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Prof Wole Soyinka has written a letter addressed to the senate over the introduction of the bill on hate speech which recently scaled its first reading.   The Nobel Laureate who wondered why killing should be used to curb hate speech, stated that ...

Chelsea football club, after suffering damaging loses at the beginning of the season to Manchester United and Liverpool have been on a roller coaster ride, winning their last 6 games in the English Premier league, which has left the club ...

A South African man Rofhiewa Makwarela has tied the nuptial knots with his beautiful physically challenged girlfriend after 4 years of being together.   The excited man took to Twitter to shared their loved up photos while describing his wife ...

  The White House has finally released a rough transcript of US president Donald Trump’s first phone call with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, days after Trump promised to release the phone conversations.   The April telephone conversation he had with ...

President Buhari last night arrived Nigeria after his private visit to the United Kingdom. He was received at the airport by his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, Inspector General of Police Adamu ...

The Socio-Economic Right And Accountability Project SERAP, this evening tagged US President, Donald Trump on Twitter, and asked him to help Nigerians tell President Buhari to obey court order and release publisher, Omoyele Sowore. Trump is yet to respond.

A policewoman accused a male colleague of raping her 9-year-old daughter in a Police Barracks in Oshodi, Lagos.   The 45-year-old policewoman (name withheld) on Thursday narrated to an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a male Police ...

American comedian and actress, Mo’Nique has filed a legal suit against Netflix, accusing the company of race and sex discrimination by allegedly low balling her on an offer to produce a comedy special.   In 2018, the 51-year-old Oscar-winning actress and comedienne ...

A Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) final year student of mechanical engineering was spotted in a viral video test running an aeroplane prototype he built for his final year project defence.   The aeroplane prototype flew to the amazement ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused Nigerian politicians of undermining the electoral system in Nigeria.   Jonathan who spoke in Port Harcourt during the presentation of a book by Gabriel Toby, a former deputy governor of Rivers on Thursday November 14, ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday November 15, debunked claims of disobeying court orders by stating that the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki; leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Shiek Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and #RevolutionNow convener, Omoleye Sowore opted ...

With just a few hours to the Governorship election, the Bayelsa House of Assembly has passed a resolution demanding a state of emergency in Nembe Local Government Area and that the electoral exercise schedule for tomorrow in area be cancelled. ...

  A 33-year-old French tourist died on Friday, November 15th after falling from a 260ft waterfall while trying to take a selfie at the Na Mueng 2 waterfall, Thailand.   The accident happened on Thursday afternoon on the resort island ...

Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara State has sacked 21 out of his 47 permanent secretaries and announced the creation of 7 new Directorates in the state.   According to a statement by the state government, the affected secretaries were ...

Pope Francis has called on tech giants to prevent children from being able to access porn online so easily. Speaking at the Promoting Digital Child Dignity conference in the Vatican recently, he called for action to be taken on kids’ ...

70 staff of the National Examinations Council (NECO) have been dismissed by the Nigerian examination body over certificate forgery. The examination body’s staff were dismissed after the Management Committee constituted to verify certificate of staff submitted its report.   NECO’s Head of ...

The remains of two parents and their 6-year-old child has been found inside an apartment in a suspected case of murder-suicide by cyanide.   Police discovered their bodies in Istanbul and according to the mayor of Istanbul’s Bakirkoy neighbourhood, Bulent ...

The Student Union Government of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), formerly called Anambra State University, have called out a bank on campus for their lack of consideration for their customers who are students.   The criticism from the SUG came ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, has arrested two blood brothers for extorting internet fraudsters with promises of shielding them from arrest by the Commission.   A statement from the antigraft agency says the siblings – ...

A video showing Army officials assaulting men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority LASTMA after one of them was stopped for flouting traffic laws, has surfaced online.   The soldier was caught using the road track meant only for the Lagos ...

A former South African post office worker who brutally raped and murdered a university student has been sentenced to life in prison.   The Western Cape High Court on Friday, November 2015, sentenced Luyanda Botha for the rape and murder of ...

  A 9 year old genius from Belgium, Laurent Simons will this December graduate from the Eindhoven University of Technology with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, a major achievement even for grown up adults.   Laurent Simons, ...

  27 people have been confirmed dead after lightning struck amid heavy rains overnight in various locations in Pakistan’s southern desert region.   Saeed Ghani, the provincial government spokesman who confirmed the incident said a state of emergency was declared by authorities ...

OAP Dotun has slammed his Cool FM colleague, Daddy Freeze over his comment on Busola Dakolo losing her rape case against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo and being fined N1m as damages. We reported earlier that Daddy Freeze who shared his thoughts ...

  The Chaplain of Trinity Chapel at Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH) Yola, Prof Felix Ilesani was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Thursday evening.   The Department of Urban and Regional Planning lecturer was kidnapped from his residence at the staff ...