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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the date for the sales of its registration documents for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) still stands, despite the suspension of the NIN. The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian ...

A British model has died after falling 98ft to her death from a cliff at a popular selfie spot in Sydney. Madalyn Davis, 21, from Lincoln, England, had been in Australia since last year after deciding to starting a new ...

Suspected al Shabaab militants shot dead three teachers in Kenya near the border with Somalia on Monday and burned down a police station, police said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of assaults by the group ...

A pilot and passenger were killed when a light aircraft crashed near Springs Airfield in the City of Ekurhuleni on Sunday. According to the City’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS), the call for a rescue was received at around ...

The Queen will meet senior royals in Sandringham later to discuss the future roles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Prince Harry, the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales will all attend, while Meghan is expected to ...

Britain’s ambassador to Iran, Robert Macaire, was briefly detained over the weekend as the country faces international condemnation over their downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 earlier this week. The news was first reported by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news ...

  The Boeing CEO who was ousted last month for the company’s botched response to two crashes and the grounding of its best-selling plane will walk away with $62.2 million, the company has disclosed. Boeing said, however, that Dennis Muilenburg ...

After sharing $925,000 on socila media to see if money will make people happy, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is now looking for a female “life partner” to accompany him on Space X’s maiden tourist voyage to the Moon. The fashion ...

The wife of a reverend in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos State, Mrs Olusola Adeleke, has been arrested by the police for allegedly burning the skin of her home help with a hot iron. The woman was arrested along with ...

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married men serving as priests. Pope Benedict made the appeal in a book co-authored with Cardinal Robert ...

Frozen 2 has become the highest-grossing animated film ever after taking £1billion at the box office. The Disney film, a sequel to the 2013 original, has proved to be a roaring success since its premiere on November 7 and worldwide ...

This claim was brought to the public notice by newly released Omoyele Sowore. Recall Omoyele Sowore has also been on Jalingo’s case since he got out of DSS detention. Stating that the faith of Jalingo who has been detained for ...

Iranians have gathered in the streets of Tehran to demand the resignation of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei after the regime admitted it had mistakenly shot down a civilian passenger plane. Angry crowds gathered on Saturday night in at least four ...

A suspected mentally-deranged man in Surulere, Lagos, on Sunday, set a resident of the area ablaze after pouring petrol on him. The man, known in the area as Badejo Adewale, was said to have carried out the act on one ...

A volley of rockets slammed into an Iraqi airbase north of Baghdad where US forces have been based, wounding four local troops, the Iraqi military said on Sunday. Its statement said eight Katyusha-type rockets landed on Al-Balad airbase, wounding two ...

A burglar, Uche Akunacha, 41, has died after jumping down from a two-storey building he entered to steal. The police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said on Sunday that Akunacha was running away from the apartment of one Tochukwu ...

A 25-year-old cobbler, Olamide Babayemi, has been arrested for raping a 22-year-old Microbiology graduate and sharing the victim’s n.u.d.e video with his friends. Babayemi was alleged to have invited the victim, whom he claimed was his girlfriend, to come and ...

A car wash operator, Sheriff Balogun, has been arrested for allegedly killing his neighbour, Peter Elebo, during a fight over the time to close the gate of their place of residence at No. 32 Ola Street, Itire, Lagos State. The ...

The Nigeria Police Force, Ondo State Command, on Sunday arrested a prophet identified as Ayetare Sunday who allegedly pretended to be a police officer and performed fake miracles. Before his arrest, the suspect, who claimed to be a prophet, masqueraded ...

No fewer than 50, 000 people applied for 1,000 vacant teaching jobs advertised in Lagos State last year. Mr Suru Avoseh, a member, Lagos State Civil Service Commission made this known during the New Year Party organised by the Badagry ...

Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton have not spoken to each other for six months and the two women are ­further apart than ever, the Sunday People revealed. The revelation follows this week’s announcement by Prince Harry and wife Meghan that ...

It’s ga gaan! The Police in Lagos State has arrested five suspects for stealing female underwear for ritual purposes. Bala Elkana, Lagos State Police Command spokesman, in a statement on Sunday said at about 8.00 am on Friday, acting on ...

Portuguese motorcycle rider Paulo Goncalves is dead. He died after a crash in the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia today, organisers have announced. The 40-year-old Hero Motorsports entrant, taking part in his 13th Dakar Rally since ...

This is very commendable! Rap mogul Jay-Z and hip-hop artist Yo Gotti wrote a letter to two top Mississippi officials  protesting the conditions of Mississippi prisons and demanding change. The letter contained a threat — Jay-Z and Yo Gotti are ready ...

  The Presidency says the wife and children of the President, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), have the right to use the Presidential jet when they need to. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba ...