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Two Indonesian women have been publicly whipped nearly 100 times each for selling s.e.x workers’ services online, an official in the country’s conservative Aceh province said Tuesday. Aceh, at the tip of Sumatra, is the only region in Muslim-majority Indonesia ...

The Federal Government has declared Thursday and Friday 30 and 31 July, as public holiday to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration today in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, ministry of Interior, ...

Chinese citizens have allegedly lit firecrackers outside the US consulate in Chengdu to celebrate the closure of the diplomatic mission. Footage shows a man setting off braids of fireworks as they flare up with smoke in the front-end of the ...

India has banned 47 more Chinese apps just weeks after blocking the highly popular video-sharing platform TikTok and 58 others over national security and privacy concerns, an Indian information ministry official and media reports said Monday. Tensions between the world’s ...

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Chief Johnson Onuigbo, is dead. Onuigbo, popularly known as ‘Akinbod’, was said to have passed on Monday evening, in Umuahia, after a brief illness. However, the cause of his death ...

The new leadership of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and members of the Shura council have executed 3 top commanders including the once most powerful jihadist warlord in-charge of all terrorists activities and operations along the Tumbus ...

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved further appointments of 72 persons into statutory boards and commissions in the state. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, it was gathered that the appointment is in fulfilment of ...

The Osun State Government has ordered teachers in the state to resume on Tuesday, August 4, while final year students to resume on Thursday, August 6. The West Africa School Certificate Examinations (WAEC) are expected to commence on August 17. ...

Multimedia personality Toke Makinwa has reacted to the trending story that her home in Banana Island, Ikoyi Lagos has been seized by AMCON. According to a statement that surfaced on Instablog, Toke has threatened to sue the originators of the ...

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are new parents. The “Game of Thrones” star gave birth to her first child with the Jonas Brothers pop musician last Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles, according to multiple reports out Monday.  The ...

After a very intense Head of House Challenge, Lucy snatched the Head of House (HoH) seat from Nengi and immediately called for a more disciplined house. She named fellow housemate Prince as her deputy. Her first call as HoH was ...

A Nigerian woman will know her fate on 20 August in Dubai when judgment will be delivered after a trial for assault and robbery. The unidentified 23 year-old Nigerian was tried at the Dubai Court of First Instance on Monday. ...

Nigeria, on Monday, reported another 648 new cases of COVID-19, even as Lagos led with 180 new cases. The country also recorded two deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 860. From the report released on Monday by the ...

Nigerians have reacted to the viral report of AMCON taking over Toke Makinwa’s Banana Island mansion. The news of the take over went viral this afternoon and it’s looking very true. On July 2, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria ...

The United Nations (UN) says it has identified and suspended another staff member involved in a recent viral s.e.x video. The video, which went viral in June, showed a couple apparently having s.e.x in one of the official UN vehicles ...

Meek Mill revealed on Sunday that he and girlfriend Milan Harris have broken up, just a few days after Kanye West insinuated Meek and Kim Kardashian had an affair. The now-ex couple welcomed their first child together — a baby ...

A yet-to-be identified man was on Monday killed and three others injured after a gas cylinder exploded in Lagos. The incident occurred at 13C, Palmgroove Estate, Cappa Avenue, off Ikorodu road around 6pm. It was gathered the cylinder exploded while ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has expressed regrets over the death of a mother and her four children in Abuja on Saturday, after torrential rainfall in Gwagwalada area council that swept away some houses. He said, “It is unfortunate, ...

The Federal Government says it has so far spent N15.8 billion on hazard allowances in its teaching hospitals and medical centres across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, stated this in Abuja while addressing journalists ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has named train stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving Nigerians”, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said. Presidency aide, Tolu Ogunlesi, revealed this on Monday in a tweet. According to Ogunlesi, the ...

Rapper Young Thug’s 7 year old daughter is quite a character. Yesterday, she got into beef with another girl – age 8. And Young Thug’s daughter threatened the girl, saying that someone is gonna die over the beef. This isn’t ...

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Sunday evening, joined officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other security agencies in controlling the traffic on Abuja-Lokoja road which has held commuters on standstill for two days running. Governor Bello ...

Businessman and leader of the Yoruba community in Makurdi, Chief Isaac Akinkumi who was last Friday abducted by unknown armed men has been rescued by the Police. The Police also arrested five suspects and recovered a locally made pistol loaded ...

Operatives of the Imo state police command on Thursday arrested a couple for inflicting severe injuries on an eight old boy for failing to buy Akara (bean cake) from their regular customer, at their residence in Umudagu Mbieri, in Mbaitoli ...

Former Nigerian international, Musa Nosa Kadiri, has passed away at the age of 53 in New York. A source said Kadiri, ex- Flying Eagles star, went into a coma after falling from his apartment which caused bleeding in the brain. ...