeria’s strong ties with China, Nigeria’s embassy website in China meant for information source and consular services is replete with outdated information. In fact, the embassy website still lists former President Goodluck Jonathan as Nigerian leader after five ...

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Three killed in Boko Haram suicide bombing in Maiduguri

A girl detonated a bomb, killing three boys at an Islamic seminary in northeast Nigeria in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, a local militia and residents said Friday. The girl, aged around 12, detonated the device ...

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Buhari receives new Imo governor Uzodinma in Abuja

President Buhari received the new Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, in the state house, Abuja. Uzodinma who came into office after the Supreme Court annulled the election of Emeka Ihedioha, was accompanied by APC National chairman, Adams Oshiomole. More photos ...

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Political Science best graduating student breaks 50-year-old jinx at ABU

  An Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) graduating student, took to Twitter to share his excitement at becoming the first student to graduate from the institution’s Department of Political Science with a First Class in 50 years. Twitter user @abdool_moh graduated ...

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Lady reveals the shocking reason she declined a job with great benefits

  A lady has taken to her social media page to recount how she declined a job offer with great benefits after she started catching feelings for her married boss. She revealed that the job had great benefits awaiting her ...

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‘I killed my girlfriend because she left me for wealthy men after my money got finished’ – Man confesses

  A man paraded by the Taraba State Police Command has confessed to killing his girlfriend, Imbajuri Ambisi.   The suspect identified as Munda Bala, 31, reportedly conspired with his two friends to kill his girlfriend who they burnt to ashes before ...

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