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Osun State Government on Thursday announced the closure of lfeoluwa Co Educational Grammar School Osogbo, following the invasion of its premises by suspected cultists. The spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, had told our correspondent during an ...

Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello says he handles insecurity in his state without necessarily seeking a solution by visiting the President in Abuja. The governor who made the statement on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise ...

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Months after Davido contacted Nengi and featured her in his Jowo video, the two have unfollowed each other on Instagram. Recall Nengi had spoken of her excitement when she heard Davido wanted her in his Jowo music video, but now, ...

A student of Government Secondary School in Ikot Ewa, Cross River State, has allegedly been nabbed with a gun. According to the twitter report, the female student went to school with the gun because a teacher had asked her to ...

                  Veteran Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwo, has explained how she got into Nollywood. According to her she was dragged into the make believe industry by two of her class mates and wasn’t ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr. Mojisola Adeyeye made the announcement during a live briefing on Thursday. She said ...

Serena Williams left her Australian Open news conference in tears after her semi-final defeat by Naomi Osaka.   The American great saw her latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title ended by Japan’s three-time major champion Osaka, who ...

Rio Ferdinand feels like he’s experiencing fatherhood for the first time with his son Cree because he was away so much with his other kids. The former Manchester United star, 42, welcomed his fourth child with wife Kate before Christmas. ...

A judge of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday, granted pardon to a r*pist, Dennis Kiyede, just after he convicted him for r*ping a 16-year-old girl.   John Adeyeye, the judge, said he pardoned Mr Kiyede because of ...

The bus in which Wikki Tourists players and officials were travelling, burst into flames on Thursday morning. They were on their way to Uyo for their Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clash against Dakkada FC. The sad incident was confirmed ...

Bolu Okupe released these new photos which could pass as his Val shoot on social media, with the caption: ”I love you”.

Naomi Osaka powered into the Australian Open final Thursday to stay on track for a fourth Grand Slam title and keep Serena Williams’ dream of a record-equalling 24th major title on hold once more. The Japanese third seed swept past ...

  Naomi Osaka powered into the Australian Open final Thursday to stay on track for a fourth Grand Slam title and keep Serena Williams’ dream of a record-equalling 24th major title on hold once more.   The Japanese third seed ...

A former Senator, Shehu Sani has asked the Defence Minister to make sure his ministry provides Nigerians with tools to defend themselves against bandits, so that there would be no cowards.This comes after the Minister was quoted as saying, Nigerians ...

There is palpable fear in the Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State as Islamic leaders in the community have threatened a showdown with leaders of the Oro adherents over imposition of a curfew. The traditionalists were alleged to have ...

The Kwara State Police Command said it had arrested six of the 2,414 sacked teachers in the state for allegedly contravening Covid-19 protocols during a protest at the State Government House in Ilorin on Wednesday. The State Universal Basic Education ...

Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, arrested a 28-year-old medical doctor, Chijioke Precious and 17 others over alleged internet fraud in Owerri, Imo State. The 17 others whose ages range ...

Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has visited Government Science College, Kagara, where 27 students, three staff and 12 family members of staff were abducted by gunmen on Wednesday.Bello was accompanied by his deputy, Alhaji Ahmed Ketso and members of the ...

The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, says he bought his third jet during the raging COVID-19 pandemic, which pushed the country into economic recession. Suleman said this in a recent sermon. Although the date ...

The police in Lagos said it has arrested one David Idibie, for the death of his 42-year-old wife who was found dead in their apartment. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police spokesperson, said in a statement on Wednesday that the man was ...

Defence Minister Maj- Gen. Bashir Magashi, on Wednesday sent out a message to Nigerians on how to stop kidnappers and other criminals elements in the country: “stand and face them.” ”Is it (security issue) the responsibility of the military alone? ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 869 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 149,369. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. Nigeria also recorded 8COVID-19 ...

A suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed Nicki Minaj’s father Robert Maraj turned himself in to the police and was arrested Wednesday morning. Maraj, 64, was killed on Friday in Mineola, Long Island, after he was struck by a ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged security agencies to secure the immediate release of students and staff of a public school in Niger State who were kidnapped late Tuesday night. The president’s directive was contained in a statement by his spokesperson, ...