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The children of the late Alhaji Afisu Ologolo of Eti-Osa Local Government Area are seeking to recover 10.191 hectares (152 plots) of land in Agungi, Lekki from the Ojomu chieftaincy family of Ajiran. They have served eviction notices on the ...

Ebonyi State Government says it would not hesitate to order a total lockdown of the state if the coronavirus pandemic cases continue to rise in the state. This is even as it noted that those who claimed that the virus ...

An Instagram model was unable to sit down for four months after botched bottom surgery left her severely scarred. Shilpa Sethi, 25, from New Delhi, India, had always wanted a curvy body, so decided to start saving up $10k for ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has delivered the long-awaited judgement on Ese Oruru, a teenager reportedly abducted, taken to Kano State and forced into marriage by one Yinusa Dahiru. The court presided over by Justice Jane ...

A South Carolina man furious that his ex-girlfriend went to the beach with another man fatally shot her and her two daughters before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Gabriel Jordan, 37, committed the carnage on Sunday outside the ...

A video showing soldiers weeping and cursing the Chief of Army Staff, Buratai has emerged online. Though the location wasn’t disclosed, two soldiers were heard complaining bitterly and weeping as one showed his face and rained heavy curses on the ...

Former Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said he’s “not interested” in filing charges against his live-in girlfriend who allegedly broke two of his ribs during an attack at their home in Houston. Leslie Caron, 40, was arrested on the charge ...

The new leader of Isis, Abdulnasser al-Qirdash has reportedly been arrested in a raid by Iraqi intelligence officers. al-Qirdash took over activities of the group following the death of his predecessor Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in October. According to Metro UK, ...

Kourtney Kardashian has shut down pregnancy rumours for a second time in as many weeks as she declares that she is ‘proud of her body’. There has been speculation that the 41-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians was expecting her ...

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement. Oyeyemi said the three human part buyers were arrested by policemen in collaboration with the state security outfit, So-safe Corps, alongside a 40-year-old herbalist, ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is considering Madagascar’s COVID Organics for clinical observation process. The President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina made this known on Wednesday, saying that he and the Director-General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, had a successful interaction on ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned former Paralympic Para powerlifting champion Esther Oyema for four years after she committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The Nigerian, who won gold at London 2012 in the women’s up to 48kg, returned ...

The deadly Coronavirus pandemic has now killed 200 Nigerians, after the nation recorded eight fresh deaths on Wednesday. Figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, showed that Nigeria’s Coronavirus deaths climbed from 192 on Tuesday to 200 ...

A 30-year-old Nollywood actor, Temitayo Ogunbusola, has allegedly stabbed his neighbour, Oladotun Osho, to death following a disagreement over the payment of electricity bill. The incident happened on Sunday at No. 4 Sebil Kazeem Street in the Ikotun area of ...

California authorities have arrested suspects in connection to the murder of a kidnapped millionaire tech tycoon seven months ago. “Several suspects” were apprehended Tuesday linked to the killing Tushar Atre, 50, who was abducted from his lavish oceanfront home and ...

Nollywood actress, Emilia Dike is dead. She slumped and died in Enugu yesterday. Her colleagues have been paying heart felt tribute to the rare gem on social media. Dike is known for movies like ‘Where Money Never Sleep’ 1 and ...

Here’s a video of Susan Idoko-Okpe, the alleged coronavirus index case in Benue State leaving an Abuja isolation centre today. This came barely 24 hours after her children had called on the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), to release ...

A young man identified as Kelvin has committed suicide at Modinatu Street in Ogba area of Lagos. The lifeless body of Kevin who works with a new generation bank was found dangling from a ceiling fan, in his apartment by ...

Usman Abdul Lateef a native of Akpekpe who has been missing since Wednesday (13th of May) has been found dead and buried in a bush by his cousin. The deceased was said to have left home on Wednesday with his ...

British-Nigerian woman, Susan Idoko-Okpe has been released from Isolation center after weeks of battle. She was released today from an Abuja isolation center after 54 days of quarantine. Recall Mrs Okpe had been making videos from her quarantine insisting she ...

Nigeria’s President,  Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of Prof. Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council, NECO. A letter dated May 11 and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of ...

Bauchi state government has lamented the refusal of two Coronavirus positive cases to isolate themselves. Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, yesterday, said two COVID-19 positive people have declined to be isolated in ...

The kidnappers that abducted a Navy Commander whose identity is yet to be ascertained are demanding a ransom of N50m. The Navy Commander was said to have been abducted on Saturday along Owo-Ikare Road in Akoko North East Local Government ...

A 37-year-old Malaysian, Punithan Genasan has been sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call for his role in a 2011 heroin transaction. While rights groups have criticised the use of Zoom in capital cases, Fernando said he did not ...

The Federal Controller of Work in Lagos, Mr Kayode Popoola, on Wednesday, said that the Marine Beach Bridge in Apapa would be shut for repairs next week. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the contractor, ...