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  The Federal Government has said it would demolish more structures to pave way for the ongoing reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Director of Highways, South West, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Funsho Adebiyi, made this known on ...

A Nigerian actor and film director, Pius Okaba has emerged one of the toasts of European film market. The Berlin, Germany-based thespian has over his 10-year career in the film and television industry worked in various fields such as Format ...

Billionaire, Femi Otedola, has paid a surprise visit to the cast and crew of ‘Citation’, a new movie by award-winning filmmaker Kunle Afolayan. Otedola, who was at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, where the movie is currently being ...

The President, Muhammadu Buhari says “harder times’’ await bandits whose disruptive activities have brought sorrow to Nigerians, kept many away from their means of livelihood, and heightened insecurity in parts of the country. The President stated this when he received ...

  The Investigative Panel constituted by the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife to look into the allegations of sexual harassment against a lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Mr Olabisi Olaleye, has submitted its reports to the ...

  A Danish newspaper refused to apologise to China on Tuesday over a satirical cartoon it ran about the deadly new virus that has killed dozens and infected thousands more. The cartoon, published in Jyllands-Posten on Monday, depicted a Chinese ...

Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Dr Collins Chiji today announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chiji who made the announcement during the plenary session of the house also announced ...

An internet scammer Damilola Ahmed Adeyeri and his mother, Alaba Kareem Adeyeri, have been convicted on a four-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of $82, 570, about N29.9million. The charge was preferred against ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has uncovered 23 polling units at private homes in Akwa Ibom State. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Mike Igini, disclosed this during his appearance on Sunrise Daily. He explained that the ...

Aerial spraying to beat back a plague of locusts swarming across Kenya will cost $70 million, the UN estimates. Millions of the insects have invaded the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia, devouring farmland and just about anything else ...

A mum of two has spent £45,000 on plastic surgery after getting her first boob job at 18. Tracy Kiss, 32, accepts that she’s “addicted” to cosmetic operations but insists it’s not in an unhealthy way. Here, the gym instructor ...

A thug left an 18-month-old girl with two broken arms when she wouldn’t stop crying. Connor Brown, 22, admitted assaulting the girl after the child’s mother told how she heard a crack when the tot’s arms were forced behind her ...

Kylie Jenner took to social media to send her prayers to the families of those lost in the deadly helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others on Sunday. The 22-year-old revealed a personal connection to ...

I think this is better. Leave their d**k, let them keep seeing it, but just make it useless.  A paedophile who r.a.p.e.d a 12-year-old girl in a school toilet is set to be castrated for his twisted crime. The s.e.x ...

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has expressed his desire to see the publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo being released months after being arrested and arraigned on charges of treason. Ayade who denied having a hand in the ...

Nollywood Actress and filmmaker, Toyin Abraham has advised women to leave any toxic relationship they might be in now before it becomes too late. The Alakada Reloaded star gave this advise following the death by hanging sentence an Abuja court ...

Nigerian footballer, Christian Obodo and his mom were on Sunday, January 26, 2020 involved in a car crash in Delta State. The Ex-Super Eagles Midfielder and his mom were travelling along Ozo road when the unfortunate incident happened. Miraculously, they ...

A kickboxer, Agamaye Rowland has disarmed a suspected thief who was caught trying to gain entrance into his compound. In the video shared online, Rowland was seen explaining to residents of the area how he caught and disarmed the thief. ...

On the third anniversary of the announcement of United States President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, Democrats said on Monday that the House of Representatives will soon consider legislation that would repeal the travel ban and limit the president from imposing ...

A senior female manager with Fidelity Bank Plc, Lagos, Agatha Dunu Igwe has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining the sum of N42 million from the Managing Director of Maydom Pharmaceutical Limited under false pretence. Police ...

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offence Court heard yesterday how a suspected rapist, Adelaja Oloyede allegedly used charm on his victim (names withheld), raped and stole her underwear. An investigator attached to the Nigerian Police, Vivian Nduka made this ...

There was tension in the various local government areas and local council development areas across Oyo State on Monday as some sacked local government chairmen and councillors, under the aegis of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, resumed at ...

There was panic in the Ijesha and Aguda areas of Lagos State on Sunday when factional members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the area clashed. A yet-to-be-identified member of the union was said to have sustained ...

The Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, said on Monday that the agreement reached between the Federal Government and governors of the South-West on the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, was a welcome development. Adams said, ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State has arrested a 41-year-old father for allegedly hanging his 10-year-old daughter to the ceiling over theft of N3,000. The Oyo State NSCDC Commandant, Iskilu Akinsanya, who disclosed this on ...