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Two top officials of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), the company which supervised execution of the $16 billion Obasanjo power projects, have been arrested by the EFCC.   They were among the four persons detained by the anti-graft ...

Nigerian cross-dresser, Okuneye Idris, better known as Bobrisky has replied Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, who last week, said he is a National disgrace and will soon be dealt with by the government ...

Racing driver Jessi Combs, considered the “fastest woman on four wheels,” has died in a car accident trying to break her own record.   Combs’s jet car crashed in the Alvord Desert where she was pronounced dead at the scene, ...

Ubi Franklin served a notice on Instagram after a heated exchange with a follower from his hometown in Cross River state.   The music executive had shared a video with the caption ‘Don’t burn bridges, you may need that bridge’. A follower however ...

Trey Songz decided to grant the wish of a woman who reached out to him on Instagram claiming she needs diapers for her son.   Trey, who is a new father himself, asked for the woman’s address and proceeded to ...

Google on Wednesday, August 28 revealed that Mercy, Tacha, Mike, Ike and Seyi were the most searched Big Brother Naija Season 4 contestants on the Google search.   This was contained in a statement by Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google West Africa Regional ...

Yesterday, Twitter temporarily suspended the account of co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group BBOG, Aisha Yesufu, for violating their rule.   Reacting to the suspension, former minister and co-convener of BBOG, Oby Ezekwesili, accused the Buhari-led administration ...

Comedian, I Go Dye, has written an open letter to President Buhari, asking for the release of the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. In the letter, I Go Dye reminded President Buhari of when he overthrew the government of ...

President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras will on Friday August 30, initiate the final move of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel by travelling to the city to inaugurate a ‘diplomatic office’.   Honduras’ foreign ministry in a statement ahead of ...

Fears of an increased number of HIV/Aids and other sexually transmitted diseases has hit Uganda after it was revealed in a report that the East African nation no longer have condoms available.   During a recent report on NBS Morning ...

A woman, who has access to her husband’s Twitter account without his knowledge, has taken to the platform to expose chats between her husband and a married woman he’s meeting for sex.   The husband travelled to Durban, South Africa, ...

Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat will reportedly be embarking on another medical trip which they will be accompanied on by security operatives.   A top IMN source confirmed the planned trip in an interview ...

Juliet Ibrahim who recently launched her new book, A Toast to Life, said she’s had some bad relationships which she spoke about in her book. One of those bad relationships was with an “entertainer”.   During a chat with Linda ...

A Twitter user decided to do something nice for her male friend but his girlfriend was offended by it and sent her a stern warning.   @Soma_Okoli tweeted: “I ordered lunch for my friend cause he said he was stressed ...

Detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department(FCID), Abuja, investigating the alleged rape against pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo on Wednesday, August 28 conducted a search on the residence and office of the embattled pastor in Abuja.   According to a report by Daily ...

Lami, the boyfriend of ex-Big Brother Naija housemate, Jackye has revealed how he personally spent 1.5million naira on votes for his girl but the ‘votes didn’t count’. Sharing videos and receipts of how the money was spent on voting, Lami ...

Who remembers Aroma Ufodike, the 2009 winner of the hugely popular ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ TV game show? He won a whopping 10 million Naira after answering all the 12 questions on the famous hot seat! On Friday ...

Twitter users have taken to the platform to comment on a couple’s love story which they found cringe-worthy.   The groom took to a wedding blog to tell how he and his bride met and began dating. They went to ...

A woman took to Twitter to reveal she will no longer dance with random men at the club after a man she danced with left her with “something wet” on her thigh.   The lady shared a photo of her ...

Belinda Effah lashed out at people she described as ‘hypocrites’ in defence of Meagan Good, after her Instagram exchange with some followers over ‘wearing a bikini even though she is preacher’s wife’.   We reported earlier that the American actress ...

A lady has received query from her boss after her boyfriend stormed her office with a saxophonist and a cake to give her a surprise on her birthday which was on August 27th.   Twitter user @OmoGbajaBiamila who shared the ...

Facebook has announced that it would tighten its rules for political ad spending ahead of the 2020 US elections, notably by requiring more information about who is paying for campaign messages.   The move is the latest by Facebook to crack ...

A 75-year-old HIV positive man identified as Chief Shedrack Ejinwa, has allegedly been freed by the police following the payment of N370K settlement after his arrest for raping a 14-year-old girl.   The teenager who was placed under medication at Kendox Medical Services ...

A man battered a woman, leaving her unrecognizable and photos of the damage he wreaked on her face has gone viral on Facebook.   The photos were shared on Facebook by the sister of the victim. She revealed that her sister, ...

Ex-Liverpool striker, Dean Saunders has been jailed for 10 weeks for refusing to provide a roadside breath test.   The 55-year old BT Sport pundit was stopped by police on suspicion of drink-driving in Boughton and Saunders, who was capped by Wales ...