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The minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has been summoned to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta over the alleged N40 billion missing from the coffers of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Also summoned ...

The Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and others have paid for a charter flight to bring back stranded Nigerians in the United States of America and Canada. The flight, scheduled for July 25, will depart Newmark USA for ...

The Personal Assistant to murdered Gokada CEO, Fahim Saleh, has been arrested in connection with the crime, the New York Times reported on Friday. Saleh, 33, was found unresponsive in his Manhattan home on Tuesday afternoon with his body dismembered, ...

The Federal Government has given school owners till July, 29 to meet specific guidelines for safe reopening of schools. It said schools are expected to undertake self-assessment and send feedback to State Ministries of Education, not later than 29th July, ...

Earth’s population will peak in 44 years at around 9.7billion before it starts to shrink again, according to scientists who predict Nigeria will eventually be home to more people than China. After 2064 the total number of people will start ...

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied the sexual harassment allegation levelled against him by the former Acting Managing Director of the Interim Management Committee(IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mrs. Joy Nunieh. He ...

A 29-year-old man has paid the supreme price for telling his friend about a heavy sum his South Africa based elder brother sent to him for the completion of his (elder brother’s) housing project back home in Nigeria. Abuchi Wisdom ...

A heartbroken woman has shared her anguish after her best friend of 20 years dumped her through a postcard. The Australian friends first met at the age of 17 when they both moved from their homes to a new town ...

Kanye West has Photoshopped his face onto the side of Mount Rushmore in the latest taste of what his presidency could look like. The 43-year-old rapper, who announced he was running for the US presidency earlier this month, took to ...

Mary Trump, the niece of President Donald Trump, has called on her uncle to resign from office as she breaks her silence after publishing a memoir describing him as a ‘sociopath’. ‘Resign,’ Mary Trump responded when ABC News chief anchor ...

Tamar Braxton has been rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles after being found unresponsive in her hotel room. The 43-year-old reality star was staying with boyfriend David Adefeso at the Ritz Carlton in downtown LA when he found her ...

A 47-year-old man, Eromosele Mahmud, has been arrested by the police in Rivers State for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old daughter after r3ping her for five years. The suspect, a single parent and father of three from the Esako West Local ...

A new book on Donald Trump written by his niece sold nearly a million copies on the first day it went on sale in the United States, its publisher said Thursday. Mary Trump’s “Too Much and Never Enough: How My ...

A 73-year-old man was killed by police in Canada just hours after refusing to wear a face mask in a grocery store, the country’s public broadcaster the CBC reported on Thursday The man allegedly assaulted a grocery store employee on ...

Damilola Adegboye, the immediate elder sister of the late first female combat helicopter pilot in the history of Nigerian Air Force, Tolulope Arotile, has called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death. Adegboye in an interview with ...

Best friends who allegedly smuggled $3million worth of ice into Australia burst into tears as they appeared handcuffed in court. Israh Chahine and Alexandra Karanfilovska, both 23, appeared at Central Local Court on Tuesday charged with importing commercial quantities of ...

A couple pleaded guilty to bribing their daughter´s way into the University of Southern California as part of the college admissions cheating scheme. Diane Blake and Todd Blake from Ross, California, appeared before a Boston federal court judge via video ...

A couple who has quintuplets, triplets, and two sets of twins is chronicling what life is like with 14 children in TLC’s new reality show Doubling Down with the Derricos. Karen and Deon Derrico have had four sets of multiples ...

Fahim Salem, founder and CEO of Gokada, died of multiple stab wounds, New York City’s medical examiner said on Thursday. Saleh, 33, was found dead in his Manhattan’s Lower East Side apartment earlier this week with his body dismembered. An ...

Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has opened up on the allegations that he gave N4 billion to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Magu described the claim as false and a calculated attempt to tarnish ...

Fighting erupted inside and outside of Taiwan’s parliament again on Friday over the disputed nomination by President Tsai Ing-wen of a senior aide to a top government watchdog post. The main opposition party labelled the appointment cronyism. The Kuomintang (KMT) ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office have arrested a 22-year old Computer Science Undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Kenneth Gift, his girl friend, Dandy Spice and mother, Dorah Aninah for suspected internet ...

Zainab Aliyu, the young Nigerian lady wrongly arrested for drugs in Saudi last year, has moved another notch in her life by completing the mandatory National Youth Service Corps scheme. A beaming Zainab was showcased Thursday by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the ...

A bizarre love triangle is making shock headlines in Russia after a 75-year-old woman allegedly stole her daughter’s man. Mum and daughter are said to be engaged in a tug of war for the same bloke after he dumped the ...

  The Spaniard is eager to call Anfield home Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago has agreed to personal terms over a move to Liverpool, claims Bild. But though the player is ready to make the transfer happen, both Bayern and the Reds are yet ...