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  The World Health Organization has warned the world must prepare for a potential human bird flu pandemic — after the strain jumped from birds to mammals. Cases of the strain H5N1 have already been reported in otters, mink and ...

  The regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, the National Universities Commission has ordered a closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities ...

  The Kano State Police Command has arrested two men, parading themselves as journalists, for allegedly defrauding a rice trader of N33,000. The 30-year-old suspects, Mujahid Kabir and Abba Imam, were alleged to have, on February 2, 2023, generated a ...

  The Cross River State governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, Usani Usani, Thursday, escaped a snake attack at his country home in the Mkpani community of Yakurr Local Government Area. Usani was earlier reported to have escaped an ...

  Nollywood actress, Chantel Igwe has lost her mother. She shared the sad news on her Instagram page last night. The bereaved actress wrote; “Black Wednesday. God why !!!Mum you left so soon. My heart is so heavy…” This comes ...

  A middle-aged woman is currently nursing injuries at the Kakamega County Referral Hospital, Kenya after she was r3ped at gunpoint before being dumped by two unknown men. 42-year-old Evelyn Nafula was visited by the two unknown men who pretended ...

  Kailyn Lowry is reportedly a new mother yet again, with a new report claiming she welcomed her fifth child back in November. The 31-year-old Teen Mom OG alum – who left the show in May after an 11-year run ...

  It was a tragic Thursday morning as a yet-to-be-identified traveller was confirmed dead in multiple crashes on Kara Bridge outward the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The situation caused intense traffic along the axis coupled with the repair works ongoing on the ...

  The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru a provisional suspension over the use of prohibited substances. AIU announced the sprinter’s suspension in a statement released on Thursday. The body said Oduduru was identified as one of ...

  Lanre Gentry is now a grandfather. The businessman revealed that one of his daughters, Tosin Gentry has welcomed a child. The excited grandpa shared photos of his daughter in the hospital bed with her child. Congratulating the new parents, ...

  British-Turkish gangster movie star Tamer Hassan is fighting back tears as he revealed members of his family are lost in the rubble of the earthquake that has killed 16,000 people in Turkey and Syria. Mr Hassan, a close friend ...

  Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA) has said no fewer than 29 people were killed and 2,934 others were affected by floods in the state in 2022. Director of Planning Research and Statistics of the agency, Mr Adamu Nayola, ...

  The Ogun State Police Command has revealed that all suspects involved in the New Year’s Eve murder of a former Central Bank of Nigeria official, Kehinde Fatinoye, his wife and son have been arrested. The state Police Public Relations ...

  33-Year-Old Nigerian Student Dies In Fatal Accident In The U.K A Nigerian student, identified as Chinenye Vera Okonkwo, has di£d in a fatal road cr@sh in Glasgow city centre, Scotland, United Kingdom.   The 33-year-old passed away following the ...

  The Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Manir Muhammad Dan Iya, on Thursday submitted his resignation letter to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In the letter dated February 8, 2023 and addressed to his Ward Chairman in ...

  At least 11 commissioners have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Sokoto State. The development followed an announcement by the state’s Deputy Governor, Manir Muhammad Dan Iya, resigning his membership in ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed the judgment which sacked Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun state. Reports had reported how the Osun governorship election petition tribunal ruled in favour of Gboyega Oyetola, former governor of the ...

  Chelsea are willing to pay the entirety of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s wages in attempt to offload the striker to MLS side Los Angeles FC. The 33-year-old appears to have no future in west London, having been left out of the ...

Jide Omokore, chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited and a supporter of former petroleum minister Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, has been cleared of fraud by the Federal High Court in Abuja. However, the court found Victor Briggs and Abiye ...

  Ekiti Government has paid N130 million in gratuities to retirees of local government workers and teachers in the state. Ekiti Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, presented the cheques to  69 beneficiaries on Tuesday at the Lady Jibowu Hall, Government House, ...

  Shamsudeen Bala, the son of Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed, was cleared of the N1.1 billion fraud charge by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had filed a 20-count charge against ...

Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, has claimed the logistics challenge has been responsible for the protracted fuel scarcity across the country. Kyari gave the explanation during an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday ...

  Mr Ayuba Wabba, the outgoing President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has stated that the organised labour is seeking an end to the country’s fuel importation policy because it will result in lower fuel prices. At the 13th ...

  The Supreme Court has barred the Nigerian government from continuing with the full implementation of the Naira swap policy. Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states had, in a motion ex-parte filed on February 3, prayed the apex court to halt ...

  Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that nothing would stop this year’s elections from holding. Obasanjo said this while hosting the members of the Board of Trustees of the African Democratic Congress at his penthouse residence located ...