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President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today to attend the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The President will join leaders from the 55-member countries of the African ...

A Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warnings about the deadly coronavirus outbreak has died, the hospital treating him has said. Li Wenliang contracted the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital. He had sent out a warning ...

The Federal Government has slashed its  visa application charges for citizens of the United States from $180 to $160. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the old amount comprised $160 as visa fee and $20 as “processing and ...

A French surfing champion has tragically died at the age of 24 – just months after leaving Europe for a new life in Australia. The French Surfing Federation announced, with the permission of her family, the death of Poeti Norac, ...

Here are photos of the woman who was stabbed to death by her 23-year-old son in Ejigbo, Lagos. Mrs Toyin Okhide and her husband Barr. Clement Okhide, 60, were stabbed to death at their home. Mrs Toyin’s friends took to ...

Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo called out her former friend in the industry who she called a witch, with many claiming the fight was over a married man, though she has said it is more than that.   According to Iyabo Ojo, her ...

  The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that it will cost the nation N620milion special intervention fund to monitor, detect and contain the deadly Coronavirus. This was made known by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, who appeared before ...

  A Nigerian man has exposed a police officer who was telling his colleagues to allow him to collect bribe from the man. According to the man identified as Damilare, he was arrested by the officer for doing nothing, and ...

  Some policemen were reportedly disgraced on Thursday after they seized a power bike belonging to a man while on his way to work. According to the man identified as Nmutaka Chikwendu, he was accosted by the officers after they ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, who were in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on a ‘thank-you’ mission over their new allowances. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four ...

In what can only be described as a miracle, bullet lodged in a man’s head popped out from his mouth months after he was shot by unknown gunmen in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. According to a security expert, Bosindelive, every effort made ...

  Six persons including two policemen were shot dead at Ileoluji, the headquarter of Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State when two old generation Banks were attacked by armed robbers.   It was gathered that the armed robbers invaded the ...

  Barcelona have been knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Athletic Bilbao at the quarter-final stage!   Williams, who had a first-half goal ruled out for offside, made the breakthrough for Athletic against the run of play with ...

  A female police officer has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command after it was alleged she played with late detainee, Chima’s private part while he was detained alongside 3 other people over alleged robbery. According to reports, ...

  A Nigerian man on Facebook has courted a whole lot of controversies after he commented on a post stating that a male child is worth 10 daughters. Objecting to a post on gender where a lady had written that ...

  The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, exhibited its disdain for made-in-Nigeria products as it refused to patronise locally made vehicles for members’ oversight. Recall that year in – year out, the lawmakers meet behind closed doors, tagged executive sessions ...

  A video of the moment some pupils in a Kenya school died and some critically injured during a stampede, has emerged. According to the Police, investigations into the stampede at the local primary school in western Kenya that resulted ...

  A 30-year-old man identified as Monday Uwem has been arrested by the Bayelsa State Police Command for allegedly killing his 26-year-old wife identified as Blessing Menaboo. TGB learnt that the suspect, Uwem buried his wife’s corpse in the kitchen of ...

A congressman from North Florida known as a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump has filed a formal complaint over the viral moment House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped her copy of his State of the Union speech. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV ...

The founder of the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Akure, Alfa Babatunde, was not granted bail, on Thursday by the State High Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital. Hundreds of followers and worshippers of the church, who stormed the court premises ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has inducted three attack helicopters – two Agusta 109P helicopter and one Mi-171E helicopter, saying the Federal Government would do all it could to tackle insecurity. See more photos below… Best of luck!

29 year-old Adetunji Adesina has confessed to stealing from banks customers using ATM machines. Adesina who was arrested while in possession of N678,000 made this revelation when he was paraded alongside other suspected criminals by the Edo State Police Command ...

Nollywood Actress Nkechi Blessing has revealed that it took her three months to save the money she used to sponsor a trip she took abroad. She made this known after actress Tonto Dikeh exposed people who share pictures from their ...

Kobe Bryant’s grief-stricken widow on Wednesday turned to Instagram to remember their 13-year-old daughter Gianna, writing that “mommy loves you to the moon and back.” Vanessa Bryant, 37, shared a photo and a series of videos from a jersey retirement ...

Some items suspected to be a “sacrifice” was found in front of the office of a Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) professor. The fetish item was discovered by students of the institution who raised an alarm. The sacrifice was ...