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Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi has been honoured with an Islamic chieftaincy title as the “Imole Adinni” by an Islamic group in Lagos State. This happened on Sunday, 8th of March. The 41-year-old in her post on Instagram shared beautiful pictures ...

The authorities of Albany International School, Zaria confirmed the death of a JSS 3 student, Abdurahman Doko, in a fire incident that gutted a hostel on Wednesday. The fire, which started around 12.30 p.m., destroyed the male students’ hostel of ...

The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to invite the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, over proliferation of fake and counterfeit products in Nigeria. Also invited were Directors-General of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria and the Consumer Protection ...

The Lagos State Government has ordered the arrest of policemen and military officials caught engaging in okada riding in prohibited areas across the state. The government frowned at the uniformed men disobeying the state’s laws on traffic and restriction of ...

The conditional prisoner release order announced by Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is against the US-Taliban agreement signed in Doha last month, a spokesman for the Taliban armed group said on Wednesday. “It is properly explained in the peace accord that ...

The fatal poisoning of two Gauteng children allegedly by their father is believed to have been the tragic culmination of years of the little kids being abused by him. Mikael, 10, and his little sister Michelle, 5, met a harrowing ...

A divisional police officer has been shot dead in Cross River State, South-South Nigeria. The officer, Gabriel Amawu, headed the Nigeria Police, Obudu Division, in the northern Cross River State. Mr Amawu, a deputy superintendent of police, was shot dead ...

The mother of Floyd Mayweather’s three children, Josie Harris, has been found dead in her car by police in the United States. She was 40 years old. According to TMZ, police are not treating the death as suspicious. She was ...

The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks. He said he was “deeply ...

  Port Harcourt based Pastor and General Overseer of Salvation Ministries, David Ibiyeomie has advised ladies not to be tempted to see their fiance’s manhood before marriage. In a post shared by lalasticlala Lala, a member of his church asked ...

South Africa on Wednesday reported six new confirmed cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus – all involving people who had travelled to Europe. Thirteen people have now tested positive in South Africa, according to the ...

`Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and s.e.x,u.a.l assault. He was found guilty in a trial in New York last month, a dramatic fall from grace for one of Hollywood’s most ...

The Council on Foreign Relations has canceled a roundtable called “Doing Business Under Coronavirus” scheduled for Friday in New York due to the spread of the infection itself. CFR has also canceled other in-person conferences that were scheduled from March ...

If you looked at a picture of Andy Wilkinson, how old would you think he is? Like many people, you might say he looks to be a bulked-up man in his 30s. But Andy, from Coventry, is actually a 56-year-old ...

All of the Olympiacos playing staff, coaches and board members have tested negative for coronavirus. The Greek club’s players, who face Wolves in the Europa League on Thursday, underwent tests after their owner Evangelos Marinakis, who also owns Nottingham Forest, ...

These x-ray images show the damage that coronavirus is doing to the lungs of people who catch the potentially deadly bug. Doctors have been able to identify specific abnormalities caused by Covid-19 and the patterns are similar to those found ...

Dailytrust has obtained photos of the residence of the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II. Sanusi was dethroned on Monday and banished to Nasarawa state before reportedly leaving for Abuja. More photos below…      

Kylie Jenner gave fans a brief peek at her natural locks as she touched up her colour in the latest hair transformation. The 22-year-old makeup billionaire took to Instagram to share the results after lightening the tone of her cropped ...

Emir Sanusi seems to be winning!!!  A groundwell of opposition have greeted the banishment of deposed Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II. Senior lawyers were unanimous in their condemnation of the action. They urged him to challenge what they called ...

Popular gospel singer, Atorise has been attacked. He was allegedly attacked on Saturday by some men suspected to be herdsmen at the Berger end of the Lagos/ Ibadan expressway. The incident reportedly happened at night as the singer was returning ...

Floyd Mayweather has hinted he is keen to buy a controlling stake in Newcastle United from British billionaire Mike Ashley. Reports have claimed that the retired American boxer is keen on securing a deal for the club but no official ...

Harvey Weinstein once wrote Jennifer Aniston “should be killed” after wrongly believing she had accused him of groping her. The convicted r.a.p.i.s.t suggested the Friends star should be murdered writing the threat to his representative. In one email, from documents ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, remanded a 25-year-old undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Sunday Noble, in a correctional centre for impersonation and obtaining money by false pretences. The Economic and Financial ...

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Tuesday, granted an order for the temporary forfeiture of a four-bedroom bungalow. The building, which is situated at Oke Foma in Ilorin, belongs to a herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka, who is on ...

Suspected kidnappers on Monday night abducted four Rufus Giwa Polytechnic graduates on their way to Zamfara State for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp, it was learnt on Tuesday. The victims made up of three male and a ...