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  The federal government has stated that it supports the US visa ban on Nigerians who try to undermine the 2023 elections.   The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed expressed this during a speech at the 20th Edition ...

  Jerry Achirkpi, the father of 9-year-old Precious Korchima, who was allegedly beaten to death by her guardian in Enugu State, has demanded justice.   The suspect, Mrs Ujunwa Ugwuoke allegedly beat the minor, who was her house help, to ...

  15-year-old Adriana Davidson has been found dead in her school at Ann Arbour, Michigan, three days after she was declared missing by her parents.   Adriana was reported missing on Friday, January 27, after she didn’t return home from school and friends not seeing her.   ...

  Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has slammed the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the new monetary policy.   The CBN in December 2022, introduced the newly redesigned N200, N500, and N1000 notes and has ...

  A Kenyan landlord has put up his tenant’s underwear for auction following a row over rent he’s being owed.   The auction notice appeared in the local dailies on Monday, January 30, 2023. Nyaluoyo Auctioneers said they were instructed by the landlord of one Zachariah ...

  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has made a new announcement about the old naira notes. He says banks will continue to accept old naira notes after the stipulated deadline. Emefiele spoke on Tuesday when he appeared ...

  A planned political rally by supporters of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, was today, stopped from holding in Niger state. Reports say the event was stopped by fierce-looking security operatives who on Tuesday, ...

  Chief Magistrate at Kira Court in Kampala, Uganda, Ms Roseline Nsenge has sentenced 18-year-old Tanzanian national, Kaftah Queen, to three years in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of aggravated torture.   The student at Trinity College Nabweru and ...

  Chelsea’s new £88million signing, Mykhailo Mudryk has apologised for using a racial slur in a viral video.   The 22-year-old footballer was spotted using the N-word in a TikTok footage which has been viewed nearly 214,000 times.   Though sources close to the Ukrainian ...

  Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested six suspected bandits along the Elele-Owerri Road in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State.   Spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, ...

  Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Italian midfielder Jorginho from London rivals Chelsea in a £12 million deal. The Gunners have confirmed the arrival of the 31-year-old midfielder after he underwent a medical on Tuesday morning. Jorginho has signed an ...

Emir of Dutse in Jigawa Alhaji Dr Nuhu Muhammad Sunusi has died at the age of 78.   The monarch died at an Abuja hospital on Tuesday January 31, after a brief illness. The Special Adviser to the Governor, Alhaji ...

  A 24-year-old woman identified as Mary Rukobo has been arrested by the police in Muzokomba, Zimbabwe, for grabbing her children aged two months and two years respectively by the legs and bashing their heads against rocks.   Eyewitnesses told local news platforms that ...

  Hajia Aisha Maina, the Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on female education is dead.   The Governor’s aide who attended the Presidential rally of the People Democratic Party (PDP) which took place in Sokoto state ...

  Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu has said that the logistics arrangement for the general elections scheduled to hold on February 25 and March 11, might be affected by the current fuel scarcity in the ...

  Nigerian psychologist and member of the British Psychological Society, Oyinkansola Alabi, has said she does not belong to any religion.   “I don’t belong to any RELIGION because religion is a CULT,” she said in a Facebook post on ...

The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee has rejected the extended deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to enable Nigerians swap their old Naira notes for the new ones. The apex bank had fixed January 31 as ...

  An explosion which rocked Azare town, Headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, reportedly destroyed a school, a mosque and a house in the area.   The state Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan, who confirmed the explosion on ...

  Diezani Alison-Madueke, Former Minister of Petroleum, has filed a lawsuit seeking to vacate an order granting final forfeiture of her assets to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   In the lawsuit filed before a federal high court ...

  The funeral arrangement for AMAA founder Peace Maria Ogechi Anyiam-Osigwe has been released.   The 53-year-old filmmaker, who died on Jan. 10, 2023, after a brief illness at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos, will be laid to rest on Wednesday, ...

  The 9 Brigade of the Nigeria Army, on Monday, January 30, paraded 116 suspected miscreants arrested in an early morning raid of black spots as part of Still Water Operation in Lagos State.   The suspects were arrested on ...

  Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, January 30 stated that a cashless policy in Nigeria can help stem the surge of illicit election financing by making it possible to track funds.   He disclosed this at the Presidential ...

  Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a man identified as Kenneth Abang in Cross River State.   A senior correspondent at the News Agency of Nigeria, George Odok Jnr, who confirmed the incident on Monday night, January 30, 2023, ...

  Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra’s daughter, Malti Marie, made her debut at the Jonas Brothers’ Walk of Fame ceremony on Monday, Jan. 30.   The actress carried the 1-year-old at the Los Angeles event, marking her first public appearance with ...

  At least 59 people were killed and 157 others were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, January 30.   The blast occurred at a mosque near police offices in Peshawar, ...