The EFCC Ibadan zonal office, at the weekend, says it has arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at a popular Ibadan club — Club 360 — located on the Akala Expressway, Oluyole Extension in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. In preparation ...
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Coco Gauff shone on her Australian Open debut on Monday as she knocked Venus Williams out of the first round in a repeat of her stunning victory over the seven-times Grand Slam champion in the Wimbledon opener last year. With ...
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Jigawa State Police Command has paraded a 29-year-old Mustapha Idris, from Ringim Local Government Area of the state, who was arrested for killing his 20-year-old girlfriend, Nafisa Hashimu, who was three months pregnant for him. According to Audu Jinjiri, the ...
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The actors have officially weighed in on the 2020 awards season. On Sunday, the Screen Actors Guild Awards named the best film and television performances of 2019. The year’s top nominees included Bombshell, which led the film categories with four ...
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Ansaru, a militant group, has claimed responsibility for the attack on the convoy of Umaru Bubaram, Emir of Potiskum in Yobe state. Bulama Bukarti, an analyst and human rights lawyer who shared the development on Twitter, raised concerns that the ...
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A former Drexel University professor faces criminal charges after allegedly stealing $185,000 in research grant money and spending it on adult entertainment venues and on purchases for iTunes, meals and other expenses. Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, from Nigeria, 57, was charged this ...
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Gospel singer, Yinka Ayefele’s triplets are already one. They turned one over the weekend, and their famous dad released so many photos of them. Yinka and his wife of many years have been waiting upon the Lord to bless them ...
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Ohimai Amaize, a former AIT presenter who fled Nigeria last year, has been granted asylum in the United States. Mr Amaize, 35, departed Abuja in June 2019 following claims he was being trailed by Nigerian security agents with intention to ...
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An animal that looks like a turtle — a very huge one has been caught by men working on a road construction project in the Niger Delta part of Nigeria. The huge leatherback turtle was captured by workers of ...
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The wedding bells may be tolling soon for Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola better known as DJ Cuppy, the first daughter of billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola. In an Instagram post on Sunday, she suggested someone, who sent her some flowers may be ...
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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Kogi office, has sealed three petrol filling stations for adjusting their pumps to dispense fuel below the approved quantity. Mr Idris Mohammad, Controller Operations, Kogi Field Office of DPR, who led a team of ...
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Police in Likoni, Mombasa have launched a hunt for a 44-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife on Friday following a domestic dispute. Peter Mutisya is alleged to have hacked his wife, Ruth Kaveke, 42, in the head and ...
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Chinese authorities have reported 139 new cases of a mysterious virus in two days, marking the first time that the infection has been confirmed in the country outside of Wuhan city. The new cases were identified in the cities of ...
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A twisted couple who filmed their sickening abuse of five young girls have been jailed for 26 years. A detective investigating the case described the text messages sent between Peter Taylor and Keeli Burlingham as ‘some of the most appalling’ ...
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Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh would face immediate arrest if he returned home, Gambia’s justice minister warned Sunday, days after his supporters called for his return from exile. After a year of hearings investigating abuses during his 22-year rule, “it ...
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Creator-Kenomatv, Oma Nnadi has expressed her sadness after purchasing some amount of yogurts for her daughter’s consumption. Oma says she didn’t bother buying the yogurts from the States since we have it here in Nigeria, only for her to purchase ...
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Leaked documents reveal how Africa’s richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country, and corruption. Isabel dos Santos got access to lucrative deals involving land, oil, diamonds and telecoms when her father was president of Angola, a ...
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Pregnant Mercy Johnson Okojie has showed off her growing baby bump. The actress stepped out yesterday for the premiere of her first directorial movie, The Legend of Inikpi, which held in Lagos looking all radiant. The actress and her husband, ...
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The pipeline explosion at Ile-Epo area of Abule Egba, in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has left three persons burnt to death, 11 trucks and seven houses razed in the inferno. A massive explosion shattered the peace of the area around 7:45pm ...
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The 31-year-old singer was spotted laughing backstage with A$AP Rocky at the 2020 Yams Day Benefit Concert in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday. The event was held in honor of A$AP Yams following his 2015 death. A portion of ...
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A 23-year-old lady, Patience Amos, has died in the hands of her boyfriend in the Adamawa State capital, Yola. The decomposing body of Patience was found in the boyfriend’s room days after she died, perceivably after a violent ...
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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, paid a surprise visit to an RCCG parish around him today. Taking to Twitter, Adeboye wrote on the experience at the parish and how ...
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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, took to his social media page on Sunday to blast the heavy weight champion, Anthony Joshua, for prostrating before President Buhari in London yesterday January 18th. Joshua met with President Buhari during ...
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Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Ataghar Namdoo, 26, for allegedly faking her own kidnap. It was gathered that on January 9, 2020 at about 5.30pm, the suspect conspired with her boyfriend Emmanuel ...
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There are reports of pipeline explosion around Ile-Epo, in Abule Egba area of Lagos state on Sunday night. The explosion, witnesses said, may likely be from a vandalised petroleum pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), ...
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