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  A yet-to-be-identified male adult has slumped and died during an argument over a parking space at a supermarket on Admiralty Way, in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Punch Metro learnt that the deceased, a driver, went to the ...

  President Emmanuel Macron of France has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on his electoral victory in the Feb. 25 election. Tinubu confirmed this development when he fielded questions from newsmen after presenting his Certificate of Return to President ...

  The United States on Wednesday congratulated Nigeria on the election of ruling party presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, while calling for calm amid accusations of voter fraud and concerns over technical glitches.   Tinubu was declared the winner Tuesday of ...

  The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has rejected the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission after last Saturday’s presidential election. The body said the results released were marred with “monumental irregularities” and failure of the commission to follow its ...

  Ed Sheeran has revealed his wife Cherry was diagnosed with a tumour during her pregnancy with their second child. The couple welcomed daughter Jupiter in May 2022 and are also parents to Lyra Antarctica, two. The singer and his ...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it has dismissed two of its staff for gross misconduct. The board in a statement yesterday, gave the names of the dismissed staff as Mr. Bilyaminu Ishaku and Mr. Andrew Anebi ...

  The vice president of Nigeria and presidential aspirant, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has congratulated the newly elected presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Osinbajo in a statement on Thursday said Tinubu’s sterling contributions to Nigeria’s ...

  A gardener at one of the private universities in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has been arrested for alleged cultism and for being in possession of ammunition. In a statement on Thursday, So-Safe State Commander, Soji Ganzallo, said the ...

  United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has congratulated President-elect Bola Tinubu on the heels of the just concluded presidential election. Both the UK and Nigeria share a longstanding relationship that has withstood the latter’s over-62-year independence from the former. ...

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that his government still intends to hold elections a month earlier than scheduled despite an earthquake last month that devastated parts of southern Turkey. In an address to legislators of his ...

French football legend Just Fontaine has passed away at the age of 89. Fontaine – who was born in Morocco but represented France internationally – is best known for scoring the most goals in a single World Cup after he ...

  The Senate has congratulated the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Mr Bola Tinubu on his victory in the just concluded 2023 presidential elections. After a keenly contested race, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu of the ...

  Justin Bieber has cancelled the remaining dates of his Justice World Tour, with the announcement being made on Tuesday. The singer, who turned 29 on Wednesday, is thought to have cut the tour short due to his ongoing recovery ...

  The Labour Party, LP, candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, will address Nigerians following the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.   ...

  The Kaduna State Police Command has banned all political celebrations and rallies for or against the election results of the state’s concluded presidential and National Assembly elections. The ban was placed on all supporters of political parties across the ...

  Twitter is now back and running after suffering a global outage on Wednesday morning, with thousands of users unable to refresh or load their timeline feeds The users reported the outage on the Down Detector website, a website that ...

Eniola Badmus has reacted after INEC announced Bola Tinubu winner of the Presidential election. The actress shared a photo of herself the President-Elect, addressing him has DADDY. She then said, ”allow me to re-introduce myself” “Congratulations daddy. Allow me to ...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sacked two of its staff over alleged “gross misconduct”. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s head of public affairs and protocol, revealed the identities of the dismissed staff in a statement on Wednesday. JAMB ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Nigeria will be witnessing severe flooding this year as indicated by predictions from relevant agencies. Mr Mustapha Ahmed, the Director-General, NEMA, predicted on Wednesday during a two-day Experts’ Technical Meeting on 2023 Climate-Related ...

  Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a Prophet, Anwana Peter Essien, to 21 years in prison for r3ping his 10-year-old stepdaughter. The 37-year-old Prophet, a native of Afaha Ise in Ibiono Ibom Local government area, ...

  The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, Wednesday, vowed to reclaim the party’s mandate, noting that he and the LP candidate, Peter Obi, won the election. He made this known in a statement he ...

  The Benue state Police have arrested the alleged killer of Erekaa Dooshima Naomi, a 300-level Mass Communication student of Benue State University (BSU) whose corpse was recovered from a shallow grave last week. Police spokesperson, SP Catherine Anene, confirmed ...

  The Chief Magistrates’ Court III in Bauchi has remanded the publisher of a Bauchi-based investigative online newspaper, Wikki Times, Haruna Mohammed, in correctional custody for allegedly inciting public disturbance and blackmailing of the state governor, Bala Mohammed. The police ...

  Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag has tasked the club’s hierarchy to bring Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen to Old Trafford this summer. Ten Hag is determined to bring in a new striker despite the club’s impressive performance this season. ...

  PaulOkoye has reacted to Bola Tnubu’s win. Recall the APC presidential aspirant was declared the president-elect by INEC early hours of this morning.   Paul who is an avid supporter of Peter Obi shared a photo of the ex-presidential ...