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The immediate past acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Gbene Joi Nunieh, has denied that the agency spent N22.6billion under her stewardship, just as she alleged that the Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, threatened ...

Another building has partially collapsed in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. The one-storey building was said to house nine shops and 15 rooms. Fortunately, there were no lives lost or injuries recorded. According to the Director-General of the Lagos ...

The death toll of the two-day violent protests in Mali’s capital Bamako has increased to three. At least 74 others were injured. Xinhua, quoting local hospital authorities, also reported significant material damage, especially to the National Assembly, which was looted ...

Ogun State government on Saturday arrested 128 environmental offenders and prosecuted them for engaging in acts that obstruct waterways and leading to flooding in the state. The offenders were arrested by the state Environmental Health Personnel and the Nigeria Police, ...

The stock of Nigerians in the UFC rose again early on Sunday morning as Kamaru Usman defeated Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal to retain his crown as the undisputed welterweight champion at UFC 251. The three judges for the night unanimously found ...

With 664 new infections, the number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 31,987. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a tweet on Saturday night. According to the agency, the new infections were recorded in ...

Ekiti State Government has sealed off Victory College, Ilawe Ekiti, in Ekiti South West Local Government Area of Ekiti State for violating its directive on school closure. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Foluso Daramola, disclosed that his ...

These dramatic photos taken in South Africa show a lion capturing a 144lb hyena before ripping it apart. Photographer Chad Cocking, 36, from Johannesburg, spotted the incredible scene in Tanda Tula Safari Camp in Greater Kruger Park. The 418lb lion ...

Emirates Airlines has cut a tenth of its workforce during the novel coronavirus pandemic in layoffs that could rise to 15 percent, or 9,000 jobs, its president said, according to a report today. The Middle East’s largest carrier, which operates ...

Senator Ben Bruce yesterday joined other family members to bury his brother-in-law, Robert Hargett who was the elder brother to his late wife. Recall just in March, 2020, the senator lost his wife of many years. Announcing the demise of ...

A report by the Presidential Probe Panel has revealed details of how the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, allegedly used a cleric to launder funds abroad. Magu is currently being interrogated by ...

United States President Donald Trump finally yielded to pressure and wore a face mask in public for the first time on Saturday as the US posted another daily record for coronavirus cases, while Disney World reopened in a state hit ...

The federal government on Saturday, received some consignments containing critical medical equipment donated by the Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS and the West African Health Organisation, WAHO. The equipment, given to the country through WAHO, is aimed to support ...

At least five people were killed and 40 others, including off-duty police officers, arrested Saturday after gunmen stormed a South African church, reportedly over a leadership dispute, the national police commissioner said. According to a statement by South Africa’s top ...

  Chelsea’s Champions League ambitions suffered a setback as they slumped to a 3-0 Premier League defeat at top-six hopefuls Sheffield United. The Blues had responded to their 3-2 defeat to West Ham on July 1 with back-to-back wins over Watford and Crystal Palace but were easily ...

There is the popular African proverb that says that when brothers fight to death, a stranger inherits their property. This powerful axiom could best illustrate what might likely be happening to one of Lagos’ popular families: Abiodun-Oniru siblings. For some ...

Three hundred and fifty-six (356) soldiers are formally exiting the Nigerian Army citing “loss of interest”, Premium Times can report, in a development insiders say is indicative of broken morale in the army. The army is currently engaged in various ...

A former Commissioner in Oyo State, Honorable Fatai Abimbola is dead. Daily post gathered on Saturday that Abimbola, a native of Ibadan, the state capital died in a road accident on Friday. Abimbola who is fondly known as Abogun served ...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to Mrs Florence Ajimobi, wife of Late Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The APC national leader was accompanied by ...

A 35 year-old Nigerian from Anambra state has been arrested for killing his four-year-old son with a cutlass and also burying the body in a shallow grave. The killer, Christian Alisigwe was arrested by policemen of Anambra Police Command on ...

The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Saturday said it had shut down the operations of a private laboratory in Banana Island carrying out COVID-19 tests without the required government approval. Banana Island is one of the most expensive neighborhoods ...

Unknown gunmen on Friday evening attacked Isinbode Ekiti in the Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State and whisked away three persons. Sources said that the gunmen, who numbered about 10 attacked a sawmill located along Isinbode – Ode ...

Dr Ayuba Musa has waded into the controversy of the property housing GLAM’D Africa, a business owned by Kiki Osinbajo. Musa’s reaction was sequel to a social media post by Jackson Ude, a New York based blogger, that Vice President ...

The 58 Nigerian doctors who were prevented by the Nigeria Immigration Service from boarding a plane to the United Kingdom were expected to earn between £51,384 (N25.1m) and £98,112 (N47.9m) per year depending on the experience they have. This is ...

Peace Busari, a Nigerian woman offered for sale on Facebook by a Lebanese, Wael Jerro, is on her way home from Lebanon. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Saturday. Also on the repatriation flight are ...