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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 ...

  Operatives of Nigeria Police in Ibadan, Oyo State, have launched a manhunt for a driver who allegedly mowed down 48-year-old woman, Mrs Abimbola Uthman with his car following an argument and ran away. According to News Agency of Nigeria, ...

  The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has reacted to the allegation of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) that it is disallowing Muslims from entering its camp along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. MURIC, through its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made ...

  There is currently fuel scarcity in Lagos, the nation’s commercial capital, as queues have surfaced in parts of the state. Many filling stations in the metropolis are currently experiencing long queues of motorists. The situation, it was learnt, started ...

  WhatsApp, the popular messaging app, was inaccessible to users in several countries around the world for about two hours on Tuesday morning, including Britain, India, Nigeria and South Korea. The outage started around 3 a.m. Eastern time, according to ...

It has been observed that three out of every 10 Nigerians are battling one form of mental health challenge or another. The Provost of the Institute of Counselling in Nigeria (ICN), Dr. Tolulope Oko-Igaire however urged Nigerians to visit professional counsellors and ...

  Nollywood actor, Kunle Afod’s wife, Desola Afod has announced their marriage has crashed. Desola made the announcement in a terse message on her Instagram page today. She wrote, “The good news you wanna hear. I left Kunle Afod.” Desola ...

  Kanye West could lose his billionaire status after being dropped by Adidas amid growing backlash over his anti-Semitic rants. The rappers $220million annual deal with the German sports brand, which is worth $1.5billion in total, has been terminated after his controversial ...

  The body of a 13-year-old boy, Tosin Otun, who was swept away by flood on SCC Road in the Buhari area, Abuja, has been found. According to his sister, Toyosi, the victim was sent to get a goat tied beside ...

A gran was eaten alive by a 22-foot python in Indonesia after she disappeared while working on a plantation. Jahrah, 54, was collecting rubber in the Jambi province on Friday when she disappeared. Her worried family raised the alarm and started searching ...

  A lecturer at the University of Ibadan, U.I, has become an internet sensation after allegedly giving $100 notes each to students who attended his first class after the ASUU strike, The lecturer reportedly had just 10 students in class ...