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Nigeria, on Tuesday recorded 576 fresh cases of Coronavirus to take its total to 37,801 confirmed cases, as Lagos is back to the top again. In the last two days, Edo and FCT dethroned Lagos in daily coronavirus infections, but ...

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has warned members of the group against attacks on Yorubas. Kanu issued the warning during his live broadcast on Sunday. In a statement by the Head of Directorate of ...

The Federal High Court, sitting at Umuahia, Abia State, has granted bail to the ‘Church of Satan’ founder, Ifekwe Udo and 17 others, who were arrested by the Police over the riot at Ebem Ohafia where government buildings were razed ...

Tragedy struck Tuesday morning when a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Company, Obajana, crushed to death a man and his son According to an eye witness account, the middle-aged man was on his motorbike with his two sons when the ...

A Louisiana woman shot her boyfriend who refused to argue with her on Saturday morning, police said. Investigators are searching for Jenalisha Lawrence, 29, who is suspected of shooting her boyfriend around 7:30 a.m., Shreveport police said. Officers found a ...

Tunji Adeleke, the cousin of DMW boss Davido, has shared his experience and how he struggled  for a decade  before finally becoming a university graduate. He is currently feeling graceful as he’s achieved the feat of graduating from the university. ...

A Nigerian man, Muhammad Abdul Modibo, has shown how creative he is by  converting an old Volkswagen Beetle vehicle into a Rolls Royce replica. The photo was shared in a tweet by Africa Facts Zone. Twitter users have praised the ...

Here are photos from the visit of former President Goodluck Jonathan to President Buhari at the statehouse Abuja today. See more photos below….  

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe alongside two companies, Elites Finance Investment Limited and Efinc Global Investment Limited before Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over alleged N179 million fraud. Justice E.A. ...

Ismaila Isa Funtua, elder statesman and politician, has been laid to rest in Abuja. Funtua, who was President Muhammadu Buhari’s in-law and ally, died in Abuja on Monday. He was buried at the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja after the funeral prayers ...

The manager of British singer Adele reportedly paid himself a whopping £10million last year despite no new music being released by the star. Jonathan Dickins is reported to have awarded himself the sum after Adele’s management company September Management made ...

Kanye West has turned on his in-laws as he took aim at his mother-in-law Kris Jenner in a series of deleted tweets. The Jesus Walks rapper, 43, said he has banned Kris from seeing his four children – North, seven; ...

The American singer showed off her baby bump in new instagram photos. ”Never too pregnant for a crop [top] and never too good for a mask”, she wrote.  

A Lagos-based lawyer, Lawrence Nnoli, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos, with an application seeking to compel the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to appoint more Supreme Court Justices without further delay. The Nigerian constitution provides for ...

A Nigerian woman has reportedly died a day after her wedding. A Facebook user shared the sad news on social media. See it below….

Russell Wilson and Ciara are getting ready to welcome a baby boy. But will the 31-year-old quarterback be able to be in the delivery room with the 34-year-old singer amid the global coronavirus pandemic? The Seattle Seahawks star touched on ...

Jeff Bezos added $13 billion to his net worth on Monday, the largest single-day jump for an individual since the Bloomberg Billionaires Index was created in 2012. Amazon.com Inc. shares surged 7.9%, the most since December 2018 on rising optimism ...

As COVID-19 cases surge in Madagascar, public hospitals said they have reached their full capacity and may not be able to accept more patients. According to a report on Bloomberg, these hospitals will only accept patients with the most severe ...

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has given the minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio 48-hours to name the National Assembly members involved in the contracts awarded by Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The House of Reps committee probing the financial ...

Over the years, there has been a consistent increase in the number of students seeking tertiary education in Nigeria. Over 1.5 million young people in Nigeria sit for the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and slightly above the ...

The police in Adamawa State have arrested one Obiora Patrick, 39, for defiling his nine-year-old step-daughter. Patrick reportedly confessed to have s.e.xually abused the minor at his apartment on 46 Hospital Road in Yola, the state capital. Spokesperson for the ...

Bordeaux forward, Samuel Kalu, has been tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the second Super Eagles star to contract the disease after Genk striker, Paul Onuachu. Kalu has been in quarantine in France since returning from holidays in Nigeria, and a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump again called Coronavirus (COVID-19), the ”invincible China virus”. Earlier, he had defended the name-calling, stating reason to be because the virus originated from China. Trump on his verified Twitter page, posted an image of himself wearing ...

A mosque has been forced to close after an Imam tested positive for coronavirus following a funeral with 250 mourners. Jamia Ghosia mosque in Blackburn, Lancashire, has been shut to worshipers while it undergoes a deep clean and leaders have ...

The Police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arraigned two men for serial vehicle burglary in Lekki and Victoria Island in Lagos. The two accused were Mukaila Atanda, 36, and Sunny Kamuli, 35. They specialised in burglarising vehicles, the ...