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Former Abia governor, Dr Orji Kalu, has insisted that Nigeria should adopt unicameral legislature as the present arrangement is economically wasteful. Kalu who stated this on Sunday in  Abuja, said the two chambers of the National Assembly should be collapsed ...

A 4-year-old girl identified as Zainab Auwal Ustaz, was reportedly kidnapped during a wedding ceremony in Azare, Bauchi state.   The little girl’s heartbroken father who has reported the kidnap incident to the police, alleged that she was abducted in front of their house ...

  A Nigerian lady who was a victim of an abusive marriage, has recounted how her concerned neighbors aided her walking away. Nollywood actress Abiola Segun-Williams who shared the story, disclosed that she met the lady who radiated so much peace and inner ...

A former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chairman in Sokoto State, Abubakar Shehu Tambuwal, has defected from the party to the ruling All progressive Congress, APC. He also defected with about 10,000 supporters to the party at a rally that took place ...

                                Former vice president of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has vowed to stay for just a single term in office if he wins his party’s ticket and is ...

The Lagos State Police Command, has released statement on the death of a car thief, Daniel Ekwerekwu, in the early hours of today 12/08/2018.   According to the Lagos State Police Command, the car thief an indigene of Aguleri, Anambra state slipped off a wall, landed on a cemented floor and ...

Suspected bandits have killed 4 policemen in Jankasa village, Rigasa, Igabi local government area of Kaduna state. The policemen, were said to be on their way for an operation in the area when they were ambushed around 7pm on Saturday.   The ...

A plane crash which occurred in mountainous eastern Indonesia, reportedly had a 12-year-old boy as its sole survivor, authorities said on Sunday.   The Dimonim Air passenger plane carrying nine people, lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday afternoon and was later ...

ACP Abayomi Shogunle has promised to give N25k each to anyone that can share 4 videos showing a Nigerian police officer punching a Nigerian.   He threw up this challenge while sharing a video of a US police officer repeatedly punching ...

The Palace of Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has denied reports that the monarch is set to take as wife the co-convener of Hope Alive, Miss Temitope Adesegun.   The news apparently sponsored by some unscrupulous ...

The Cross River bye-election which was held yesterday, had Mrs Abbey Ukpukpen, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  declared winner of vacant seat of Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River House of Assembly. The seat which her husband Stephen Ukpukpen occupied, was ...

  A brutalized housemaid, has won a N500k settlement against boss who also agreed to send the 8-year-old victim of child labour to school up to JSS3 and help her mother start up a business.   The agreement between the brutalized housemaid’s ...

A Senior Special Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, Mr. Randie Chima, has been found dead in his own room on the in Awka, the Anambra State capital. According to Punch Metro, Mr Chima was last seen on Friday evening “hale and ...

VS Naipaul, the Nobel laureate, who had so many gifts as a writer — suppleness, wit, an unsparing eye for detail — that he could seemingly do whatever he wanted, died on Saturday at the age of 85.   The death of Vidiadhar ...

  Kanye West released a new song “XTCY” with DJ Clark Kent today and it contains lyrics of him rapping about being sexually attracted to his sister-in laws: Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie. The lyrics were: ‘You got sick thoughts? I got ...

Twitter user, @fashoo_ is proud of her natural body and she took to her page to show off her stretch marks while rocking a blue bikini. She captioned the post: ‘Real Bodies ? stretch marks and tummy ain’t never hurt ...

  An outbreak of cholera has killed 13 people in Niger’s southern Maradi region, which is home to the country’s economic capital, officials and the UN said on Saturday. Nearly 1,000 people, most of them children, have been affected by ...

  Governor elect of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi and the All Progressives Party, APC have commiserated with the family of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ekiti who was shot dead on Friday. Late Bunmi Ojo was ...

  Nigerian students have been urged to learn French, to boost their chances of getting international jobs. A former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Sarah Sosan gave the advice on Saturday, saying French is the second most widely taught ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday sent his warm greetings to the General Overseer Emeritus of Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria and founder of the Refreshing Ministries International, Dr Gabriel Farombi, who turns 80 on August 12. President Buhari joins the ...

The bye election into the Lokoja\Kotonkarfi Fedrral Constituency is holding in Kogi State and Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district is calling out the APC and sharing photos alleging election malpractice.   In one of the posts, Dino Melaye ...

                                Report had it that the National hospital Abuja is currently experiencing a power blackout which began early this evening when the lights went off and ...

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Akwa Ibom Speaker, Onofiok Luke, who reacted to the defection of Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, has alleged that he was offered N2 billion and the deputy governorship slot to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ...