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A U.S. Naval officer made history last week after becoming the military branch’s first known Black female tactical jet pilot – nearly 110 years after naval aviation began. Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle broke through the glass ceiling on July 6 ...

A rare and revolutionary Breguet watch which belonged to King George III has sold for £1.6million at auction. The gold Tourbillon watch represented cutting-edge technology in the early 19th century and was made by the French watchmaking ‘genius’ Abraham-Louis Breguet. ...

Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has effected a minor reshuffle of his cabinet. He has redeployed three commissioners to other ministries. He announced this after the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting in Kano. Lawan Musa, a former Chairman of the ...

Chrissy Teigen revealed she has blocked more than one million people on Twitter after her account was ‘flooded by sick psychopaths’. The model, 34,  admitted that she was ‘worried for her family’ after receiving vile attacks on Twitter from conspiracy ...

Rihanna has delighted fans by announcing she is unleashing her skin care secrets through a brand new range. The 32-year-old chart-topping star has put her music career on hold lately in pursuit of success on the fashion and make-up fields. ...

A student murdered his chemistry professor and dumped his dismembered body parts in containers of perchloric acid and hydrochloric acid in Russia, police revealed. Postgraduate student Dmitry Bykovsky, 33, was allegedly inspired by hit TV crime series Breaking Bad to ...

Dwayne Johnson – A-list actor and Hollywood’s most likeable guy – is now Instagram’s highest per-post earner. The Rock, 48, rakes in a staggering £803,000 for promotional posts, knocking previous champ Kylie Jenner off the top spot. Hopper HQ dropped ...

Kylie Jenner was slammed by her followers after sharing a snap of her toddler daughter posing with a pricey Louis Vuitton handbag. The 22-year-old lip-kit mogul came under fire for posting a photo of Stormi, two, posing with the expensive ...

A mum desperately searching for her missing toddler found her dying in a hot car after the child sneaked off and clambered into the vehicle. The mum’s frantic search for her child ended in heartbreak as she found her child ...

The acting Managing Director of Interim Management Committee (IMC) the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei and his team today walked out on the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC. He said he and the team were not ...

The American dancer and actress Galyn Gorg has died following a battle against cancer. The TV and film star was 55-years-old and just one day away from turning 56 when she died on Tuesday, July 14. Galyn’s sister announced the ...

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has rushed to the residence of a former acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joi Nunieh, in Port Harcourt following massive presence of armed policemen in the compound. The armed security operatives besieged the ...

ISIS bride Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to challenge the deprivation of her British citizenship, senior judges have ruled. The Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that “the only way in which she can have ...

A former Vice-President of Nigeria, who is still very much active in politics, Atiku Abubakar has mourned the sudden death of  Nigeria’s first female combat pilot, Tolulope Arotile. Mourning her death on twitter — a platform the former VP has ...

Kelly Rowland has suggested being in a band with Beyoncé is ‘torture’ due to the unescapable shadow cast by the mega star. The 39-year-old Say My Name singer is a founding member of Destiny’s Child alongside 38-year-old Beyoncé and the ...

A Nigerian Professor, Charles Egbu, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University. According to a statement on the UK Varsity website, he will take over from Margaret House, who will be stepping down after seven years. Mr Egbu will ...

The Kano State House of Assembly has begun a process to review the State’s Penal Code amendment (No.12), law of 2014, to provide for castration as punishment for r3pists in the state. The House took the decision following a motion ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday set aside the Oyo State High Court judgment restraining the governor and or government from dissolving local government councils in the state. Justice Haruna Tsammani, who delivered the judgment, said the ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested eight police personnel for their alleged involvement in the assault and extortion of a social media influencer, Olumide Bakare. Confirming the arrest, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said the errant ...

The Twitter accounts of major companies and individuals have been compromised in one of the most widespread and confounding hacks the platform has ever seen, all in service of promoting a bitcoin scam that appears to be earning its creator ...

Nigeria recorded 643 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing total cases to 34,259. Announcing via its website, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said six more coronavirus-associated deaths were reported in the country on Wednesday, bringing total confirmed fatalities to ...

A prominent Egyptian journalist has died of Covid-19, his daughter has said. Mohamed Monir was arrested last month after appearing on the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera, which is banned by the Egyptian government. He was charged with joining a terrorist group, ...

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South African anti-apartheid leaders Nelson and Winnie Mandela, tested positive for coronavirus the day she died. Her son Zondwa Mandela today revealed his mother did have the disease – but it may not be what ...

The six Southwest States have agreed to reopen schools for SS3 students to participate in the West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE) next month. The States are Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti. Their decision is contrary to the ...

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Taraba State chapter, Peter Gambo, has been reported dead. Peter Gambo who was isolated early this month at the Taraba State specialist isolation centre Jalingo, died Tuesday morning of Covid-19 at the ...