Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has signed an Executive Order 22, banning political parties from the use of buildings in residential areas as campaign offices without approval. According to the Order, such approval must come from the Rivers ...
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A judge, Malam Ishaq Hassan, on Tuesday ordered a 24-year-old unemployed man, Valentine Nmoye, to sweep the Karu Upper Area Court, Abuja, premises for three hours for stealing three bottles of perfumes worth N4,000 from a store. Hassan gave ...
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Kabale University in the Western Region of Uganda has sacked a Nigerian lecturer, Dr Nafiu Lukman Abiodun, the Head Department of Economics and Statistics in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences over his alleged involvement in the s3xual ...
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Kano commodity market popular known as Kasuwar Singer located within Kano Central Business District has been engulfed by fire outbreak. Information on the development is still sketchy as at the time of filing in this story. A call put ...
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested six Bureau De Change operators who allegedly conspired to abduct an eight-year-old child of their colleague. Disclosing this in a terse statement tweeted on Tuesday, the police spokesman in the state, Benjamin ...
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Nollywood actress, Adanma Luke has responded to her colleague, Shan George’s claim that legendary colleague, Hanks Anuku, was fine contrary to a video showing him in torn clothes, trending online. According to Adanma, Hanks Anuku is not fine and ...
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Iyabo Ojo has reacted to claims by Isaac, younger brother of former Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose on the alleged dwindling service of her restaurant. Recently, a video captured Fayose complaining about being served three bones for N7,000 for a ...
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A man, Yusuf Adamu was on Sunday shot dead by his stepson while testing the efficacy of a protective charm against firearms in Adamawa state. Adamu reportedly ordered his stepson, Suugbomsumen Adamu to shoot at him in order to ...
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The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs says the global population has reached an estimated 8 billion. With 216 million projected people in Nigeria, the country is home to 2.7 percent of the global population. The UN said ...
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Former US President, Donald Trump, has announced he will run for the 2024 Republican nomination for president. Trump is seeking to return to the White House after he had lost his bid for re-election to Joe Biden in 2020. ...
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Russian missiles have allegedly crossed into NATO member country Poland, leaving two people dead and sparking a ‘crisis situation’. A projectile struck an area where grain was drying in the Polish village of Przewodow yesterday. The region is near ...
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A self-acclaimed prophet of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the Ajuwon area of Ogun State, Mr Joseph Ogundeji, is currently in police’s net over allegations that he defiled two teenage sisters, one of whom is now pregnant. Ogundeji ...
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Oluwagbemiro Ogunseyi, a former in-law of Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, was brought before an Ondo State Magistrate Court on Tuesday for alleged forgery and illegal conversion of N26 million. Ogunseyi, a brother of Naomi, the ex-wife ...
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The Federal Government has maintained it will continue with the proposed new national carrier, Nigeria Air, amid ongoing suit challenging the project. The Federal government noted that aviation stakeholders and unions had sufficient time to participate in the process ...
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Nigerian pop stars Tems and Burna Boy were among the nominees for the 65th annual Grammy Awards announced on Tuesday. Tems was nominated alongside Future and Drake in the Best Melodic Rap Performance category for the song, ‘Wait for ...
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Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Monday tackled the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, in a lengthy opinion piece. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor said Obi knows he cannot win the 2023 presidential elections ...
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As the world’s population hits eight billion on Tuesday, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says it’s a milestone moment for human longevity and that it is signalling major improvements in public health. UNFPA, however, said that it also comes with ...
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A 25-year-old man who was dancing on top of a tractor-trailer slammed into an overpass and died. The unidentified man was knocked off of an 18-wheeler on Eastex Freeway in Houston, Texas, around 11.30am on November 10. Footage recorded ...
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Popular Nollywood actress, Anita Joseph-Olagunju, has taken to social media to share some nuggets for a successful marriage. Anita, in a post shared on her Instagram page, said her husband does not make any decision without consulting her first and she does the same. ...
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Child rights activist, Amb. Wale Ojo-Lanre, has sued the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for N50m as damages for allegedly involving an underage girl-child in his political rally in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports ...
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Equatorial Guinea’s Navy authorities have arrested and detained 16 Indian sailors for the past three months for allegedly crossing sea boundaries, according to BBC. The sailors in videos released said they were arrested and treated as criminals without formal ...
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Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton has been awarded a $100m (£84.8m) prize by Jeff Bezos. The multi-billionaire founder of Amazon announced the award alongside his partner, Lauren Sanchez. Ms Sanchez described Parton as “a woman who gives ...
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One of the abducted students of Federal Government College (FGC) in Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, has given birth. The teenager is among the 11 remaining schoolgirls still being held since last year. Their fate is hanging in the balance despite ...
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A yet-to-be-identified suspected fraudster, alongside his herbalist, one Ike, aka Ogenesu, have been arrested after policemen attached to the Obiaruku Police Station recovered suspected human parts at the herbalist’s place in Obiaruku, in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta ...
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Ibrahim Attahiru, the Special Adviser on Sports and Youth Development to the Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has resigned. Attahiru made this known on Sunday in a letter written to the governor, citing personal reasons for his resignation. ”Your ...
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