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Priscilla Ojo, the daughter of Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has acquired a sleek Mercedes Benz whip for herself as Christmas gift.   Priscilla posted photos of herself posed by her Benz showing how excited and proud she is and sharing ...

One of the leaders of #EndSARS protesters identified as Emmanuel Adebayo who is also known as “Captain” was arrested by the Directorate of State Service (DSS) on Thursday morning for alleged impersonation.   The Nation learnt that he was arested ...

Kim Kardashian has bombarded Donald Trump with tweets asking for him to spare the life of a death row inmate set to be executed.   The 40-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star and criminal justice reform campaigner launched a ...

Reality star, Lucy Edet has announced that she is going off social media for some time until further notice.   The 2020 Big Brother Naija former housemate told her fans on Twitter on Thursday that she no longer has management, ...

World’s first patient to get Covid vaccine, 90, leaves hospital ‘feeling great’ A grandmother who became the first person in the world to have the Pfizer vaccine has been discharged from hospital after a ‘whirlwind’ day. Margaret Keenan, 90, made ...

Faisal, son of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been arrested. Recall that Faisal was declared wanted by the Federal High Court in Abuja after he jumped bail since June 24. The Economic ...

As President Donald Trump’s days in the White House wane, his administration is racing through a string of federal executions. Five executions are scheduled before President-elect Joe Biden’s 20 January inauguration – breaking with an 130-year-old precedent of pausing executions ...

  At least 16 travellers have been killed by unknown gunmen on Wednesday along Abuja-Kaduna expressway on their way back to Kano from a business trip.   TGB gathered that the victims (all males) were from Dambatta local government.   ...

Nollywood actress Eniola Badmus has appealed to those who body-shame her telling them not to send her to her early grave.   Eniola says the number of body-shame she gets in a day is getting unbearable and now wants it ...

US President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter has said his tax affairs are under investigation.   The investigation is being conducted by federal prosecutors in Delaware. US media quote sources saying it relates to business dealings with foreign countries including China. ...

Tragedy struck in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Tuesday, after fleeing gunmen shot and killed two siblings.   The victims, Ifeanyi Anyanwu, 47, and Tochukwu Anyanwu, 45, were shot dead at the back gate of the Imo State University, ...

  The World Bank has predicted that the effects of COVID-19 pandemic could see further drastic deterioration in the standards of living of Nigerians and push a fresh 20 million citizens into poverty by 2022. Although the institution listed some ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be the first person in his country to be given Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine.   Netanyahu made the announcement Wednesday in front of a just-landed aircraft at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, which had ...

Four Lions at Barcelona Zoo in Spain have tested positive for coronavirus, veterinary officials say. Three females named Zala, Nima and Run Run and one male called Kiumbe were tested after displaying mild symptoms. Two staff members also tested positive ...

The  Federal Government on Wednesday disclosed that it received a total of 38,051 Citizenship applications from September 2018 to October 2020. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, made this known in Abuja at the 4th Quarter 2020 Public-Private ...

A youthful man from Bombolulu in Mombasa County, Kenya who was on Sunday morning attacked by commercial s.e.x workers, has died in hospital. The man, whose identity is yet to be communicated, died while receiving treatment at the Kilifi County ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 474 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 70,669. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. “On the 9th of ...

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines as from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021. A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday quoted Okonjo-Iweala after ...

The Kardashians have been snubbed from Forbes’ World’s Most Powerful Women list.   While fellow celebs such as Rihanna, Beyonce and Taylor Swift have all made the annual Forbes list, not one of the vast reality star clan made the ...

Nobel Laurette, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year as a result of the vicissitudes of problems.   He added that Nigerian situation was worse as a result of the imperial nature of its ...

Lol when ex-reality star Kiddwaya tried to be humble and said he is no star and just a normal human being, many called him out for the statement. I am sure most of you would have asked why? Afterall he ...

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two siblings and one other for an alleged attempt to kidnap their former employer. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement. Oyeyemi ...

Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he has no case to answer over allegations he laundered N2 billion, stolen from the pension fund. Anayo Adibe, lawyer to Maina ...

While the rest of the world is busy shopping and wrapping gifts, this mum is avoiding festivities as she is allergic to Christmas.   Victoria Osborne, 47, suffers from such extreme allergic reactions at this time of year she could ...

Uganda has applied through the Global Alliances for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to secure the Covid-19 vaccine from drugmaker AstraZeneca amid surging cases in the country, the ministry of health has said. Henry Mwebesa, director general of health services, said ...