Sister of late Orisabunmi dies, days after brother’s death

Mrs. Janet Ademola, the younger sister of late popular Yoruba actress Mrs. Folake Aremu, widely known as Orisabunmi, is dead. News of the demise of Janet was broken and confirmed on Saturday by Gbenga Onisola, her nephew. Janet, who is ...

Read More »

Two-year-old survives after being driven over twice by a car

A child in Switzerland survived after being driven over twice by a car, police-reported on Saturday. A driver was moving his car to a different parking spot in the town of Oberentfelden on Friday evening when he ran over the ...

Read More »

FFK announces arrival of his newborn baby, Nigerians react

Tongues have begun to wag on social media after former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode announced the arrival of a new born baby. The question many people asked the ex-minister is; who is the mother of the baby? FFK had taken ...

Read More »

We killed girl, removed her vagina for N500k – Bauchi ritualists

Two suspects arrested in Bauchi over ritual killing of a little girl have been telling the police why they embarked on the dastardly act. A news website, PRNigeria reported that the suspects, in an audio clip of the interrogation confessed ...

Read More »

Alaafin postpones 50 years coronation anniversary

Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has postponed indefinitely his 50 years coronation anniversary in the aftermath of the ravaging coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is contained in a statement he personally signed and issued to newsmen on Saturday. The oba ...

Read More »

Court dismisses certificate forgery case against Obaseki

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the alleged certificate forgery suit brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of its members, Edobor Williams.   Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ...

Read More »

Nigerian man based in Canada dies on his birthday [photos]

A 47-year-old Nigerian man, Nafike Malafa Bala based in Canada has died on his birthday.  The University of Jos graduate died on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, which happened to be his birthday. The cause of his death was not mentioned. ...

Read More »

Nollywood actor, Jim Lawson Maduike is dead

Nollywood actor, Jim Lawson Maduike has reportedly passed away. According to reports, the veteran actor slept and didn’t wake up the following morning. Another report claims that the Imo state thespian allegedly died after complaining of body pains at around ...

Read More »

Twitter also permanently suspends Donald Trump’s account

#Twitter has also permanently suspended United States President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence after hundreds of his supporters stormed the US Capitol. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and ...

Read More »

Trump supporter who broke into US Speaker’s office arrested

Richard Barnett, President Donald Trump’s supporter, who broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, has been apprehended. Barnett posed for pictures and stole mail from her desk. He was arrested on Friday in Little Rock, Arkansas, and has been charged ...

Read More »

Nigerian Governors to take Covid-19 vaccine on live TV

Many Nigerian governors will be given COVID-19 vaccine on live television to encourage Nigerians to accept the vaccine, an official has said. Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, who addressed journalists in Abuja after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, said he ...

Read More »

Body of missing lady found in mortuary in Rivers

Miss Beauty Ngegbarane, a 20-year-old lady who declared missing in Rivers State on Christmas Day has been found dead. The remains of the lady who reportedly left home to visit one Pastor Side Masodje alleged to be her lover was ...

Read More »

Tracy Chapman wins $450K in copyright suit against Nicki Minaj

Avoiding trial, Minaj makes an offer for illicitly using ‘Baby Can I Hold You,’ and Chapman accepts it. The cost of taking another songwriter’s work without permission and illicitly leaking a remade version is $450,000. That’s what Nicki Minaj will ...

Read More »

Acting as ‘ritualist’ doesn’t make me one –Kanayo O Kanayo

Kanayo O Kanayo, has made an indelible mark in Nollywood and the story of the film industry cannot be told without according him his pride of place. However, the actor has also had to deal with the impression some people ...

Read More »

Indonesian plane with 50 aboard missing after take-off

An Indonesian Boeing 737-500 plane with 50 people on board has been declared missing minutes after take-off. The Sriwijaya Air flight lost contact after taking off from Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday. It was on its way to Pontianak in ...

Read More »

Soyinka warns about Amotekun becoming another SARS

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has warned that South-West Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, must not become another Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. Soyinka stated this on Saturday, while featuring on Arise TV. The ...

Read More »

Wizkid’s baby mama, Shola Ogudu survives ghastly car crash (Photos)

The first baby mama of Nigerian superstar Wizkid, Shola Ogudu has miraculously escaped a car accident on January 8th. Shola Ogudu took to her Twitter handle to share some images of her car which was in a terrible state after ...

Read More »

Orisabunmi contributed greatly to Nollywood’s growth –Latin

President of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Producers Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, aka Mr Latin, has said he was shocked when he heard about the death of veteran actress, Folake Aremu, better known as Orisabunmi, who passed away ...

Read More »

Man accused Zlatan of stealing his song (Video)

Nigerian rapper Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, Zlatan Ibile was called out by an upcoming artist, Keanzo Abami for stealing his song without crediting him   Taking to Twitter, Keanzo accused the Zanku master of intellectual theft involving the recreation of a ...

Read More »

OMG! Fire kills ten newborn babies in Indian hospital

Ten newborn babies died on Saturday in a fire at a state-run hospital in western India, officials said. There were 17 infants in the unit for sick newborn babies when the fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday ...

Read More »

Kaduna health commissioner tests positive for COVID-19

Amina Mohammed-Baloni the Kaduna State Commissioner for Health has tested positive for COVID-19. Mohammed-Baloni made the revelation on social media via her Twitter handle on Friday, in a series of tweets while noting that she has gone into isolation. She ...

Read More »