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  Runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool survived a nervy finish, following the 76th-minute dismissal of Alisson, to equal their longest unbeaten run in the top flight and capitalise on another Manchester City slip-up with a 2-1 win over Brighton and ...

Usman Khan, the terrorist who stabbed two people to death on London Bridge on Friday, November 29, may have been acting in revenge over the death of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.   Al-Baghdadi died after he blew himself up ...

Detectives at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC have grilled Allen Onyema, the chairman of Air Peace airline over his indictment in a $44.9 fraud by the US government.   Recall that last week, the US Department of Justice ...

Dele Momodu in his weekly column ‘Pendulum’ writes about the rumours surrounding President Buhari and a possible third term agenda.   According to him, ‘on a serious note, I choose to believe President Buhari on this occasion. I can’t see ...

Nigerians on Twitter are reacting to the news of first lady, Aisha Buhari, showing support for the controversial social media bill. At a function in Abuja yesterday November 29th, Mrs Buhari said if China with over 1.3 billion can regulate their ...

The General Manager of LASTMA, Olajide Oduyoye has condemned in its entirety the continued attack on the officers of the agency in the course of carrying out the function of traffic management which has been entrusted to them by a ...

Unknown gunmen attacked some Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials travelling from Abuja to Lagos at Oshawa along the Lokoja-Okene highway at about 1:50 pm on Friday, November 29th.   The bandits killed the driver and left the other staff ...

  The man who carried out Friday’s stabbing attack at London Bridge has been identified as a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences.   The attacker, named by police as 28-year-old Usman Khan, was out of prison on licence at ...

Nollywood actress, Iyabo Osadare, has died.   The thespian who is prominent in the Yoruba movie scene, died on Wednesday November 27th after a protracted battle with breast cancer.   May her soul rest in peace, Amen.

A Nigerian man, Olorunshola Islaq Tiamiyu Etti has taken to his facebook page to pen a very emotional post following the tragic death of his son who was just 16 years old. It was gathered that the man’s son died ...

  Popular Nigerian music producer and beat maker, Ekelly kneels down and proposes to his girlfriend five months after meeting her. Their wedding is set to take place in 2020, according to his post shared online; Baby Girl, the first ...

  Diezani’s husband, Rear Admiral Alison Madueke (retd.), said that he advised his wife when she acepted a ministerial appointment in 2007, not to focus on money but maintain the good name of the family. Madueke made this known in ...

  A multiple award-winning songster, Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy, is arguably one of the most successful young artistes currently making Afrobeat popular globally.   Recently, there has been an increasing number of music artistes jumping on the ...

  Popular Nollywood actress, Etinosa Idemudia has shared a live video where was seen smoking and using the Holy Bible as an ashtray, while also quoting the scripture. According to the actress in a post, she said nobody can blame ...

  An unidentified lady has been caught on camera stealing from a supermarket.   A twitter user @Capt__Rizzy took to his handle to share the disturbing video where the lady was clearly seen as she took an item from an ...

  A prosecution witness, Peter Ademola Adegoke, a Compliance Officer with Fidelity Bank Plc, on Friday told Justice Abdullai Liman of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos how the sum of N18bn was paid into the account of a ...

  Nollywood actor, Olu Michaels has opened up on his plans to never get married nor have children. While speaking in an interview with The Nation, the 48-year-old actor revealed that he is scared of marriage and he thinks it ...

  Two lawmakers in New York have introduced new bill that would stop doctors from “performing or supervising virginity examinations” after rapper T.I’s controversial interview, where he revealed that he takes his 18-year-old daughter to the gynecologist to check her hymen ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has waded into the controversy ignited by the social media and hate speech bills sponsored by some lawmakers in the national assembly.   In a statement released by Samuel Kwamkur the national director of legal and public ...

While cows in Nigeria are trekking all over in country in search of greener pastures, cows in Russia are living the champagne life.   Farmers in Russia have been experimenting with virtual reality goggles as a tool to relax cows and ...

23 Nigerians and one Frenchman said to be members of a Lyon-based sex trafficking ring, have been handed a prison sentence of up to 7 years by a French court after being found guilty of forcing Nigerian women into prostitution. ...

The Federal Government has reportedly ordered the sack of unqualified teachers before December 31 as confirmed by Prof. Segun Ajiboye, Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) on Friday November 29.   Prof Ajiboye who disclosed this at the induction ...

Governor Simon Lalong has taken a swipe at the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate, Lt. General Jeremiah Useni who lost out at the tribunal and the appeal court after challenging his victory at the 2019 Governorship election in Plateau state.   Lalong ...

Reality show star, Gifty Powers has shared her view on sex in a relationship which according to her shouldn’t be given to “pigs”.   Gifty who weighed in on the recent trend of women claiming some top Nigerian celebrities are ...

A 23-year-old woman is fighting for life after she was set ablaze by her husband in Ban Pheung,  Muang district of Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, for refusing to reconcile with him.   It was gathered that the man identified as Uthen, ...