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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Kubwa, on Friday, declined to set-aside its judgement that nullified the election of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Peoples Party, YPP. The court on April 11, 2019, had nullified ...

You can also add actress to Mavin Records artiste,Di’Ja resume as she just made her acting debut. Di’Ja has featured in a Kannywood movie titled ‘Mati A Zazzau’. She got a lead role alongside superstar, Sadiq Sani Sadiq in the ...

The US military acknowledged Thursday that 11 soldiers were wounded in an Iranian missile strike on a US base in Iraq, despite previously saying that there had been no injuries. “While no US service members were killed in the Jan. ...

China’s birth rate has fallen to its lowest since the formation of the People’s Republic of China 70 years ago – despite the easing of the one-child policy. The birth rate was 10.48 per thousand in 2019 – the lowest ...

A tragic toddler was accidentally hanged when a branch became entangled in her pink unicorn bicycle helmet as she climbed a tree, an inquest heard. Freya Thorpe, 4, was playing on September 8 when it happened in Upper Heyford, near ...

Greece will elect its first woman president on January 22 after leading opposition parties on Thursday approved the government’s nomination of top judge Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou. Main opposition leftist leader Alexis Tsipras said Sakellaropoulou was an “exceptional judge” and a defender ...

The Federal government has said that plans are underway to provide an alternative fuel called Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) that will cost between N95 to N97 per litre. The government also promised to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before ...

There were concerns in Zamfara State on Thursday about the amnesty the state government granted bandits following the killing of 31 people by hoodlums in two separate attacks on Tuesday. No fewer than 29 people were killed by bandits at ...

A 19-year-old woman has reportedly sold her virginity for £1,026 million (1.2M Euro), after putting it up for sale through a notorious online escort agency. Ekaterina, who is listed at Katya on Cinderella Escorts, is originally from the city of ...

The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday demolished the popular Durbar Hotel located along the Independence Way in Kaduna metropolis. The hotel is said to belong to the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s family. The hotel had been under litigation between the ...

No fewer than nine persons have been burnt to death, while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a commercial bus explosion which occurred at Ijebu Ife along the Ore-Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Road in Ogun State. The Sector Commander, Federal ...

The lifeless body of a nursing mother, one Mama Ebuka, was found inside a gutter in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Monday. It was gathered that the woman, until her death, was nursing a two-week-old girl, whom she gave ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have allegedly started sacking their workers at their Frogmore Cottage home. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are letting staff go, according to reports. At least two permanent employees – a house manager and a cleaner ...

The world ‘s first transgender doll has gone on sale in a Russian toy shop. Pics of the doll – which features a p.e.n.i.s and dress have gone viral after being spotted in Planeta Igrushek (Planet Of Toys) shop in ...

  Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has reacted to reports that Governor Hope Uzodinma has launched a probe against him and other past Governors of Imo state. The new Governor of the State made the announcement during ...

  Religious leaders in Uganda have condemned Pastor Aloysius Bugingo of the Makerere based House of Prayer Ministries International, who recently dismissed Christian marriage vows as unbiblical and satanic.   The controversial pastor recently kicked up a storm when he ...

Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has been honoured with the Knight title. This was bestowed upon him by Pope Francis. The Govenror broke the news on his Facebook page, sharing photos of his family and friends in attendance. “Yesterday, I ...

There was pandemonium at the Sheikh Abubakar Gumi Central Market, Kaduna, on Thursday as a yet-to-be-identified soldier allegedly stabbed a shoe seller to death. The soldier, according to an eyewitness, narrowly escaped being lynched. He was, however, beaten up by ...

A 13-year-old schoolgirl has become pregnant by a boy aged ten in Russia, local media reported. The children study at different schools in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in Siberia but are understood to have been friends since they were younger. The ...

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Adewale Martins, says the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, could be banned from preaching if he continues to deviate from the doctrines and tenets of the Catholic Church. Martins, ...

Police in Bududa District in eastern Uganda are hunting for a 10-year-old pupil for allegedly stabbing to death a colleague he accused of having an affair with his 11-year-old girlfriend. The suspect, a pupil of Buwali Primary School and resident ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has approved the payment of N30,000 minimum wage for civil servants in the state, effective from January. A Government House Press Statement signed by Paulinus Nsirim,Commissioner of Information and Communications said the approval was ...

The Nigerian Navy Ship Delta, NNS Delta has handed over a motor vessel, MV Salvation and nine crew members allegedly involved in illegal oil bunkering to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office for further investigation and ...

The family of one of the teachers killed by Al-Shabaab militants in Garissa, Kenya is struggling to come to terms with his brutal death. Sammy Muthui, 29, who hailed from Mikwa village, Kyuso Sub-County in Kitui County, was set to ...

Isaiah Wanjala, who scored 394 marks in 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations, shocked villagers and his parents when he said he is ready to sell one of his kidneys to fund his secondary school education. The 14-year-old boy ...