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  Popular businessman, and famous actress Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband, Lanre Gentry this afternoon remembered his late mom. Mr Lanre shared a photo of his mom in a video, while eulogizing her. Captioning the video, he wrote; ‘’My mother may your soul ...

  The United States Department of State has granted “authorized departure status” to American citizens and Embassy staff in Abuja over imminent terrorist attacks in Nigeria’s political capital. In a notice on Tuesday evening, the US Department of States pledged ...

  Kanye West’s wax figure has been removed from public view at Madame Tussauds after a string of brands severed ties with him amid his anti-Semitism scandal. The museum chain confirmed that the wax model of the rapper, 45, who has ...

  Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo has said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Dele Momodu is only after Atiku Abubakar’s money. Festus Keyamo is the spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu-Kashim Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Momodu, who holds ...

  A man in Adamawa State has been sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend and harvesting parts of her body for a N10 million prize allegedly offered by a buyer. The Adamawa State High Court sentenced Abubakar Mohammed to ...

  Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has vowed that he will reclaim his electoral mandate at the election petition tribunal. This is also as he reiterated his confidence in the country’s electoral process. Oyetola made this known while addressing Osun ...

  Priests and nuns watch internet p*rn, Pope Francis admitted while speaking with seminarians in Rome on Monday. Pope Francis said internet porn was a ‘vice’ shared between members of the church. ‘It is a vice that many people have, many laymen, ...

  Days after it issued a terrorist attack alert in Nigeria, the United States Government on Wednesday notified its citizens that insurgents are planning an attack on large gatherings in Johannesburg, South Africa. “The U.S. government has received information that ...

  Two Apapa clearing agents, Augustine Akunne, and Emeka Thomas have been arrested after being accused of duping a customer N5 million. Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactical Team, SWAT of the Nigeria Police, at Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos ...

  A magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the northern Philippines, injuring 26 people and damaging houses and public infrastructure, on Wednesday. The tremor struck at 10:59 pm (1459 GMT) on Tuesday near Lagayan town in Abra province, 348 kilometres north of ...

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said it would take about 30 years of consistent investment to be able to control the current flood menace in different parts of the country. Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this after the Federal Executive ...

  A prison officer who engaged in phone s*x and sent raunchy photographs to two serving inmates has been jailed. Emma Webster, 34, was caught “s*xting” the pair while serving as a guard at HMP Lincoln between August and November ...

  The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the rescue of three of its men, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), held hostage by some community youths. The spokesperson of the command, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the policemen’s ...

  Barcelona have been eliminated from the Champions League after Inter beat Viktoria Plzen to ensure they join Bayern Munich in the round of 16. An Edin Dzeko double and goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Romelu Lukaku saw Inter beat the Czech ...

  The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four notorious armed robbery suspects, who specialized in snatching motorcycle from owners at gun point. The suspects were alleged to have killed one of their victims and injured many others in one ...

  Soludo Abolishes Levy Collection From Wheel Barrow Pushers, Vulcanisers, Hawkers In order to minimise tax incidence for which Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration has been heavily criticised, the Governor on Wednesday abolished the collection of taxes from income business owners, ...

Germany on Wednesday paved the way to Legalising the purchase and possession of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, as well as its production. “The federal cabinet today agreed the key points for the controlled distribution of cannabis to ...

  Seun Egbegbe Meets His Mother For The First Time In 6 Years Seun Egbegbe, a producer and director for Nollywood who was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to six years and eight months in jail in Lagos has ...

  Cult DJ Mighty Mouse has died ‘suddenly’ at his Spanish home from an apparent aortic aneurysm. The 48-year-old producer, whose real name is Matthew Ward was a pioneer of the UK’s house and disco scene from the 2000s. His label ...

Businesses came to a standstill along Kenyatta Street in Kitale Central Business District (CBD), Kenya when a Mercedes Benz hearse carrying the remains of a prominent business person failed to move, attracting people who came to witness the bizarre event. ...

  Gospel Singer Confesses to Bedwetting, Says His Wife Diapers Him Every Night Wiliam Getumbe, an Eldoret-based gospel singer and music producer, has opened up on being a bedwetter and how he lives with it. Speaking exclusively to TUKO.co.ke’s Brian ...

  The Lagos State High Court sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi has granted an order of Mareva injunction restraining all commercial banks in the country from releasing or dealing in any manner with any money or assets due to Chinmark Group ...

  An Iranian man dubbed the ‘dirtiest man in the world’ for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media has reported. Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century, died ...

  The director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed, on Monday night, received another batch of 137 stranded Nigerians from Libya. Ahmed, who was represented by the Lagos Territorial Office Coordinator of the agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, said 137 ...

  The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of Aisha Alkali Wakil, aka “Mama Boko Haram” and two others. She alongside Tahiru Alhaji Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode ...