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On the day George Floyd was laid to rest, Texas Southern University announced it would give a full scholarship to the 6-year-old whose father’s death in custody has spurred global demands for an end to police brutality. TSU’s Board of ...

Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker sparked romance rumours as they had dinner at one of Malibu’s finest restaurants. The supermodel, 24, and Phoenix Suns basketball player, 23, have got everyone talking about whether they were dating after they hit the ...

Twenty-time Grand Slam singles champion Roger Federer said Wednesday he would be sidelined until 2021 after undergoing his second knee operation in a matter of months. The 38-year-old Swiss said he needed follow-up arthroscopic surgery “a few weeks ago” after ...

The Japanese doctor who discovered the mysterious “Kawasaki’s disease” ― recently in the headlines for some similarities to coronavirus has died of natural causes aged 95, his research NGO announced. Paediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki first noticed the disease in the 1960s ...

Stoke City manager Michael O’Neill has tested positive for Covid-19 after the latest round of testing on Monday. A planned practice match between Stoke and Manchester United was cancelled at short notice on Tuesday once the situation became apparent. Stoke ...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it has embarked on measures that will ensure safe and efficient operations post Covid-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country. Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, said ...

Wah a greedy robber! A twitter user has exposed a young man who broke into a Magodo house to steal two tv sets, and other items and while escaping with them, he took along their security dog. See below…

An uber driver has been arraigned in court for allegedly advertising and selling a car lent to him for Uber business, the car was sold at KSh 248,000, approximately N800,000 in Nigerian currency. The price for which he sold the ...

A Russian influencer has revealed she is pregnant with her stepson’s baby – after recently divorcing his father. Marina Balmasheva, 35, recently announced she is engaged to her 20-year-old boyfriend Vladimir – having split from his father Alexey, 45, whom ...

A sixty-year-old man, Oghenekaro Isiakpere, has been rescued from his abductors by the Police in Delta State. Vanguard gathered that the victim was abducted by three gunmen while inside his Toyota Camry car at the site of his new building ...

Rachel Adedeji has quit Hollyoaks after four years on the show. Rachel, who plays Lisa Loveday on the Channel 4 soap, has already filmed her final scenes after handing in her notice before the start of lockdown. Her news comes ...

The Recording Academy has announced several changes to its Grammy Awards categories, including the often-debated best new artist title, and having nomination review committee members sign disclosure forms to prevent conflicts of interest. The new rules announced by The Recording ...

Rainstorm in the early hours of Wednesday destroyed scores of private homes, worship centres, schools and other property worth millions of naira in communities in Kanke local government area of Plateau state. Families in the affected communities were rendered homeless ...

If news of Kemi Olunloyo is anything to go by, then Hushpuppi and his bosom friend, Woodberry are already being extradited to the United States. The two and one other person where allegedly arrested yesterday in Dubai. Now Ms Olunloyo ...

It’s celebration in Kogi state as the Tribunal today upheld Senator Smart Adeyemi’s election as Senator for Kogi West senatorial District, dismissing a petition by Dino Melaye and his party,  PDP. The three judges of the tribunal were unanimous that ...

The Senate on Wednesday denied directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The Senate was said to have purportedly directed the EFCC through a letter to probe ...

Brazil and Barcelona legend, Ronaldinho has opened up on his ‘sixty long days’ as he remains under house arrest in Paraguay for allegedly using a fake passport to enter South American country. The 40-year-old and his brother Roberto were arrested ...

They happen to be the same date — June 9th. And while Tonto Dikeh celebrated her 35th, giving updates and showed off her car gift, Churchill also took to Instagram to celebrate the new woman in his life. He wrote, ...

She recently shared two in the same outfit, and now she is sharing another two!

Kannywood actor, Ali Nuhu, has lost his father, Nuhu Paloma. Nuhu Paloma was a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State. Fellow Kannywood stars, Adam Zango and Maryam Booth, took to Instagram to send condolence messages ...

Two Lagos housemaids, probably from hell, were docked at the Igbosere Magistrates’ court on Tuesday, charged with defiling their employer’s daughters. The s.e.xual assault was done with their fingers and wooden sticks, causing their victims severe injuries. The maids, from ...

Nigeria has recorded its highest daily coronavirus caseload yet: 663 new cases in one day! The figure gave it a new total of 13,464, with only four deaths reported. Lagos kept its frontline status by recording 170 cases. The biggest ...

The police in Imo State have arrested Victoria Joseph, 28, and Joy Ugorji, 33, for allegedly stealing a two-year-old boy from Rivers State. The victim is a nephew of one of the suspects, Joseph. Parading the suspects on Tuesday, the ...

Hair boss, Anna of Annishair is dead. She reportedly died after a brief illness .   Rest In Peace Anna.

Hamza Al-Mustapha has said only God will reward Sani Abacha, a former military ruler who died in 1998, for transforming Nigeria. Marking the 22nd anniversary of the death of Abacha on Monday, Al-Mustapha who served as chief security officer to ...