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The Kogi State Government has said schools in the State will reopen for exit students on Monday, 10th August. This was made known by the State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Wemi Jones in Lokoja after a stakeholders meeting ...

The first five Rafale fighter jets bought from France in a multi-billion-dollar deal landed in India on Wednesday and the defence minister used their arrival to launch a veiled warning to neighbouring China over territorial tensions. A water-cannon guard of ...

Drake has broken a record for the most Top 10 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, overtaking previous record-holder Madonna. The Canadian rapper takes the title in spectacular fashion, scoring two Top 10 hits on this week’s chart, ...

A UK man accused of raping and murdering his friend, who he was “trusted” to walk home for safety, has told a jury he “accidentally killed her during s.e.x”. Wesley Streete, 20, said he put the body of Keeley Bunker ...

Tolu Oniru-Demuren, popularly known as OAP Toolz, and her husband, Captain Tunde Demuren, have confirmed the arrival of their second child in an Instagram post on Wednesday. Though the parent didn’t confirm the reports when it first hit the news, ...

A student of babcok university who was involved in a leaked s.e.x tape that went viral last year  have reportedly been  awarded a scholarship to study abroad. The school management expelled her after a video showing her and an ex-student ...

Bbnaija housemates Dorathy Bachor has disclosed that her family has warned her not to return home after the BBNaija reality TV show is over. She said this  after Big Brother asked her if she thinks she can win the grand ...

An incestuous daughter has admitted helping her father kill her boyfriend, before having s.e.x with her dad and illegally marrying him. Amanda McClure, 31, and her father Larry McClure, 55, tied Thomas McGuire, 38, up, battered him over the head ...

An evil gang who kidnapped and tortured a young couple before stripping the boyfriend naked and Tasering his genitals have been jailed. The couple were subjected to a terrifying two-day ordeal which also saw the girlfriend have a knife held ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday announced he had asymptomatic COVID-19, but said he’d already recovered from it. “Today you are meeting a man who managed to survive the coronavirus on his feet. Doctors came to such a conclusion yesterday. ...

A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to name a railway station after former President Olusegun Obasanjo is malicious and sacrilegious. Buhari had on Monday named railway stations after 17 prominent Nigerians, including ...

Kim Kardashian has reunited with her husband Kanye West, after flying into Wyoming where she was pictured sobbing during an intense conversation with the troubled rapper. The 39-year-old reality star appeared distressed and cried as she talked to Kanye, 43, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has described as “impressive” and “spectacular” Dr Stella Immanuel and her sensational video prescribing hydroxychloroquine as cure for COVID-19. His comment came just as social media companies cracked down on the viral coronavirus disinformation that came ...

It was a lucky escape on Tuesday for 10 passengers onboard a boat to Lagos Island when it suddenly capsized. According to report, the incident occurred at 8,23 pm when the ferry was on its way to Ozumba Mbadiwe, Lagos ...

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 37-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Emmanuel Idoko, to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 12-year-old daughter. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Idoko was convicted of ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the National Art Theatre in Lagos will be revamped with creative hubs of four clusters – film, music, fashion and IT- in 22 months. The Minister gave the assurance on ...

General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry Pastor William Kumuyi has published a Yoruba Bible concordance called Bibeli Mimo Atoka. Joined by a team of Yorub a scholars, the project is said to have taken 15 years to complete. ...

A teenage girl has died after her uncle allegedly threw her from an 11th floor apartment in Iran. Fatemeh Ghozat, 16, was allegedly beaten and then murdered by her uncle Mojtaba Namdar after speaking out against his abuse on May ...

The Ondo State Police Command today arraigned a 24-year old farmer, Haruna Mohammed, for allegedly r3ping a 50-year old woman identified as Ibukun Akinlo. Haruna was arraigned at an Akure Magistrate Court on a one count charge of rape. He ...

Real Madrid forward Mariano Diaz has contracted COVID-19. This was discovered after the Real Madrid conducted COVID-19 test on the squad on Monday. However, the club confirmed that Diaz was in “perfect health” and would be self-isolating at home. The ...

Malaysia’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday. High court judge Mohamad Nazlan Mohamad Ghazali sentenced Najib to 12 years and a fine of 210 million ringgit ($49 ...

Donald Trump Jr has been banned from using Twitter for allegedly spreading lies about coronavirus. The President of the United States’ eldest son had his account suspended Wednesday, after the social media giant said he had been posting ‘misleading and ...

Prancing in front of a camera with its blond mane blowing in the wind, “007” is one of the thousands of goats being sold online as Muslims prepare for a key religious festival shaken this year by the coronavirus pandemic. ...

A Nigerian-born and trained physician, Dr Stella Emmanuel, is trending on social media after delivering an emotional COVID-19 speech in the United States on Monday. Speaking at a news conference in Washington, Emmanuel claimed that hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax were ...

The General Overseer of SRI Pastor Wealthy Nations Ministry Abuja, Pastor Prince Dickson has predicted Olamilekan “Laycon” Agbeleshe as the winner of the BBNaija season 5. The Pastor made the prediction on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 that Laycon will be ...