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Nigerian writer, Lola Shoneyin has weighed in on the recent sex for grades scandal by recalling an incident that happened to her years ago.   The popular Nigerian writer and poet said she was sexually assaulted by a Deputy Vice ...

Actress Tessy Oragwa, popular for her role as Sylvia in ‘So Wright, So Wrong’, has welcomed her first child.   The beautiful gap-toothed actress named her baby Chiebulam.   Friends and colleagues have taken to Instagram to congratulate her after ...

The Police in Rivers State on Monday, October 7th said they have killed “a notorious gang leader’’, Linus Lebari, 35, popularly known as Bobby/Devil, terrorising Ogoni area of the state.   The command’s spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, in Port Harcourt said that operatives from the ...

The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, is of the opinion that Nigeria’s population as it currently stands is more of a liability than it is a blessing. Nigeria’s population currently stands at 201 million.   The monarch said this today October ...

The United States began withdrawing American troops from Syria’s border with Turkey on Monday, October 7th as the Trump administration says it has hands off an explosive situation between the Turkish military and U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters.   President Trump in a ...

Following the BBC ”Sex for Grades” documentary that was launched today, comedian Wale Gates has shared the story of how a lecturer in the University of Lagos. UNILAG, pestered a married woman who was one of his students for sex and how her ...

Anna Ebiere shared an adorable photo showing her receiving a kiss from her baby daddy’s adopted son and her daughter.   In the photo, Semah G. Weifur, a visually-impaired young Liberian who Flavour adopted, is seen planting a kiss on Anna Ebiere’s ...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has sacked his Special Assistant on Political Matters, Augustine Pelemo on Monday, October 7th.   This was contained in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo. The statement reads; “This directive ...

Ijaw leader and politician, Chief Edwin Clark who served under former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, as Federal Commissioner for Information in a recent interview with Vanguard said there is no politician in Nigeria better than Igbo politician.   When ...

  Barcelona have sacked Juvenil A head coach Victor Valdes with immediate effect, amid rumours of a bust-up with Patrick Kluivert behind the scenes. Valdes returned to Camp Nou to take charge of the U19s back in July, five years after ...

Toyin Lawani is accusing Big Brother Naija organizers of “robbing” Omashola out of the Arena Games money he should have won and giving it to Mike instead.   The serial entrepreneur shared screenshots of comments from her followers claiming Omashola ...

Twitter user @damiancaring has accused a police officer based in Cross Rivers state of brutalising her and damaging her car just because she honked at him while they were both driving on a road in the state. Continue to read her ...

Barcelona center-back, Gerard Pique has been accused of deliberately getting booked in order to avoid a match ban in their next game so as to play in the El Clasico against Real Madrid on October 26.   During Sunday clash ...

A UNILAG lecturer has been exposed by BBC Africa Eye after he was caught red-handed propositioning a student (an undercover reporter) for sex to make her pass.   BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists posing as students inside the University of Lagos ...

Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie’s’ lookalike’ has been arrested on suspicion of blasphemy and instigating violence following complaints about her Instagram posts.   Social media star Sahar Tabar from Iran was detained on the orders of Tehran’s guidance court, which deals with “cultural crimes and ...

On October 19, 1986, renowned journalist and founder/editor-in-chief of Newswatch magazine, Dele Giwa died through a letter bomb and it was the first time such incident occurred in the country.   General Kunle Togun, a former director of Military intelligence ...

A stranded man hanging on to a truck on Sunday, October 6th fell off the speeding truck on the Third Mainland Bridge but was rescued by Rapid Response Squad (RRS) officers on the bridge.   The young man, identified as ...

The Ogun State police command have arrested two persons identified as Emmanuel Aro (25) and Anu Olofinju (25) with a human skull along ijoun road in the Eggua area of Ogun State.   Emmanuel and Anu were arrested following a complaint by one Amoo Bankole who reported ...

A woman has accused police officers in the Ogudu division of ramming into her with their car after which they threatened to shoot her when she confronted them.   Doris Jay shared a video of her injured legs and alleged ...

Veteran broadcaster, Otunba Kunle Olasope, is dead. The Efon-Alaaye, Ekiti State-born eminent journalist, died in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Sunday, October 6th at the age of 82.   Former Secretary-General, Efon Development League, Prince Adeyemi Adejoju, who confirmed the death ...

Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z looked as lovely as ever as they attended the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios on Saturday night (Oct. 5).   The pair stormed the red carpet in stylish ensembles, with the singer rocking a custom ...

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina state has raised an alarm of being undermined by some All Progressives Congress (APC) “forces” in Abuja.   The Katsina Governor who got elected on the platform of the APC made the disclosure during a stakeholders’ ...

An American lady who took to Twitter to share her “struggle” with some prospective boyfriends in the past, narrated how she got humbled by a Nigerian man.   According to @flow_witme, she tried playing hard to get with the Nigerian man but ...

Tacha has shared a congratulatory message to her former housemate, Mercy, for winning the 2019 Big Brother Pepperdem show which ended on Sunday October 6th.   In her post, Tacha said she is sincerely happy for Mercy who made history ...

Nigerian crossdresser, Okuneye Idris aka Bobrisky has revealed fresh facts about himself during an Instagram live video this weekend.   Bobrisky during the live video decided to open up and answer questions which fans have always presented to him since he became ...