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Popular English singer, Sam Smith, has announced a collaboration with Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy. Smith on his Twitter page shared a short snippet of the new song titled My Oasis which is also first track ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Thursday ordered reopening of praying grounds for Muslims in the state for the 2020 Eid-el-Kabir prayers. Makinde in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, however, warned that Muslim ...

A day after announcing nominations for the Emmy Awards, the Television Academy on Wednesday informed top nominees that the ceremony in September will be held online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was expected given the restrictions and lockdowns ...

An Australian dating coach has polled the public about whether you should tell a new partner if you cheated in a previous relationship. Relationship expert Louanne Ward, from Perth, Western Australia, posed the controversial question on her Facebook page, calling ...

Bill Gates has sided with President Donald Trump in arguing for the reopening of schools in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the ‘benefits outweigh the costs for younger students.’ The Microsoft founder, 64, rallied for schools to open ...

Three armed robbers were on Wednesday were set ablaze by an angry mob in a failed bank robbery which occurred at First Bank, Okeho in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, ...

There are strong indications that the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, has concluded plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party to join the Zenith Labour Party to contest the forthcoming governorship election. Ajayi, who lost the PDP primary ...

Former Minister of Science and Technology, Major General Sam Momah (Rtd.) is dead. He died yesterday afternoon after complicated diabetic issues. He died having celebrated his 77th birthday on July 6 during which he launched his 13th book titled: “Restructuring ...

The mystery surrounding North Korean ‘ghost ships’ which have been washing up in Japan full of dead bodies may now have been finally solved. For years, Japan’s north coast had been the site of the disturbing phenomenon, with rickety fishing ...

An Airbus A330-243 owned by Middle East Airlines with registration number OD-MEA, ran into a Boeing 777 airplane with registration number TC-LJC operated by Turkish Airlines. The Middle East airbus ran into the Turkish cargo flight, which was parked at ...

A prominent elder statesman and leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group Afenifere, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, is dead. He died in the early hours of this morning. Fasanmi who died at 94 was born on September 25, 1925. An official announcement is ...

Debate continues to rage over the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine as cure for Covid-19. The World Health Organisation initially recommended the drug, but later withdrew the recommendation. This followed some scientific studies that discredited the drug and also pointed out some ...

British rapper Wiley apologised on Wednesday for “generalising” in a series of anti-Semitic posts that got him permanently banned by Twitter. “I’m not racist, you know. I’m a businessman,” Wiley told Sky News after the social media platform made its ...

A robbery attack on a bullion van in Ebonyi State has led to the death of four policemen. The Ebonyi State Police Command confirmed the killing of the security officials on Wednesday, hours after the incident occurred. A Deputy Superintendent ...

Nigeria has announced that the country has recorded 404 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 42,208. According to the latest figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), last night, Lagos ...

Senegalese singer Balla Sidibe, a founding member of the legendary Orchestra Baobab which ruled the airwaves during the 1970s is dead. He died Wednesday in Dakar, the country’s musical association said. Orchestra Baobab’s unique blend of Cuban rhythms, soul and ...

Zambian leader Edgar Lungu on Wednesday fired his education minister, David Mabumba, the presidency said, after n.u.d.e video clips of him went viral on social media. A statement from the presidency did not give reasons for his removal but it ...

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo has sentenced a 27-year -old man, Ayinde Semiu, to 10 years imprisonment for breaking into two shops and stealing foodstuff worth N77,850. The Magistrate, Mrs I.O Abudu, on Wednesday, sentenced the convict after ...

Gunmen have shot 13 members of the same family dead in Agbudu, Kogi-Koton-Karfe Local Government Area of Kogi State. Fourteen people were killed in the attack, with six persons serious injured. Ede Ayuba, State Police Commissioner, who disclosed this while ...

Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Resources, Dr Sunday Ongbabo, on Wednesday resigned his appointment. Ongbabo who was also the secretary, State Action Committee on COVID-19, did not state reason for his resignation. The Chief Press Secretary to the ...

Tiktok queen and one of Nollywood’s finest, Iyabo Ojo is now a land lady in Lekki. The actress just acquired a king-sized house in that part of the state, Showing off a photo of the building, she wrote; ”Finally, God ...

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has been attacked by Boko Haram terrorists. This happened while on his way to Monguno and Baga. It was gathered the terrorists ambushed the governor’s convoy as he went to distribute food to Internally Displaced ...

The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare ll, has condemned in strong terms, the clash between supporters of APC and PDP last Saturday, that occurred at the gate of the palace. The clash occurred soon after the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, some ...

The Imo state police command on Tuesday paraded at the command headquarters in Owerri, two suspected cultists Chijioke Onyeahialam, 25-year-old man and Johnbosco Ihekoronye, male, 27-year-old, said to be planning a revenge attack on their rivals. The police through the ...

Data shows that a recent spike in coronavirus cases in Latin America has made it the most infected region in the world. The rising number of cases make Latin America the region most impacted by the pandemic globally due to ...