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Mavin Records boss, Michael Ajereh, aka Don Jazzy in a new interview revealed he is very happy even without marriage and children.   Don Jazzy turned 38 on Thursday, November 26, 2020. A party was held for him and his ...

Nigeria’s Covid-19 death toll hit 1,171 on Friday, with 246 new confirmed cases recorded in the last 24 hours.   The NCDC made this known on Friday night, putting the cumulative infections at 67,220, out of 756,237 samples tested since ...

Nollywood actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele Bello has said she escaped death during a robbery attack at a hotel in Lagos nine years ago. She made this known in an Instagram live session as she spoke about her new movie, ...

Striking lecturers under the umbrella of The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have agreed to resume academic activities.   They accepted to call off the eight-month strike after the Federal Government increased its offer to the union to N70bn. ...

The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has ordered the Nigeria Police to pay N50million compensation to the family of Daniel Chibuike-Ikeagwuchi popular called Sleek, who was killed by policemen in the state.   The victim’s family had ...

Diego Armando Maradona’s manager and friend said the legend ‘was tired and let himself die’ while the family around him was ‘tearing each other’s hair out.’   The Napoli and Argentina icon died on Wednesday at the age of 60 ...

  President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, who reacted to claims that the ASUU strike might be suspended soon, stated that no agreement has been reached with the federal government. Prof Biodun Ogunyemi who spoke with Tribune, disclosed that the team that represented ...

A Twitter user has alleged that a Lagos teacher beat his junior brother to death over the boy’s failure to correctly answer a question asked of him during their mathematics session. The man, whose Twitter handle identified him as Ridwan ...

A Peregrine falcon believed to be the world’s fastest bird has been killed in Nigeria, Delta State. The bird is believed to have flown into Nigeria from Finland. It was reportedly killed in Ofagbe town, Delta state.  According to a ...

Manchester United are reportedly being held to ransom for millions of pounds by cyberhackers who still have control of the club’s computer systems.   Manchester United’s network has allegedly been infected by a computer virus, and the club face having ...

Justice Adie A. Onyebueke of the Cross River State High Court, Akamkpa, on Friday, sentenced Augustine Effiong Bassey to five years in prison. Bassey was found culpable of stealing N27 million belonging to a microfinance bank where he was a ...

Counsel for some #EndSARS protesters in Lagos State, Mr Adesina Ogunlana, has said Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), will have to appear before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry “discovery” of a video camera at the Lekki toll ...

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top nuclear scientist in Iran has been murdered, state media reported.   Fakhrizadeh was shot on Friday as he journeyed in a vehicle near Tehran, the state capital. He was badly injured, doctors could not save him ...

Unknown Gunmen have kidnapped the wife of the Chief of Staff to Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Mr Olugbenga Ale This happened as the state is battling with the death of the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adeusi, who was ...

The Inspector General Of Police Force in Nigeria IGP Muhammad Adamu Abubakar has charged his men in general not to feel discouraged by the protests staged by Nigerian youth calling for the end of its Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The ...

The Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS (OYSACA) has announced that between January and June 2020, over 6,900 individuals tested positive for HIV in the States despite measures taken to curtail the spread of the virus.   While ...

There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the Edepie suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital when one of the policemen on an escort duty fired indiscriminately hitting a 17-year-old girl, a pastor’s wife and a trader along the popular Tombia market ...

One Ibrahim Abubakar, a shop owner along Zoo Road in Kano metropolis, has committed suicide on Thursday evening.   His body was discovered hanging from a rope in his shop. His son, Abdussalam Ibrahim, told newsmen that his father was ...

Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel has said most relationships and marriages these days collapse because of one thing — sex. He says many start relationships based on S.E.X and not friendship asking how that would last. Sharing his thought on Instagram, ...

India’s economy contracted 7.5 percent between July and September, performing the poorest among major advanced and emerging economies and entering a technical recession for the first time since independence, official data showed Friday. Although the figures were an improvement on ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday struck out the case filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Court said ...

An #EndSARS protester, Felicia Okpara, has testified against the police, saying she was brutalized by officers simply for recording the violence that took place during one of the protests in the Surulere area of Lagos State.   She said this ...

Today a letter from Kano State Hisbah Board warning a radio station — Cool FM to stop using the word ‘Black Friday’ trended.   But has it trended, Nigerians noticed two major errors. One was Manger, which was supposed to ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will celebrate their first Thanksgiving living together as a family with some sweet and humble touches.   The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and son Archie will sit down to a traditional meal in their ...

Donald Trump has admitted for the first time he will leave the White House if the electoral college votes for rival Joe Biden.   President-elect Biden, a former vice president, won the election 23 days ago and his victory has ...