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An unnamed official of the Covid-19 task force of the Ojodu Abiodun Local Council Development Authority of the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, who was filmed assaulting a woman, has been arrested by the police. The woman, identified ...

Mad oh! A man who shot dead his former neighbor when she answered the door at her Massachusetts home had disguised himself as a UPS driver, prosecutors have said. Robert Bonang, 61, is charged with killing 59-year-old Laurie Melchionda after ...

A controversial Russian priest has taken over a convent after claiming that the coronavirus pandemic was a hoax and church leaders were “working with the forerunners of the Anti-Christ”. Father Sergei Romanov, together with a group of armed cossacks, began ...

The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for offering assistance to it in the investigation and prosecution of six Nigerians involved in Business Email Compromise (BEC) and wire fraud in the ...

Nigeria’s tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases rose to 20, 919 on Monday as 675 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Seven deaths were recorded from the virus on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed ...

Steve Bing, an American producer, philanthropist, and writer has died by suicide at the age of 55. According to TMZ, he died on Monday June 22nd after jumping from the 27th floor of a luxury apartment building in L.A.’s Century ...

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said on Monday it had started reviewing the guidelines for lifting of the ban on interstate travels. Speaking at the daily press briefing of the PTF in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the task ...

A man, Chris Ndukwe, has reportedly committed suicide after stabbing his lover, Olamide Alli, to death at his place of residence on the Victory Point Estate in the Ilasan area of Lagos State. Although the reasons for Ndukwe’s action remain ...

A former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has lost her mother, Mrs. Cecilia Nwayiaka Ujubuonu. Ezekwesili’s spokesperson and publicist, Mr. Ozioma Ubabukoh, stated that Mrs. Ujubuonu died in the late hours of Sunday. An indigene of Ndodolu village, Umunuko, ...

Oyo State government’s decision to reopen schools from June 29 is insensitive, the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba said on Monday. He warned that such decision if taken could raise Covid-19 infection figures in the state. As of ...

A Ghanaian monarch says the Nigerian high commission in the country was aiding a businessman to forcibly take over the plot of land belonging to his people. Joy News, a Ghanaian platform, quoted Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, paramount chief ...

There was tension in Ilesha in Osun State on Monday as a cult clash left two dead, forcing banks in the community and commercial activities to shut. It was gathered that the clash was between Eyie confraternity and Aiye cult ...

A transgender man has announced he is pregnant with his second child six years after he was branded a ‘monster’ when he had his first baby. Kayden Coleman, who began transitioning from female to male in 2009, said he found ...

Media personality, Toke Makinwa this afternoon spoke to women about how financial freedom is key and why they need to seek it. She says as a woman, you must have your own money. According to her, it’s okay to be ...

Mum-of-two Nicki Rodriguez is used to people starting conversations with her by saying ‘you’re so attractive’. The 44-year-old, from Brentwood, Essex, says she is regularly mistaken for her daughter’s SISTER – despite being 27 years her senior. And she attributes ...

X Factor winner Alexandra Burke has claimed she was told to bleach her skin and change her hair so she would “appeal to white people”. The singer, who won the TV talent show in 2008, has posted a video online ...

Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has been charged by prosecutors in Spain over alleged tax irregularities related to his time at Real Madrid. The Madrid community prosecutor’s office alleged that tax declarations presented by the Italian excluded some of his income, ...

The couple are currently in lockdown in LA with one-year-old son Archie Harrison after stepping down as senior members of the Royal Family to forge their own path. And since moving to the City of Angels, they have been keeping ...

Family members, political associates and relatives of former Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, are fearful as hopes of him recovering from coma fades away by the minute. The 70-year-old slipped into coma on Thursday for the second time as a ...

Living Football legend, Mutiu Adepoju went back memory lane yesterday as he remembers a special day in his life and career where he changed the game for Nigeria making them have a 3-0 victory over Bulgaria in 1994. Taking to ...

Kim Kardashian has posted an emotional message on Father’s Day as she remembers late dad Robert. The 39-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardahsians star shared a sweet throwback snap of her and sister Kourtney as young children, as they cuddle ...

Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris opted not to wish him a happy Father’s Day yesterday – but did so for her cousin. The 22-year-old took to her Instagram account on Sunday night to pay tribute to TJ Jackson, whose father is ...

The Oyo State civil and public servants of all grade levels, today fully resumed work following the directive of the state government after a three-month stay-at-home order. The state secretariat was closed on March 27 as part of the measures ...

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 2020 election. Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma declared Ize-Iyamu winner of the direct primary election with a total of 27,838 votes to defeat ...

D’banj has taking to social media to beg Nigerians to stop the social media trial over his r.a.p.e allegation. He said he is innocent until proven guilty and went on to say he is against r.a.p.e, by tweeting ”say no ...