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  Organized Labour has said it is ready to go to war with any governor that fails to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustment that follows for workers in their states. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the new ...

  What a woman! Serena Williams has been voted the AP Female Athlete of the Decade Serena Williams dominated the decade, on the court and in conversation. There were, to begin with, the dozen Grand Slam single titles — no ...

  Colin Weir, who won one of Europe’s biggest lottery jackpots, has died after a short illness aged 71. Mr Weir and wife Chris, from Largs in North Ayrshire, claimed the £161m Euromillions prize in 2011. Earlier this year the ...

Tragedy struck in Rumuekini community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday as an electronics dealer, Chris Achor, allegedly committed suicide in his apartment. Achor was said to have taken his own life after drinking a poisonous insecticide ...

Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Saturday said that the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki’s) late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. ...

Oyo State government said it will soon begin breath test to ascertain if drivers are drunk while driving or not. The move, according to government, is to reduce the rate of accidents caused by drunk driving among drivers which usually ...

The Ogun State police command on Saturday placed an indefinite embargo on any form of street carnival or public procession across the state following recent series of violence and wanton destruction of valuable properties in the state which were linked ...

  At least five people have been stabbed at the house of a rabbi in New York state, police say.   The house in Monsey, north of New York City, was hosting a religious celebration when the attacker burst in, ...

  Five corpses and two human heads have been discovered inside a shipwreck on the coast of Japan. The boat washed ashore on Japan’s Sado Island, northwest from the mainland, on Friday and authorities gained access on Saturday. The heavily ...

    Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday, hailed the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army. He commended the security outdits for foilong a robbery attack at First Bank, Mpape, in the outskirts of Abuja, the nation’s capital. Atiku ...

  Justice is being sought for a 22-year old student of Lagos state university, Favour Seun Daley-Oladele, who was grusomely murdered by a friend and his mom with the help of a prophet.   A web user, identified as Omojola ...

  Jamie Vardy missed Leicester’s win at West Ham due to his wife Rebekah giving birth to their third child – a healthy daughter. The England striker said he was “over the moon” after being with his wife and family ...

Her name is Peace Goewam. But her living condition is a sharp contrast of her name. First, she was taken away from her parents’ home in Plateau State, at age six, without any inkling of where she was going to ...

A man has confessed to the brutal murder of his girlfriend and her three children, two of whom were his, at the weekend in Peru. Juan César Augusto Huaripata, 28, and Jéssica Tejeda, 34, got into an argument when he ...

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says it has re-opened Club Quilox, after securing the management’s commitment to comply with the state’s environmental laws, and regulations. The General Manager, LASEPA, Dr Dolapo Fasawe, said in a statement on Saturday ...

A female patient (name withheld), has been caught on Close Circuit Television (CCTV), stealing a doctor’s phone at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). The Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Prof. Darlington Obaseki, disclosed this during the end ...

Activist Joe Odumakin visited her fellow activist, Deji Adeyanju at a Dubai hospital were he has been receiving treatment after he was attacked in Abuja on Monday. Sharing a photo from her visit to the activist, she captioned it; ”Visited ...

Five suspected hoodlums were on Saturday arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command for allegedly invading the family house of the Deputy Governor of the State, Philip Shaibu. The house is located in Jattu-Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area ...

Former Brazil international Hulk has reportedly been dating the niece of his wife following the end of their marriage. Hulk, real name Givanildo Vieira de Sousa, is currently plying his trade with Shanghai SIPG in China. The 33-year-old split from ...

Deji Adeyanju who was flown to Dubai for further medical attention after he was attacked on Monday during a protest demanding the release of Omoyele Sowore has finally spoken from his Dubai hospital bed. Deji in a tweet this evening, ...

Game Of Thrones actor Andrew Dunbar died suddenly at his home in Belfast on Christmas Eve, it has emerged. The actor, who was the body double for Theon Greyjoy who is played by Alfie Allen in the hit show, was ...

  West Ham sacked manager Manuel Pellegrini hours after the club suffered a 2-1 defeat to Leicester City on Saturday. That loss, their fourth in just five matches, leaves the Hammers sitting 17th in the Premier League, just one point clear of the relegation zone after ...

  Arguably the youngest Commissioner in Nigeria,  the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Kwara State, Joana Nnazua Kolo has been accused of following people on Twitter immediately she resumed office. This accusation was first made by Kayode Oshinubi (@Kayodeoshinubi) on ...

  A Lagosian is blaming the Lagos State Governor after his goods were involved in an accident on Lagos road. The man who goes by the name @Franklyn_TA on twitter, shared photos from the accident and tweeted at Sawno Olu ...

The standoff between the police and some bandits who attempted to rob a First Bank branch in Mpape Abuja ended some hours ago. The robbers finally surrendered to policemen from the FCT Police Command, after one of them had been ...